Portuguese Language Blog

Here are three ways to say tacky in Portuguese, meaning something with poor taste.

1. brega

Ela comprou uma calça rosa. Que coisa brega! She bought a pair of pink pants. How tacky!

noun version: breguice [tackiness, tacky stuff]

Não acredito que a casa dele tem tanta breguice. I don’t believe his house has so much tacky stuff.

2. cafona

Acho meio cafona usar bota Ugg com saia. I think it’s kind of tacky to wear Ugg boots with a skirt.

noun version: cafonice [tackiness, tacky stuff]

O site mostra cafonices no mundo da moda. The site shows tacky stuff from the world of fashion.

3. deselegante (tacky, rude)

Ela foi para a festa de crianças usando um vestido super curto. Que deselegante! She went to the childrens’ party wearing a really short dress. How tacky!

You can also see how deselegante is used in this Globo news clip that went viral this year.

Though it’s unlikely to host games during the World Cup in 2014, São Paulo’s Morumbi Stadium is getting a makeover. The stadium is home to São Paulo Futebol Clube, one of the state’s four largest local teams. The project was announced last week by the city’s mayor. According to local media source Jornal da Cidade, the stadium will be redone to be able to host both sports and large events:

Além da cobertura do estádio, o Morumbi vai receber uma arena multiuso para shows e eventos, um hotel com centro de convenções, um novo memorial, terá a capacidade do atual estacionamento ampliada e os acessos do público serão reconfigurados. Durante as obras, a capacidade máxima para o público (67 mil pessoas) não será alterada, assim como a estrutura existente para receber os torcedores.

Watch this video about the modernization process, and how the stadium will be altered to be able to host different kinds of events:

In Brazil, we traditionally wear white on New Year’s eve. Why white? Because white symbolizes harmony, balance, and can be used to purify energies for a peaceful new year!

Both men and women alike will wear different white or gold outfits according to the celebration they attend.

But the most fun part of NYE, or Reveillon, in Brazil, is that the color of your underwear is what determines what you want most in the year to come!! Nobody really needs to know what you wish for in 2012, but you secretly do (unless, of course, your white dress is see through..)

Here are some of the colors and what their meanings are:

Vermelho - Paixão e desejo. 

Amarelo – Dinheiro. 

Azul – Poder e ação.

Verde – Saúde e justiça.

Rosa – Amor. 

Violeta – Tranformações. 

Branco – Paz.