{"id":1070,"date":"2010-05-10T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T08:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2010-05-09T23:03:51","modified_gmt":"2010-05-09T23:03:51","slug":"pernambuques-preparing-to-visit-pernambuco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/pernambuques-preparing-to-visit-pernambuco\/","title":{"rendered":"Pernambuqu\u00eas – Preparing to Visit Pernambuco"},"content":{"rendered":"

After getting pretty good feedback on my How to Speak Baian\u00eas<\/a> post, and seeing we also have a Mineir\u00eas<\/a> post, I thought I’d write slang\/dialect posts here and there so we can all learn to be ready no matter what region we visit!<\/p>\n

This week I started at a new job and two of my coworkers are from Pernambuco, a state in the northeast region of Brazil, and Pernambucanos have great accents that are as phonetic as you’ll get with Brazilian portuguese. \u00a0At lunch one day with them, they were teaching me a couple of different things they say that are completely different from Paulistanos, or the rest of Brazil, for that matter. \u00a0For example, the word escroto<\/em> to me means something sketchy or someone who’s kind of a jerk. \u00a0 In Pernambuco, it means “funny,” as in, “You know what’s funny?” In Pernambuco they’d say, “Sabe uma coisa escrota?<\/em>”<\/p>\n

So I took some of their lessons, uploaded a Lenine (artist from Pernambuco) video for you to listen to here, and found a Pernambuqu\u00eas Dictonary<\/a> to share with you all!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-jSVLwz1bag<\/a><\/p>\n

The order goes pernambuqu\u00eas<\/em>,\u00a0portugu\u00eas<\/strong>, English, got it?<\/p>\n

Galalau, <\/em>Pessoa Alta<\/strong>, Tall person<\/p>\n

Cot\u00f4co, <\/em>Resto<\/strong>, Leftover<\/p>\n

Massa<\/em>, Bom\/Legal<\/strong>, Cool or Awesome<\/p>\n

Peba, <\/em>Ruim<\/strong>, Bad\/Boring<\/p>\n

Mangar<\/em>, Rir dos outros<\/strong>, Laugh at others<\/p>\n

Gazear, <\/em>Faltar aula<\/strong>, Skip class<\/p>\n

X\u00f4xo, <\/em>Pequeno e magro, <\/strong>Someone who’s small and thin<\/p>\n

Leso, <\/em>Bobo<\/strong>, Someone who’s silly<\/p>\n

Frouxo, <\/em>Medroso<\/strong>, Someone who’s scared \u00a0of everything<\/p>\n

Invocado, <\/em>Estar com raiva, <\/strong>To be angry<\/p>\n

Vou chegar, <\/em>Estou indo embora\/Vou sair, <\/strong>I’m leaving<\/p>\n

Liso, <\/em>Sem dinheiro<\/strong>, Broke (without \u00a0money)<\/p>\n

Boyzinha<\/em>, Mo\u00e7a nova, <\/strong>Young girl<\/p>\n

Muri\u00e7oca, <\/em>Pernilongo<\/strong>, Mosquito<\/p>\n

Borocox\u00f4<\/em>, Pessoa triste<\/strong>, Someone who’s sad<\/p>\n

Iap\u00f4is, <\/em>\u00c9 mesmo<\/strong>, “Oh yeah!” (As in, I agree, or I hadn’t thought of that)<\/p>\n

Fuxico, <\/em>Fofoca<\/strong>, Gossip<\/p>\n

Notice that in Pernambuco, they use a lot of “\u00f4” in their vocabulary, so get ready to pronounce your “oh” sounds \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Now you’re ready for a trip to Recife, Olinda, or any of Pernambuco’s other gorgeous towns with your newly learned g\u00edrias<\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After getting pretty good feedback on my How to Speak Baian\u00eas post, and seeing we also have a Mineir\u00eas post, I thought I’d write slang\/dialect posts here and there so we can all learn to be ready no matter what region we visit! This week I started at a new job and two of my…<\/p>\n

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