Archive for November, 2012
Dilma Bolada Posted by Rachel on Nov 9, 2012
One of the most famous parody social media accounts in Brazil is that of Dilma Bolada, a fake President Dilma Rousseff written by 22 year-old carioca Jeferson Monteiro. Known best for Dilma Bolada on Twitter and Facebook, Jeferson pretends to share the president’s views on both domestic and international events as well as Brazilian popular…
More slang in Portuguese! Posted by Adir on Nov 5, 2012
E aí, tudo bem com você? Last week I was on vacation but I’m back and today we are going to learn some very interesting slang words in Brazilian Portuguese. Are you ready? Let’s start with abacaxi (pineapple) and pepino (cucumber). I have no idea why, but these words mean a very difficult problem to…