{"id":3312,"date":"2012-03-22T02:40:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T02:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2012-03-22T02:40:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T02:40:29","slug":"o-jeitinho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/o-jeitinho\/","title":{"rendered":"O Jeitinho"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you spend time in Brazil, you’ll learn about the jeitinho brasileiro<\/em><\/a>. It’s hard to translate, but it it’s a cultural phenomenon that allows one to get around a rule or a law, essentially a loophole, to gain a personal advantage. The jeitinho<\/em> is used in order to maneuver through bureaucracy, to make a time-consuming task quicker,\u00a0 or to simply avoid doing something undesirable. The term “dar um jeitinho<\/em>” is the act of using this method of doing things.<\/p>\n

The jeitinho<\/em> can have a negative connotation, associated with malandragem<\/em> (cheating or being dishonest). But it’s so common and sometimes necessary in order to get things done, particularly in a country with a lots of bureaucratic hurdles. The jeitinho<\/em> ranges from talking your way out of speeding ticket to avoiding having to take a test because of an inside connection. It varies greatly from a day-to-day negotiation to get something done to breaking the law. In many cases, it involves sweet-talking your way into something. Here are a couple examples, particularly ones that involve talking one’s way to the front of a line.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y1Sy576RIf8<\/a><\/p>\n