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The childhood in Portuguese Posted by carol on Mar 31, 2022
Olá, pessoal! Como estão? When living in a país estrangeiro (foreign country), we often catch ourselves struggling to find the right words in the most unusual situations. I was hosting um chá de bebê (a baby shower) for a friend and, as I don’t speak the local language, finding exactly what I needed to buy…
More ways to use ‘sério’ in Portuguese Posted by carol on Mar 25, 2022
Ei, gente! Prontos para o fim de semana? Mas agora é hora de falar sério! But now it’s time to get serious and move on with our previous post about the word sério in Portuguese. Today we are going to cover a few more idioms and examples related to this very interesting term in our…
Why so serious? The word ‘sério’ in Portuguese Posted by carol on Mar 14, 2022
Fala, pessoal! Tudo bem? Sério mesmo? Learning about collocations and idioms is the best way to achieve fluency and communicating in a natural way in a foreign language. And using the word sério (serious) properly can certainly help. Today’s post will round up some examples of how to use the term and their meanings. And…
Brazil on social media: Who to follow Posted by carol on Feb 28, 2022
Olá a todos! Hi, all! Nowadays, there are muitas maneiras (many ways) to learn Portuguese beyond the good old coursebook. You can se matricular em um curso (sign up for a course), contratar um professor particular (hire a private tutor), befriend a native speaker and exchange messages, use language learning apps, ouvir (listen to) podcasts…
More idioms with ‘cara’ Posted by carol on Jan 24, 2022
Olá, pessoal! Hi, guys! A while back we went over phrases in Portuguese with the word ‘cara’. I also pointed out that these are very common na língua falada (in spoken language) and that knowing some of them can come in very handy when it comes to entender e falar (understand and speak) português. And…
Unbelievable headlines from Brazil in 2021 Posted by carol on Jan 10, 2022
Saudações, prezados leitores! Greetings, dear readers! Feliz 2022! Happy 2022! Você acompanha as notícias em português? Do you follow the news in Portuguese? Our previous posts offered a recap on last year’s main stories. But besides those decisive events that shaped 2021, there were several other manchetes (headlines) that caught our attention throughout the year…
2021 Highlights – Part II Posted by carol on Dec 30, 2021
E aí, galera? 2021 está chegando ao fim! Last week we looked back on 2021’s chief events in Brazil. Now it’s time to move forward with the second part. Estão prontos? O acidente de Marília Mendonça | Marília’s Mendonça’s crash Although we covered it before in this previous post, we cannot help but bring up…