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Who is Gretchen/ Swish Swish Posted by carol on Aug 13, 2017
In July, Katy Perry’s Swish Swish lyric video hit a record: it was the most watched female-artist video in vinte e quatro horas (24 hours). Of course, all of Katy’s fame and success contributed to this statistics, but talvez (perhaps) the one actually in charge of the huge number of views is Gretchen, the protagonist…
[Portuguese listening/reading practice] – A melhor coisa do avião Posted by carol on Jul 31, 2017
Olá, pessoal! Hey, guys! Today we’ll have another installment of our Portuguese listening/reading practice series. Hope you are enjoying them! The text is called A melhor coisa do avião é o que ele ainda não tem (The best thing about an airplane is what it still hasn’t got) again by Brazilian comedian Gregório Duvivier from…
How to use the word “nossa” in Portuguese Posted by carol on Jul 29, 2017
Ei, galera! Hey, guys! Last post we covered the many possibilities of the adverb ainda. Today, we’ll move on to another very popular term in our language: nossa. It is, again, one of those words that is so common that Brazilians likely use it on a daily basis. Nossa is literally a possessive pronoun for…
The verb ‘passar’ in Portuguese – Part II Posted by carol on Jul 13, 2017
Olá a todos! Hey, everybody! Como vocês têm passado? How have you been? Last week we saw that passar in Portuguese can have multiple definitions. Now how about we take a look at some collocations and expressions with the verb to learn even more? Come on, vai passar rapidinho! (We’ll get through it very quickly!)…
[Brazilian Music] – Belchior Posted by carol on May 12, 2017
[Música Brasileira] – Belchior Last week we said adeus (goodbye) to Antônio Carlos Gomes Belchior Fontenelle Fernandes, conhecido (known) simply as Belchior, a Brazilian music icon from the state Ceará, in the northeastern Brazil. One of our country’s most beloved artists, the 70-year old Belchior passed away on April 30th of natural causes due…
Axé and Carnaval Posted by carol on Feb 24, 2017
Oi, pessoal! Hey, guys! Are you ready for Carnaval? Brazil’s longest-awaited party is only on February 28th, but the celebrations aqui (here) are already at full steam. The marchinhas (typical carnaval music that satirizes military marches), samba and frevo are some of the rhythms that get the party going, showing the diversity of the country and the…
‘Yemanjá’ day in Brazil Posted by carol on Feb 5, 2017
Dia da Iemanjá no Brasil E aí, gente? What’s up, guys? On February 2nd we celebrate the dia (day) of Iemanjá, an African orixá – African divinized ancestors that correspond to manifestations of the forces of the natureza (nature) – associated with the rios (rivers) and mares (seas). Iemanjá is known to be the mãe…