Smelling Good in Portuguese
Posted on 30. May, 2012 by Rachel in Vocabulary
As we’ve written about before, hygiene is very important in Brazil, and Brazil is one of Latin America’s biggest markets for hygiene products. Today we’re going to review some vocabulary related to smelling good in Portuguese.
Photo: Horia Varlan
perfume = perfume/cologne
desodorante = deodorant
desodorante colônia = body spray
sabonete = soap
sabonete líquido = liquid soap
bucha = shower pouf
esponja de banho = bath sponge
hidrantante = moisturizer
loção corporal = body lotion
tomar banho = to take a shower
cheiroso = good-smelling
fedorento = smelly
Examples:
Nossa, você está cheiroso! Wow, you smell good!
Voltei da academia e estou fedorento. Preciso tomar banho. I’m back from the gym and I’m smelly. I need to take a shower.
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Thank you for these helpful vocabulary words. Have you heard the song by Rita Ribeiro titled “Banho Cheiroso”? It’s delightful. I’ve never heard a song about taking a shower!
http://letras.terra.com.br/rita-ribeiro/242526/
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