Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Happy Valentine’s Day! … in Brazil Posted by Adir on Jun 11, 2013
Olá, pessoal! Tomorrow is Dia dos Namorados, Valentine’s Day, in Brazil so I thought I’d teach you some “loving” vocabulary in Portuguese. Namorar = to date Ter um encontro com = to have a date with Um encontro = a date Você parece mais feliz depois que começou a namorar o Mike. – You look…
I’m moving out! Posted by Adir on May 27, 2013
Hello, everybody! I’m moving out to a new apartment and I had to buy all my furniture again (long story!) so I thought I’d share some house vocabulary with you guys today since I’m in the middle of a bit of a mess! I’ve been having to deal with eletricistas (electricians), serralheiros (locksmiths) and people…
I need to take a taxi, what do I do? Posted by Adir on May 21, 2013
Hello, there! If you’re traveling to Brazil and nobody’s going to pick you up at the airport chances are you will need to speak some Portuguese with the taxi driver, so why learn some survival phrases in the meantime, huh? First read the following dialogue where John, an American businessman, goes to Rio for a…
Sleepless em português Posted by Adir on Apr 30, 2013
Hello, there! Today we are going to talk about insomnia, em português. I don’t know about you, but I have been sleepless many times and I have tried almost everything. Swimming helped me a lot, but I’m going to give you a home remedy recipe for insomnia today. Check out the text in Portuguese and…
You have some nerve reading this! Posted by Adir on Apr 4, 2013
Ha! I bet you think I’m angry at you, my dear reader, but this post title is only to catch your attention and teach you a very cool Brazilian idiom: cara-de-pau. Cara-de-pau is one of those expressions that is hard to translate directly into English, like many others. OK, so let’s learn what a cara-de-pau…
Easter Vocabulary in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Mar 28, 2013
Olá, pessoal! On the 31st we celebrate Easter all over the world and today’s post will cover some Easter specific vocabulary. Estão prontos? Terça-feira de Carnaval = Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday Quarta-feira de Cinzas = Ash Wednesday Quaresma = Lent Domingo de Ramos = Palm Sunday Quinta-feira Santa = Maundy Thursday, Sheer Thursday, Holy Thursday…
At the hotel, em português Posted by Adir on Mar 22, 2013
Olá, tudo bem com vocês? Brazil is going to host the World Cup next year and I’m pretty sure that some of you are planning to come down here to enjoy the feast, right? Well, oftentimes hotel employees speak some English, but I think you’d be better off knowing some basic survival Portuguese to use…