Real Brazilian Portuguese & Culture
WHO IS NEYMAR? If you follow Brazilian soccer, you’ve definitely heard of Neymar, one of Brazil’s rising stars. Like most Brazilian soccer stars, he is known only by his first name, but Neymar’s actual full name is Neymar da Silva Santos Junior. He’s only twenty years old, but he’s already been approached by several European teams, [...]
WORLD CUP BRAZIL DATES AND TICKETS A few weeks ago FIFA announced the soccer schedule for the World Cup 2014. The world cup will commence June 12th 2014 in Sao Paulo, and will host the final on July 13th 2014 in Rio de Janeiro. Tickets are already on sale as of November 2011, so make sure to plan ahead to get the best deals. Click [...]
Welcome To Brazil: A Brazilian’s Critique of The Issues Surrounding The Upcoming World Cup in Brazil It’s not really news anymore that Brazil is setting an example for how to not organize a World Cup, with its endemic corruption, and both social and structural problems that could turn out to be really embarrassing when it [...]
Increased Tourism In Rio’s “Pacified” Favelas: Encouraged by The Brazilian Government, But Is it Ultimately Fair to Inhabitants? The traditional conception of a favela is being subverted in Rio. Every day, dozens of tourists are led through some of Rio’s most dangerous slums to witness the conditions of the favela. In the wake of U.S. President [...]
How Brazilian Soccer Has Evolved From A Game To A Business Via Football Shirt… Football has evolved from ‘only a game’ to big business in Brazil. Companies, such as Media Sports Investment and the aptly named Traffic, have now begun to trade in football talent. These companies use their own, or borrowed, capital to [...]
LEARN BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE FOOTBALL / SOCCER VOCABULARY Brazilian’s passion for “futebol” is inexplicable, and every Brazilian, even the most indifferent, know the team they support (although many prefer not to reveal this information as to not be publicaly embarassed). Since this is a blog dedicated to Brazilian language and culture, I can’t let the opportunity [...]
So, here are two articles on Rio’s newest transportation solution, the sky ride, geared towards preparation for the 2014 world cup and 2016 olympic games, both hosted in Rio de Janeiro. My opinion was that this was an interesting and probably very intelligent strategy to circumvent the obvious issues of safety when hosting an infiltration [...]
Brazil Has Announced Exact Dates of the 2014 World Cup! FIFA announced yesterday the exact dates of the World Cup 2014. The opening game will take place on 12 June, Thursday. The venue will only be chosen in October. The final match will be played at the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro on 13 July, Sunday. [...]
The Brazilian Favela – the media infatuation du jour, reporters just can’t get enough of it…. “Vanguard” is a no-limits documentary series by Current TV whose award-winning correspondents put themselves in extraordinary situations to immerse viewers in global issues that have a large social significance. This time they’ve gone to the Brazilian favela…. In this [...]
BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE SOCCER / FOOTBALL VOCABULARY LIST This vocab list could be a great tool for soccer fans visiting Brazil, print this out and bring it to the 2014 World Cup games with you to understand what those around you are saying and to participate yourself in the heated discussion and cheering! PORTUGUESE SOCCER VOCABULARY [...]
