Real Brazilian Portuguese & Culture
Brazilian Portuguese Subjunctive Present In Brazilian Portuguese, the present subjunctive it is used when there is present expression of hope, uncertainty, desire, emotion, wish or a demand. The easiest cue to know when you should employ the subjunctive form of a verb in Brazilian Portuguese, is when you encounter a “que” phrase. Some examples of [...]
Confusing Portuguese Verbs Sacar vs. Entender Sacar vs Entender – Sacar is to take out, withdraw but in popular slang it means to get it, to understand something. Entender is to understand, very basic. Ex. Me traz um suco de laranja e um todinho, sacou? (Bring me some orange juice and a todinho, got it?) Saquei! (I got it!) Clarificar vs. Esclarecer Clarificar vs Esclarecer – Clarificar [...]
Portuguese Verbs For Cooking In English, there are so many specific words to talk about cooking. Depending on what you are making, the vocabulary can be very extensive. So how would you begin to talk about cooking in Portuguese? I’ve already compiled a list of the words for kitchen utensils and appliances in Portuguese, so [...]
The 1000 Most Common Verbs in Portuguese [ First of all, thank you so much to Lauren from Hacking Portuguese for this post! ] Below are the top 1000 verbs in the online Corpus do Português, a database of Portuguese texts hosted by Brigham Young University. To generate this list I searched only 20th century sources, representing [...]
WHAT DOES ARRASAR MEAN? The Portuguese word arrasar has a few similar negative meanings, and also a few positive meanings. 1. Destroy, devastate (literally or emotionally) As chuvas arrasaram a Região Serrana do Rio. The rains devastated Rio’s mountain region. A namorada arrasou o garoto quando acabou o namoro. The girlfriend destroyed the boy when she ended the [...]
Here Are Some Meanings of the Portuguese Verb “Ficar”: 1. TO REMAIN / STAY Ontem fiquei em casa – Yesterday I stayed home. 2. TO TAKE UP ACCOMMODATION -Onde você vai ficar no Rio? - Where are you going to stay in Rio? – Vou ficar em um hotel em Copacabana. - I’m going to stay in a hotel in Copacabana. 3. TO [...]
Here’s the Portuguese word of the day! If you have any words that you would like to nominate for this word of the day series, let me know! portugueseblogger@gmail.com “DESENCADEAR” desencadear – to trigger, initiate, provoke, unleash Here are some news headlines that i found using the word “desencadear“: “Livro polêmico desencadeia protesto de judeus ortodoxos em Jerusalém.” - “Contriversial book triggers protest [...]
Here’s the Portuguese word of the day! If you have any words that you would like to nominate for this word of the day series, let me know! portugueseblogger@gmail.com “AFROUXAR” afrouxar – to loosen, slacken, ease, alleviate (especially when talking about rules, laws or regulations) “Governo federal vai afrouxar controle sobre obras da Copa e das Olimpíadas.” – The federal government is [...]
SER VS. ESTAR IN BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE The fact that there are two words in Portuguese that mean “to be”, ser and estar, can baffle some English speakers at first. How am I supposed to know the difference? you may wonder. First off, don’t get aggravated about it because every language has its own special characteristics that don’t [...]
HOW TO SAY YOU ARE HAVING FUN IN PORTUGUESE If you are trying to say that you are having fun, or having a good time in Brazilian Portuguese, there are several ways to express this: 1. Curtir This verb is slang for “to have fun” or “to enjoy.” It’s frequently used by young people to talk [...]
Portuguese Expressions Using Poder The word “poder” has two meanings in Brazilian Portuguese. First, poder means “power” (referring to authority or force, not electrical). Poder is also the Brazilian Portuguese verb for “to be able to”. Just a clarification: In English, we use the word “power” to talk about electricity. However when referring to electrical [...]
Portuguese Expressions With “Dar” The use of the Brazilian Portuguese verb Dar to give with the alternate meaning to be possible is ubiquitous in Brazil. Using dar in this manner is different from using poder; dar indicates possibility and likelihood of an occurrence in an impersonal way. Poder serves to specify literal ability: he can complete [...]
LEVAR VS. TRAZER In Portuguese, the verbs levar and trazer may be confusing to some people. Levar (to take) is used to indicate a movement away from the speaker or the place where the speaker is at the moment of speaking while trazer (to bring) is used to indicate a movement toward the speaker or the place [...]
HOW TO SAY “TO FIND OUT” IN PORTUGUESE How do you say “to find out” or “i found out that…” in Brazilian Portuguese? This one admittedly took me a while to figure out. From what i could ascertain, there are two ways to express “finding out” something in Portuguese: 1. ficar sabendo (de/que…) – literally: “to become knowing about…” really [...]
Portuguese Imperative Verbs Imperative verbs are commands. Imperatives are a strange beast in Portuguese. An imperative is a way of forming a verb to add emphasis. It is used for commands and orders, instructions (for example in recipes) and to sell products in advertising or in speech to stress what you want somebody else to [...]
LIST OF ADVANCED LEVEL / DIFFICULT PORTUGUESE VERBS If you have already mastered the Easy Portuguese Verbs List and the Intermediate Portuguese Verbs List, print out and memorize this list of challenging portuguese verbs to expand your Portuguese vocabulary! (At the bottom of this page in this list of sharing links, there is a button [...]
BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL VERB LIST After you have mastered the Easy Portuguese Verbs List, Impress your Brazilian colleagues by memorizing this list of verbs (and then move onto the Advanced Portuguese Verbs List! atar – to tie assombrar – to astonish, shock, surprise, haunt assobiar – to whistle arrebentar – to burst, break, explode, pop (estourar [...]
This list represents the most basic Portuguese verbs that I can think of: abaixar – lower abandonar – abandon abraçar – hug abrir – open acabar – finish acender – turn on (a light) achar – find acreditar – believe adiar – postpone adivinhar – guess adorar – adore, love agraceder – thank amar – [...]
