{"id":5199,"date":"2014-04-21T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=5199"},"modified":"2014-07-28T17:55:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T17:55:25","slug":"what-the-heck-is-a-jeitinho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/what-the-heck-is-a-jeitinho\/","title":{"rendered":"What The Heck Is A “Jeitinho”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The term jeitinho brasileiro<\/em> is something that foreigners come to know very soon when they arrive in Brazil. It’s a deeply rooted cultural element in Brazilian culture. But what does “jeitinho” mean?<\/p>\n

Let’s first learn the expression “dar um jeito”.<\/p>\n

Dar um jeito (em)<\/strong> = to fix something
\nA torneira est\u00e1 vazando de novo? Mais tarde dou um jeito nisso. – The faucet is leaking again? I’ll fix that later.<\/p>\n

Dar um jeito (em)<\/strong> = to do something about something
\n\u00c9 melhor voc\u00ea dar um jeito nesse problema. – You’d better do something about that problem.<\/p>\n

Dar um jeito (em)<\/strong> = to straighten up
\nD\u00ea um jeito nesse quarto – est\u00e1 uma bagun\u00e7a. – Straighten up that room – it’s a mess.<\/p>\n

Dar um jeito (em)<\/strong>\u00a0= to straighten something\/somebody out
\n\u00c9 melhor voc\u00ea dar um jeito nesse menino! – You’d better straighten that boy out!<\/p>\n

Dar um jeito (em)<\/strong> = to work \/ figure something out; think of something
\nN\u00e3o sei como vou conseguir, mas de alguma forma vou dar um jeito. = I don’t know how I’m going to do it, but somehow I’m going to work something out.<\/p>\n

Now “dar um jeitinho” is a whole different story. The word jeitinho<\/em> has two meanings, one positive and one negative. If you say: ‘Gosto do jeitinho dela’ it means that you like the way she acts, behaves etc. According to Irene Nousiainen on her blog, the “jeitinho brasileiro” is:<\/p>\n

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O jeitinho brasileiro nada mais \u00e9 que roubar, enganar, tirar proveito, passar por cima dos outros, ganhar vantagem. Gosta do jeitinho brasileiro quem \u00e9 ego\u00edsta, individualista, egoc\u00eantrico, s\u00f3 enxerga o pr\u00f3prio umbigo… os outros … quem? os outros? o que \u00e9 isso? F*#am-se os outros… esse \u00e9 o tal do jeitinho brasileiro que empesteou o Brasil, que faz desse pa\u00eds, que \u00e9 um lugar lindo, privilegiado pela natureza, mas habitado pela esc\u00f3ria do jeitinho brasileiro.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

An example:<\/span><\/p>\n

N\u00e3o se preocupe que a gente d\u00e1 um jeitinho.
\nDon’t worry, we’ll work soemthing out, even if we have to be a little creative.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ref. Como se diz chul\u00e9 em ingl\u00eas,<\/strong> de Ron Martinez.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The term jeitinho brasileiro is something that foreigners come to know very soon when they arrive in Brazil. It’s a deeply rooted cultural element in Brazilian culture. But what does “jeitinho” mean? Let’s first learn the expression “dar um jeito”. Dar um jeito (em) = to fix something A torneira est\u00e1 vazando de novo? Mais…<\/p>\n

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