{"id":4607,"date":"2013-04-04T11:37:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T11:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=4607"},"modified":"2013-04-04T11:37:31","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T11:37:31","slug":"you-have-some-nerve-reading-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/you-have-some-nerve-reading-this\/","title":{"rendered":"You have some nerve reading this!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ha! I bet you think I’m angry at you, my dear reader, but this post title is only to catch your attention and teach you a very cool Brazilian idiom: cara-de-pau<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Cara-de-pau<\/strong> is one of those expressions that is hard to translate directly into English, like many others. OK, so let’s learn what a cara-de-pau<\/strong> (wood face) is.<\/p>\n

A cara-de-pau<\/strong> is a jerk, basically. Someone who doesn’t care about somebody else’s feelings or someone who is bold to the extent of being inappropriate. Let’s check out some examples:<\/p>\n

Ele teve a cara-de-pau de vir aqui depois de tudo que ele fez pra mim.
\nHe had the nerve coming here after all he’s done to me.<\/em><\/p>\n

Voc\u00ea \u00e9 muito cara-de-pau em me pedir dinheiro. Me paga o que voc\u00ea me deve antes.
\nYou have the nerve asking me for money. Pay me what you owe me.<\/em><\/p>\n

Que cara-de-pau! Fiquei horas me arrumando e ele me disse que eu estava “bonitinha”.
\nWhat a jerk! I spend hours getting ready and he tells me I look “cute”.<\/em><\/p>\n

Aquele cara de pau teve coragem de dar uma cantada na mulher casada.
\nThat jerk had the nerve to hit on a married woman.<\/em><\/p>\n

To be a cara-de-pau<\/strong> can also have a more positive meaning, like being bold and getting things done, when nobody else would risk doing it.<\/p>\n

A palestra t\u00e1 cheia… agora se voc\u00ea tiver a cara-de-pau de ir l\u00e1 e tentar entrar, a\u00ed j\u00e1 \u00e9 com voc\u00ea.
\nThe lecture is full… now if you’re bold enough to go there and try to get in, it’s up to you.<\/em><\/p>\n

Na vida voc\u00ea tem que ser cara-de-pau e ir atr\u00e1s do que voc\u00ea quer.
\nIn life you’ve got to be bold and go after what you want.<\/em><\/p>\n

Cara-de-pau<\/strong> is an extremely common expression in Portuguese and you are very likely to come across it when you are watching a Brazilian TV show, like “Os Cara-de-Pau” or even a movie, “Os Irm\u00e3os Cara-de-Pau” (The Blues Brothers!!).<\/p>\n

Now some cultural trivia: in Brazil we have something called “\u00f3leo de peroba”, which is oil to spread over furniture, especially wooden, to make it shinier or more beautiful. People usually say things like: “Vou dar um \u00f3leo de peroba pra aquele cara”, meaning that he is a cara-de-pau<\/strong> (wood face). By the way, peroba is a kind of tree!<\/p>\n

Well, this is it for today. Have a great weekend and remember to share this post with your friends!<\/p>\n

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Ha! I bet you think I’m angry at you, my dear reader, but this post title is only to catch your attention and teach you a very cool Brazilian idiom: cara-de-pau. Cara-de-pau is one of those expressions that is hard to translate directly into English, like many others. OK, so let’s learn what a cara-de-pau…<\/p>\n

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