Cutting Off Syllables in Portuguese Posted by Rachel on Jun 24, 2012
In spoken Portuguese, there are certain words that you will often hear cut off. While it’s important to learn and understand how words are spelled, it’s also good to know how words are treated in spoken form. Let’s take a look at some of these instances. estar (to be) – Conjugations of estar are frequently…
RioReal: A Bilingual Blog Posted by Rachel on Jun 21, 2012
One of the best ways to learn proper phrasing and new vocabulary is to read the same text in both Portuguese and English to compare the two. One place that makes it easy to do so is RioReal, a fantastic blog written by long-time Rio resident Julia Michaels about news in Rio de Janeiro–with posts…
Photography in Portuguese Posted by Rachel on Jun 21, 2012
Whether you go to Brazil to travel, work, or live, one thing is for sure: you’re going to want to take pictures. Today we’re going to review some vocabulary associated with fotografia (photography). You’ll notice that a couple of words come directly from English. fotógrafo = photographer câmera= camera tirar uma foto = take a…
Rio+20 Posted by Rachel on Jun 19, 2012
This week, one of the world’s largest environmental conferences is taking place in Rio de Janeiro, bringing together representatives from all over the world and over 100 heads of state. But what is Rio+20 exactly, and what does it hope to accomplish? Let’s find out in Portuguese! From the official UN site: A Conferência das…
Proverbs in Portuguese – Part 01 Posted by Adir on Jun 18, 2012
Olá! Antes de mais nada desejo a você, meu querido leitor aqui do blog de português da Transparent Language, uma ótima e produtiva semana. Nosso assunto hoje são os provérbios! Sim, todos conhecemos provérbios e hoje vamos ver como são alguns deles em português, ok? Vamos lá! A cavalo dado não se olham os dentes…
Colloquial Portuguese – Part 02 Posted by Adir on Jun 15, 2012
Oi, tudo bem com você? Today is Friday and let’s wrap up our week with some very cool and interesting colloquial expressions in Portuguese. You can check out the first part of these expressions by clicking here! Download audio Desembucha! – Shoot! Spit it out! Deu pau (no computador)! – It crashed! (the computer) Deu…
Caetano Veloso’s Full Discography Posted by Rachel on Jun 14, 2012
In honor of his upcoming 70th birthday in August, Brazilian music legend Caetano Veloso is making his entire discography free online. You have to pay to download the songs, but you can listen to every single song for free on his website. To start off, here’s one of Caetano’s most famous songs, Sozinho: Sozinho…