Archive for 'Customs'
Christmas vocab Posted by carol on Dec 25, 2016
Vocabulário de natal Feliz natal a todos! Merry Christmas, everyone! How was your natal (christmas)? Did you celebrate a lot? Today we’ll learn some basic Christmas words so you can practice while you party: cartão – card Minha avó envia um cartão para mim com mensagens de paz todos os anos (My grandmother sends me…
Eleições Posted by carol on Nov 27, 2016
Ei, gente! Vamos falar de política? Let’s talk politics? Esse mês (this month), North Americans elegeram (elected) their new president, the controversial billionaire Donald Trump. What did you think of the resultados (results)? Who would you have votado (voted) for? In Brazil, munipal elections were also held last October, and each Brazilian town got to…
Cooking vocab Posted by carol on Nov 13, 2016
Vocabulário de cozinha Hello, everyone! Olá, pessoal! Are you guys hungry? How about making some food? Whether you’re a chef, an amateur, or just trying to scrape something together, cooking is a fundamental part of everyone’s lives. We’ve already seen vocabulary on food, learned about the kitchen and saw some recipes on previous posts. Now…
Brazilian novelas – Soap Operas Posted by carol on Oct 23, 2016
Novelas Brasileiras Brazil is known for its telenovelas, or soap operas, a widely appreciated and immensely popular genre throughout Latin America. As a national fixation and one of the favorite forms of entertainment no país (in the country) – along with soccer, the novelas are a Brazilian television staple and, as such, an intrisic part…
House-related expressions Posted by carol on Oct 16, 2016
Expressões relacionadas a casa: House-related expressions Olá a todos! Como estão vocês? Hey, everybody! How are you doing? A few posts ago, we learned about parts of the casa (house) in Portuguese, vocês se lembram? (do you remember?) So now we’ll improve our vocabulary by moving a little further and seing some house-related verbs and…
[Brazilian Food] – Part I Posted by carol on Oct 8, 2016
[Brazilian Food] – Part I: Alex Atala Hey, everyone! Oi, gente! If you follow our blog, you may have noticed that we run a couple of series, like ‘Brazilian movies’, ‘Brazilian Literature’ or ‘Music to listen to’. Hoje (today) we’ll debut a new feature, ‘Brazilian Food’, with the aim of introducing readers to renowned Brazilian…
Festa Junina Posted by carol on Jun 24, 2016
Olá, gente! (Hello, everybody!) Como está indo o mês de vocês? How is your month going? For Brazilians, June means decorations, costumes, great food and drinks, because it’s the month of Festas Juninas! Festa junina is the segunda (second) most popular and traditional festa (party) in Brazil, losing only to the notorious Carnaval. The name…