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Holiday Vocabulary Posted by on Dec 23, 2008 in Learning, Vocabulary

Today we’re going to take a look at some important phrases and vocabulary for the holiday season.

Boas festas – Happy Holidays

Feliz Natal – Merry Christmas

Feliz Hanuká – Happy Hanukah

Feliz Ano Novo – Happy New Year

Reveillon – New Year’s Eve

presente – gift

amigo oculto – Secret Santa

Papai Noel – Santa Claus

peru – turkey

embrulho – wrapping paper

fita – ribbon

árvore de Natal – Christmas tree

enfeites de Natal – ornaments

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Comments:

  1. Sakae:

    Oi Rachel!

    You can use for the Secret Santa game, “amigo oculto”, “amigo invisível” or the most common here in Brazil: “Amigo Secreto”.

    Abraços

  2. Carlos Eduardo Gomes:

    Hy Rachel…
    There two words that I wanna warning about.
    Like “embrulho” can be “papel de presente”
    “fita” can be “laço”

    Both can be used.
    But the “papel de presente” and “laço” are more used than the others.

    Obviously.
    I’m talking about Brazilian’s portuguese.
    But I don’t know about Portugal’s portuguese

    And
    There’s another play like “amigo oculto”. This another is called “Amigo da onça”.
    It’s a little bit different.
    I don’t know how can I say “amigo da onça” in English.

    Sorry for my english mistakes!!!