{"id":4171,"date":"2012-11-05T21:09:46","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T21:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2012-11-05T21:45:47","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T21:45:47","slug":"more-slang-in-portuguese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/more-slang-in-portuguese\/","title":{"rendered":"More slang in Portuguese!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Last week I was on vacation but I’m back and today we are going to learn some very interesting slang words in Brazilian Portuguese. Are you ready?<\/p>\n

Let’s start with abacaxi<\/strong> (pineapple) and pepino<\/strong> (cucumber). I have no idea why, but these words mean a very difficult problem to solve. With abacaxi we usually say “descascar um abacaxi” [to solve a difficult problem] or “ter um abacaxi para descascar” [to have a difficult problem to solve]. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n

Meu dia hoje foi horr\u00edvel no escrit\u00f3rio. Tinha tanto pepino pra resolver.
\nMy day was awful at the office. I had so many problems to solve.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ah, n\u00e3o quero nem saber. \u00c9 voc\u00ea quem vai ter que descascar esse abacaxi.
\nOh, I don’t care. You’re the one who’s going to sold this problem.<\/em><\/p>\n

Boia<\/strong>! Ah, that’s a good one! A boia<\/strong> is a buoy, a lifebuoy and in Portuguese it is used, informally, to indicate food, like “grub”, etc. We usually use boia<\/strong> with this meaning in the expression “filar a\/uma boia” [to get some free food].<\/p>\n

Filei uma boia na casa da minha m\u00e3e hoje.
\nI got some grub at my mom’s today.<\/em><\/p>\n

Posso filar uma boia na sua casa hoje?
\nCan I get some grub at your place today?<\/em><\/p>\n

We also have the expression boia-fria<\/strong>, meaning “cold food”. The boias-frias are people who pick oranges or work on sugar cane harvests and they leave home very early, around 5 am. They bring their own lunch so when they actually have it (around 9 am), it is actually cold. The boias-frias<\/strong> are usually transported in trucks called “pau-de-arara”. This doesn’t happen in big cities due to the lack of rural areas.<\/p>\n

\u00daltima, por\u00e9m n\u00e3o menos importante<\/em>, we have the word encanado<\/strong>, which literally means canalized, piped (cano<\/em> = pipe). Encanado<\/strong> is used to show that someone is deeply in love with someone, worried or concerned that something is going to happen or even determined to do something. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n

Ele est\u00e1 encanado com ela j\u00e1 faz tr\u00eas meses. Nunca o vi assim.
\nHe’s been in love with her for three months already. I’ve never seen him like this.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ela est\u00e1 encanada que seu namorado a est\u00e1 traindo.
\nShe’s concerned that her boyfriend is cheating on her.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ele est\u00e1 encanado em aprender franc\u00eas e eu tenho certeza de que ele vai conseguir.
\nHe’s hell-bent on learning French and I’m sure he will make it.<\/em><\/p>\n

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E a\u00ed, tudo bem com voc\u00ea? Last week I was on vacation but I’m back and today we are going to learn some very interesting slang words in Brazilian Portuguese. Are you ready? Let’s start with abacaxi (pineapple) and pepino (cucumber). I have no idea why, but these words mean a very difficult problem to…<\/p>\n

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