{"id":3461,"date":"2012-05-04T00:35:45","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T00:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=3461"},"modified":"2014-07-24T19:33:12","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T19:33:12","slug":"brazilian-idiom-o-escambau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/brazilian-idiom-o-escambau\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian idiom: O escamb\u00e1u!"},"content":{"rendered":"

E a\u00ed, tudo beleza com voc\u00ea?<\/em><\/p>\n

I was at a party last weekend and I heard three people, at different times, say the expression “O escamb\u00e1u!” and I went to look how to say that in English.<\/p>\n

It turns out that O escamb\u00e1u<\/em> can be translated as My foot!<\/em> Yes, it is a neutral informal expression and should be used only when you are among friends, not with your boss or someone older. Here are some example situations:<\/p>\n

Your friend, who likes to brag about all the beautiful girls he hooks up with, comes up to you and says:<\/p>\n

And you know the girl is not that beautiful so you say:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/05\/escambau-02.mp3<\/a><\/audio>
\nGata o escamb\u00e1u! Essa mina \u00e9 uma baranga!<\/em> [Babe my foot! This chick’s frickin’ ugly!]<\/p>\n

Some more example dialogues:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/05\/escambau-03.mp3<\/a><\/audio>
\nA – Viu que o Andr\u00e9 tirou a maior nota da classe? Ele \u00e9 um cr\u00e2nio!<\/em> [Did you see that Andr\u00e9 got the highest grade in the class? He’s super smart!]
\nB – Cr\u00e2nio o escamb\u00e1u! Ele colou tudo do Rafael!<\/em> [Super smart my foot! He copied everything from Rafael!]<\/p>\n

https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/05\/escambau-04.mp3<\/a><\/audio>
\nA – Olha, voc\u00ea tem que cobrir a falta da Ana no trabalho amanh\u00e3.<\/em> [Look, you need to fill in for Ana at work tomorrow.]
\nB – Tenho o escamb\u00e1u! Ela que se vire porque eu vou viajar.<\/em> [My foot I do! That’s her problem because I’m going to travel.]<\/p>\n

https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/05\/escambau-05.mp3<\/a><\/audio>
\nA – Ele falou que ia vir me buscar de carro.<\/em> [He said he was going to pick me up by car.]
\nB – Vir te buscar de carro o escamb\u00e1u! Ele n\u00e3o tem onde cair morto!<\/em>[Pick you up by car my foot! He doesn’t have a penny to his name!]<\/p>\n

You probably will not find this expression in formal dictionaries because it is a feature of spoken Portuguese so whenever you hear this expression in movie and informal conversation, you will already know what it means!<\/p>\n

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E a\u00ed, tudo beleza com voc\u00ea? I was at a party last weekend and I heard three people, at different times, say the expression “O escamb\u00e1u!” and I went to look how to say that in English. It turns out that O escamb\u00e1u can be translated as My foot! Yes, it is a neutral informal…<\/p>\n

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