Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Hair Care in Portuguese Posted by Rachel on Oct 18, 2012
In Brazil, women’s hair care is a huge market, and women of all social classes invest in hair products and treatments. Today we’re going to learn vocabulary associated with hair care using some videos. cabelo – hair cachos – curls enrolar – to curl, roll chapinha – hair straightener fazer escova – straighten hair óleo…
Kids’ Games in Portuguese Posted by Rachel on Oct 10, 2012
Do you ever feel nostalgic for your childhood? Você sente saudades da sua infância? Today we’re going to learn vocabulary for kids’ games. Keep in mind that the verb brincar (to play) typically applies to children while jogar (to play) often applies to games or sports, they are sometimes interchangeable. For the purposes of vocabulary…
Any problems in your apartment? (Portuguese version) Posted by Adir on Sep 28, 2012
Hi! Are you excited for the weekend? Let’s finish our September posts with something that happens to all us: problems at home! I’m talking about things like a toilet getting clogged up or your radiator is not working well. Let’s learn how to talk about this in Portuguese! Here are some useful sentences: A pia…
On the Farm in Portuguese Posted by Rachel on Sep 27, 2012
Brazil has some of the most beautiful farmland in the world, and is one of the world’s largest agricultural producers. So today, we’re going to learn some farm vocabulary. fazenda – farm fazendeiro – farmer colheita – harvest cultivo – cultivation espantalho – scarecrow trator – tractor arado – plow celeiro – barn galinheiro –…
How to use the verb “virar” Posted by Adir on Sep 19, 2012
Virar is a very common verb in Portuguese and in this post I will show you how its several uses. Are you ready? Estão prontos? Virar means basically to turn, flip: virar à esquerda = to turn left virar à direita = to turn right virar do avesso = to turn inside out virar de…
Election Vocabulary in Portuguese Posted by Rachel on Sep 13, 2012
Brazil has municipal elections coming up on October 7. So let’s take a look at words related to elections. eleição – election votação – voting eleitor – voter candidato – candidate campanha – campaign propaganda eleitoral – campaign advertising voto – ballot urna eletrônica – voting machine cabine / cabina de votação – voting booth…
Money vocabulary in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Sep 3, 2012
Oi! Começamos setembro com uma lista muito útil de palavras e expressões relacionadas ao dinheiro. Estão prontos? Moeda corrente – currency O real é a moeda corrente no Brasil. [The real is the currency in Brazil.] Emprestar – to lend Você poderia me emprestar cinquenta reais? Eu te devolvo amanhã. [Can you lend me fifty…