{"id":1153,"date":"2010-05-25T13:01:52","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T13:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2010-05-25T03:10:18","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T03:10:18","slug":"tocar-vs-brincar-vs-jogar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/tocar-vs-brincar-vs-jogar\/","title":{"rendered":"Tocar vs. Brincar vs. Jogar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, there&#8217;s more than one word for a single word in English. The three words <em>tocar, brincar<\/em>, and <em>jogar <\/em>are a perfect example, since they all translate as &#8220;to play&#8221; in English.<\/p>\n<p><strong>tocar<\/strong> = to play (instrument) or to ring<\/p>\n<p><strong>brincar<\/strong> = to play (children)<\/p>\n<p><strong>jogar<\/strong> = to play (game\/sport)<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at some examples.<\/p>\n<p><em>Quero aprender tocar o viol\u00e3o<\/em>. I want to learn how to play the guitar.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ele toca\u00a0 piano todos os dias.<\/em> He plays the piano every day.<\/p>\n<p><em>Seu celular est\u00e1 tocando<\/em>. Your cell phone is ringing.<\/p>\n<p><em>As crian\u00e7as est<em>\u00e3<\/em>o brincando no quintal.<\/em> The children are playing in the backyard.<\/p>\n<p><em>A menina n<em><em>\u00e3<\/em><\/em>o gosta de brincar sozinha.<\/em> The girl doesn&#8217;t like to play by herself.<\/p>\n<p><em>Eles jogam Xbox ou Nintendo depois das aulas.<\/em> They play Xbox or Nintendo after school.<\/p>\n<p><em>Voc\u00ea gosta de jogar futebol?<\/em> Do you like to play soccer?<\/p>\n<p>And for extra credit. When you use the term &#8220;jogar muito,&#8221; it means someone plays very well.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ele joga muito.<\/em> He&#8217;s a really good player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, there&#8217;s more than one word for a single word in English. The three words tocar, brincar, and jogar are a perfect example, since they all translate as &#8220;to play&#8221; in English. tocar = to play (instrument) or to ring brincar = to play (children) jogar = to play (game\/sport) Let&#8217;s take a look at&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/tocar-vs-brincar-vs-jogar\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6,1851],"tags":[9014,379352,9015,9012,9013,166],"class_list":["post-1153","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-grammar","category-learning","tag-brincar","tag-grammar","tag-jogar","tag-to-play","tag-tocar","tag-verbs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1153"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1157,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153\/revisions\/1157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}