{"id":3115,"date":"2012-01-20T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T06:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=3115"},"modified":"2014-07-24T19:19:27","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T19:19:27","slug":"idioms-in-brazilian-portuguese-%e2%80%93-part-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/idioms-in-brazilian-portuguese-%e2%80%93-part-02\/","title":{"rendered":"Idioms in Brazilian Portuguese \u2013 Part 02"},"content":{"rendered":"

E a\u00ed, pessoal? Tudo bem?<\/em><\/p>\n

Let’s learn today some very interesting idioms in Brazilian Portuguese. Remember that languages are full of idioms and it’s always a good idea to be able to recognize and learn them. Vamos come\u00e7ar?<\/em><\/p>\n

Andar na linha<\/strong> – literally it means to “walk on the line”. This idiom is used when someone gets their act together and starts living a better life, after having had problems. We also have the idiom “perder a linha”, used when someone starts behaving erractically. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n

Se voc\u00ea n\u00e3o come\u00e7ar a andar na linha voc\u00ea vai ter problemas, rapazinho.<\/em> – If you don’t get your act together you’ll start having problems, young man.
\nEla bebeu tanto na festa que perdeu a linha e disse ao seu chefe que o achava um imbecil.<\/em> – She drank so much at the party that she lost it and told her boss she thought she was an idiot.<\/p>\n

Ao Deus dar\u00e1<\/strong> – abandoned, aimless, down-and-out, hopeless. This idioms probably comes from the fact that someone people ignored beggars when they asked for money and said, “Deus dar\u00e1!” (God will give it to you!). Here’s an example:<\/p>\n

Depois que seu marido morreu, ela ficou ao Deus dar\u00e1 e n\u00e3o sabia o que fazer.<\/em> – After her husbando passed away, she was hopeless and didn’t know what to do.<\/p>\n

Ao p\u00e9 da letra<\/strong> – it means “at the foot of the letter”, in good English, “by the book”. Some examples:<\/p>\n

Meu chefe gosta de fazer as coisas ao p\u00e9 da letra.<\/em> – My boss likes to do things by the book.
\nA senten\u00e7a deveria ser aplicada ao p\u00e9 da letra conforme o juiz determinou, sem nenhuma regalia.<\/em> – The sentence should be applied by the book as the judge has determined, with no benefits.<\/p>\n

Aos trancos e barrancos<\/strong> – in an erratic way, in fits and starts. Tranco<\/em> is a collision, a bump. Barranco<\/em> is a ravine. Aos trancos e barrancos<\/em> can also mean “clumsily”. Let’s check out some examples:<\/p>\n

Ele escreveu seu \u00faltimo livro em trancos e barrancos.<\/em> – He wrote his last book in fits and starts.
\nPuxa vida! O Carlos entrou em casa aos trancos e barrancos.<\/em> – Holy moly! Carlos entered home very clumsily.<\/p>\n

Armar um barraco<\/strong> – A barraco<\/em> is a shack, a very poor house, especially in Brazilian slums. So if you arma um barraco<\/em>, you literally set up a shack. In everyday Portuguese armar um barraco<\/em> is to make a fuss, to raise Cain. The person who likes to armar um barraco<\/em> is called barraqueiro(a)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

O vendedor n\u00e3o quis trocar o liquidificador quebrado ent\u00e3o ela armou um barraco na loja.<\/em> – The salesman didn’t want to change the broken blender so she made a fuss at the store.
\nVoc\u00ea viu o barraco que ele armou na festa ontem?<\/em> – Did you see the fuss he made at the party yesterday?<\/p>\n

Por hoje \u00e9 s\u00f3! Nos vemos em breve!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

E a\u00ed, pessoal? Tudo bem? Let’s learn today some very interesting idioms in Brazilian Portuguese. Remember that languages are full of idioms and it’s always a good idea to be able to recognize and learn them. Vamos come\u00e7ar? Andar na linha – literally it means to “walk on the line”. This idiom is used when…<\/p>\n

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