Tag Archives: Vocabulary
Idiom: cair a ficha Posted by Adir on Oct 22, 2012
E aí, pessoal? Tudo bem? Let’s learn a very cool idiom in Portuguese today: cair a ficha. Cair a ficha is used when you finally understand something that you hadn’t been aware of, it finally hits you. It can also be used when someone takes a hit. This expression in Portuguese from the time when…
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…
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…
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…
Sick, but in Portuguese! Posted by Adir on Aug 17, 2012
Hey, everybody! Today is Friday and not a good day to be sick, right? It hasn’t rained in my region for months and my allergy is starting to act up so I’ve decided to share some sentences to talk about the before, the during and the after being sick. Ah, have a great weekend! Antes…
False friends in Portuguese and English Posted by Adir on Aug 6, 2012
I read somewhere that cognates make up around 30% of a text in an English-Portuguese text and I guess the opposite is also true. That would be all good and beautiful if the false cognates weren’t around. Yes, those misleading words that get us thinking one thing when in fact they mean something else. As…
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!…