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   admin:

   Eu gosto das palavras…

   Sacudir – to shake (commonly used to mean dancing or moving to music)

   Vermelho – red (it just sounds good!)

   Relax – relax, chill. (pronounced ‘hey-lacks’)

   And of course any diminutivezinho at all!!

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   Renoir:

   A minha palavra portuguêsa favorita é “amanhecer”

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   trevor:

   Favorite words:

   Saudades: i love this word in general as it implies so much. there’s just no adequate translation

   Beija-flor: hummingbird. its so poetic

   As for speaking:

   sorriso

   Anything with “ão”: Então. Irmão, etc…

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   troy:

   sacanagem – dirty trick played upon someone
   folgado – slacker

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   Matthew:

   Disculpa pela palavrão, mas minha frase favorita em a língua portuguesa é ‘afogar ao ganzo’

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   Robin:

   My favorite Portuguese word is papagallo – not sure if that is spelled right but its the
   word for parrot.

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   Steven:

   I like many words because of how they sound. Examples are abacaxi, abacate, e advogado (this last one because of the extra syllable due to the ‘d’ and ‘v’ being adjacent). Also words that others have suggested, like beija-flor e papagaio.

   I also like words that are similar to English words, but suggest something a bit different, such as fanático.

   Lastly there are words taken from english, but sound completely different in português, such as rock (like hockey) or hip-hop (like ippy-oppy).

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   Margarida:

   Hey, I’m Portuguese, I live in Portugal and personally my favorite word is otorrinolaringologista (otorhinolaringologist) and hipopótamo (hippopotamus).

   visit Portugal, we are a small country but we have a lot to discover!

   now just for playing a bit, i’ll translate this text to portuguese :

   Olá, sou portuguesa, vivo em Portugal e pessoalmente a minha palavra favorita é otorrinolaringologista e hipopótamo

   visitem Portugal, somos um país pequeno mas temos muito por descobrir!

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   Tom DePaoli:

   I am a fan of “qüinquagésimo” or fiftieth in English.

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    Marlene:

    “jardim” e “coração” eram minhas palavras favoritas na época (que já faz quase 4 anos) que eu começava a aprender português.
    E quem não gosta de “saudades”??
    “jardim” and “coração” were my favorite words at the time (which is already almost 4 years ago) that I was starting to learn Portuguese.
    And who doesn’t like “saudades”??

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    nathalia:

    oi
    eu suo brasileira
    acho muito legal esse blog
    porque por ele posso apreder um pouco de ingles
    e a minha palavra faforita é:
    oftamologista

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    Jeff:

    coitadinha (poor little thing!)

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    Kalani:

    PIPOCA! For me too. I dunno how but I think I may have heard that word in a song when I just started learning Portuguese, the same year I got my kitten. So…I always called her my pipoca. 🙂 But, after 16yrs, she’s no longer around for me to call her that. So whenever I do see that word, I reminisce on my early learning days of the language as well as my cat.

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    silbley:

    I met a young man from Sweden that loved “analfabeto” ( a person who doesn’t know reading or writing)