Tag Archives: Slang
7 Slang Expressions in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Jan 15, 2013
Olá, pessoal! Tudo bem? Brazilian Portuguese is full of informal language and slang words so I am going to teach you seven very useful and cool slang words in Portuguese. Estão prontos? 01. Tá ligado? Literally this means “Are you on?”, like an electronic device. Tá ligado? means “Do you what I mean?” or “Do…
Colloquial Portuguese – Part 04 Posted by Adir on Nov 15, 2012
Salve, pessoal! Tudo bem? After some time our colloquial Portuguese series is back and today we are going to learn some more cool and interesting expressions in Portuguese, you know, those expressions you won’t find in a regular dictionary or coursebook. Estão prontos? Vamos lá! Download audio O gato comeu sua língua? – The cat…
More slang in Portuguese! Posted by Adir on Nov 5, 2012
E aí, tudo bem com você? Last week I was on vacation but I’m back and today we are going to learn some very interesting slang words in Brazilian Portuguese. Are you ready? Let’s start with abacaxi (pineapple) and pepino (cucumber). I have no idea why, but these words mean a very difficult problem to…
Colloquial Portuguese – Part 03 Posted by Adir on Jul 18, 2012
Olá! Hoje temos a terceira parte da série Colloquial Portuguese. São expressões muito usadas no dia-a-dia e que você provavelmente não vai encontrar nos dicionários tradicionais. Está pronto? Vamos lá! Download audio Grande coisa! – Big deal! Há quanto tempo a gente não se vê! – Long time no see! Isso dá! / Isso serve!…
How to say “it’s not my thing” in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Jun 10, 2012
Olá! Tudo bem? I rarely watch soap operas and one of these I was waiting for a friend to pick me up so we could go grab a beer and I turned on the TV. There was this comedic soap opera on and I ended up watching half hour of it. Halfway through the first…
Brazilian idiom: O escambáu! Posted by Adir on May 4, 2012
E aí, tudo beleza com você? I was at a party last weekend and I heard three people, at different times, say the expression “O escambáu!” and I went to look how to say that in English. It turns out that O escambáu can be translated as My foot! Yes, it is a neutral informal…
Brazilian Hip Hop – Emicida Posted by polyana on May 30, 2011
Yesterday I went to a huge hip hop festival here in São Paulo, with international names like John Legend, Ja Rule, & The Roots, but also some Brazilian independent artists like Copacabana Club (which isn’t a hip hop band, but they’re pretty good!) & then some big name Brazilian hip hop artists. I’m actually pretty…