{"id":1925,"date":"2011-01-18T12:45:24","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T12:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2011-01-18T04:08:01","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T04:08:01","slug":"arrasar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/arrasar\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrasar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, we took a look at the adjective <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/arrasado\/\">arrasado<\/a>. This week, we&#8217;re going to look at the verb <em>arrasar<\/em>, which has a few similar negative meanings, and a few very different positive connotations.<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Destroy, devastate<\/strong> (literally or emotionally)<\/p>\n<p><em>As chuvas arrasaram a Regi\u00e3o Serrana do Rio.<\/em> The rains devastated Rio&#8217;s mountain region.<\/p>\n<p><em>A namorada arrasou o garoto quando acabou o namoro<\/em>. The girlfriend destroyed the boy when she ended the relationship.<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Raze, tear down<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>O inc\u00eandio<\/em><em> arrasou o pr\u00e9dio velho.<\/em> The fire razed the old building.<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Criticize, trash <\/strong>[slang]<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>O Ricky Gervais arrasou com os convidados durante os Pr\u00eamios Globo de Ouro.<\/em> Ricky Gervais trashed the guests at the Golden Globe Awards.<\/p>\n<p><em>O blogueiro sempre arrasa com os outros.<\/em> The blogger always trash talks others.<\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>Go for it! Kick some butt! <\/strong>[Slang]<\/p>\n<p><em>Vai competir hoje? Arrasa, menina!<\/em> Are you competing today? Kick some butt, girl!<\/p>\n<p><em>Seu encontro \u00e9 amanh\u00e3? Arrasa!<\/em> Is your date tomorrow? Go for it!<\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>Well done!<\/strong> [Slang]<\/p>\n<p><em>Boa ideia! Arrasou!<\/em> Good idea! Well done.<\/p>\n<p>6. <strong>Do a great job; look great<\/strong> [Slang]<\/p>\n<p><em>Voc\u00ea arrasou na apresenta\u00e7\u00e3o!<\/em> You did great at the performance!<\/p>\n<p><em>A modelo arrasou no show.<\/em> The model looked great during the show.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000\">Note: the last three slang phrases are more commonly used by women.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Can you give some more examples of how to use <em>arrasar<\/em>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, we took a look at the adjective arrasado. This week, we&#8217;re going to look at the verb arrasar, which has a few similar negative meanings, and a few very different positive connotations. 1. Destroy, devastate (literally or emotionally) As chuvas arrasaram a Regi\u00e3o Serrana do Rio. The rains devastated Rio&#8217;s mountain region. A&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/arrasar\/\">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":[13],"tags":[13345,2116,379361,165,379357],"class_list":["post-1925","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-arrasar","tag-expression","tag-slang","tag-verb","tag-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925","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=1925"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1947,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925\/revisions\/1947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}