Real Brazilian Portuguese & Culture
Why You Should Learn Portuguese If you are asking yourself “Why should I learn Portuguese?” here are a few really good reasons: The economy in Brazil is BOOMING, meaning that Portuguese is becoming more relevant to the global market. Is Portuguese the next Chinese? Well, maybe not, but it sounds much nicer. And also, it’s [...]
What is a Gaúcho? Next on my Brazilian dialect series, is probably one of the most different of Brazilian states, “Gauchês,” spoken by those who live in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (and parts of Mato Grosso do Sul), the southernmost state in Brazil. Those who live in Rio Grande do Sul are [...]
Pernambuquês: The Portuguese of Pernambuco Pernambuco is a state in the northeast region of Brazil and Pernambucanos have great accents that are as phonetic as you’ll get with Brazilian portuguese. Pernambucanos, like other states in Brazil, also have their own vocabulary that is distinct to the region. For example, the word escroto to me means something sketchy or someone who’s [...]
How Do People Speak in Rio de Janeiro? The biggest tourist hot spot in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, has its own slang and almost overall dialect. Living in São Paulo and being around the Paulistanês “language” all the time, to me it’s quite refreshing to go to Rio and listening to Carioquês and its malandro nature. Cariocas (the Portuguese word for [...]
Paulistanês: Speaking Like You’re From São Paulo City The funny thing about people who live in the city of São Paulo is that they think everyone else has an accent except for them. And travelling to other parts of Brazil, I’ve learned most other people around the country realize they have a regional accent, except paulistanos who [...]
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 [...]
HOW TO LEARN PORTUGUESE The best way to learn Brazilian Portuguese (or any language) is to expand your vocabulary by gradually memorizing lists of related words. This technique will help orient your mind to making connections between words in a certain category or taxonomy, which will facilitate your retrieval of the newly learned words later [...]
Colors in Portuguese cor/cores – color/colors colorido – colored azul – blue azuis – blues azul marino – marine blue navy – navy turquesa – turquoise vermelho – red marrom – brown laranja – orange verde – green preto – black branco – white cinza – gray rosa – pink lilás – lavender roxo – [...]
HOW TO LEARN PORTUGUESE The best way to learn Brazilian Portuguese (or any language) is to expand your vocabulary by gradually memorizing lists of related words. This technique will help orient your mind to making connections between words in a certain category or taxonomy, which will facilitate your retrieval of the newly learned words later [...]
Brazilian Novela “Fina Estampa” Watching Brazilian novelas is an excellent way to work on your listening comprehension skills, as well as to build your Portuguese vocabulary. Luckily, many novelas are now available online, and you can even watch entire episodes. One of the big novelas in Brazil right now is called “Fina Estampa,” which translates to ”fine pattern” [...]
Best Resources For Learning Brazilian Portuguese Online Best Portuguese To English Translation Site: - Google Translate - Not always accurate, pretty bad for looking up slang…but of all the terrible online word-for-word translation sites, this one is the lesser evil Best Portuguese Slang Dictionary: - Dicionário InFormal - This site is great for looking up slang words in Portuguese, [...]
Fantástico is Brazil’s own, idiosyncratic answer to Sixty Minutes. Fantástico regularly lives up to its name and satisfies Brazil’s passion for the supernatural and the offbeat. In 1996 it created a major stir with exclusive footage of what it claimed to be two UFOs seen over Brazilian cities. And in 2001, it had a report [...]
HOW TO LEARN PORTUGUESE The best way to learn Brazilian Portuguese (or any language) is to expand your vocabulary by gradually memorizing lists of related words. This technique will help orient your mind to making connections between words in a certain category or taxonomy, which will facilitate your retrieval of the newly learned words later [...]
PORTUGUESE ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF BUSINESS TERMS Here Is a great comprehensive list of Business and Commercial terms in Portuguese: account – conta accountant – contador advertising – propaganda agreement – acordo allotment letter – contrato de subscrição de ações annuity – anuidade aplication form – formulário de solicitação assets – ativos balance sheet – balanço bankruptcy – falência bargain – negociação bear – portar bid – [...]
HOW TO LEARN PORTUGUESE The best way to learn Brazilian Portuguese (or any language) is to expand your vocabulary by gradually memorizing lists of related words. This technique will help orient your mind to making connections between words in a certain category or taxonomy, which will facilitate your retrieval of the newly learned words later [...]
HOW TO LEARN PORTUGUESE The best way to learn Brazilian Portuguese (or any language) is to expand your vocabulary by gradually memorizing lists of related words. This technique will help orient your mind to making connections between words in a certain category or taxonomy, which will facilitate your retrieval of the newly learned words later [...]
Translating Brazilian Portuguese Legal Documents I have compiled this list of difficult Portuguese vocabulary and phrases from my experience with translating legal documents from Portuguese to English. I hope you find it helpful! And remember, if you do not see something here that you think should be added, let me know! Thanks! -Portuguese Blogger Words certidão – [...]
Here are some airport phrases in Portuguese with some great vocabulary, I hope this helps! “chuva provoca atraso de voos no Aeroporto de Salvador.” – “rain causes flight delays at the Airport of Salvador.” o vôo (voos) – flight o atraso – delay atrasar – to delay, be late atrasado/a (-os/-as) – late (adj.) “o avião correu a pista num pouso suave e tranquilo.” [...]
PLAYING CARDS IN BRAZIL Playing cards is an extremely popular pastime among friends in Brazil. So how do you talk about playing cards in Portuguese? Below is a list of words to help improve you brazilian portuguese card game vocabulary. Feel free to add to the comments section if I’ve left any words out. Also, [...]
Brazilian Portuguese Bird Vocabulary pássaro or ave – bird pássarinho – bird, a small bird pinto – a chick a águia (-s) – eagle a cegonha (-s) – stork a gaivota (-s) – seagull o gavião (-ões) – hawk o corvo (-s) – crow o falcão (-ões) – falcon o beija-flor (-es) – hummingbird o avestruz (-es) - ostrich o papagaio (-s) - parrot o [...]
