Tag Archives: Vocabulary
How To Say “Eventual” and “Eventually” in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Feb 6, 2014
Olá, pessoal! Tudo bem por aí? In today’s post I’m going to show you how to translate the words eventual and eventually. But why these words? Well, they are false cognates – they may look like one thing, but they mean something different. Let’s start with the word eventual. Eventual Eventual, in Portuguese, means…
Breaking Up is Hard to Do… Even in Portuguese! Posted by Adir on Jan 30, 2014
Hello, there! Breaking up is hard to do… or so they say! Check out this dialogue between two friends: Rafael and Jéssica. Practice your pronunciation and improve your vocabulary with the notes below. Rafael: E aí, Jéssica! Quanto tempo! Jéssica: Oi, Rafa! É mesmo! Tudo bem com você? Rafael: Opa, tudo certo. Ainda tô trabalhando…
Using Vague Language in Portuguese (with audio!) Posted by Adir on Jan 23, 2014
E aí, pessoal? Tudo em ordem? In spoken Portuguese, it’s very common to use vague language. In this post I’m going to show you some examples. Let’s start with quantities and qualities. Instead of boring you with rules, let me give you some real-life examples. Isso custa uns mil reais. [around] Isso custa aproximadamente mil…
You’d Better Not Come Making Excuses Because… Posted by Adir on Jan 16, 2014
…this is what this post is all about: making excuses. We all need to make excuses some time to get away from an unpleasant conversation so today I’m going to give you some example excuses that you can use and still be polite! Here are some example situations. Numa ligação pessoal [During a personal…
Talking about the weather in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Dec 17, 2013
Olá, pessoal! As you may already know, I’m from the southeast of Brazil – typically a very hot region. Come November it starts to get very hot, rain a lot and this happens until late March. So today I’m going to teach you some expressions to talk about the weather in Portuguese. Estão prontos? Está…
Talking about driving in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Dec 12, 2013
Olá, pessoal! Something you are not likely to find in coursebooks is real life words and expressions related to driving. So here are some very, but very useful expressions about driving that you won’t find in textbooks! Manobras – Maneuvers Encostar / parar – to pull over Vou encostar aqui. – I’m going to pull…
Collocations with verb “passar” Posted by Adir on Dec 4, 2013
Olá, pessoal! Collocations are word combinations. For example, we say “do business” and not “make business”, right? We say “take a shower” and not “do a shower”. The verb passar has several very useful and interesting collocations and today I’m going to share some of them with you. Remember: the best way to remember words…