{"id":576,"date":"2009-06-18T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=543"},"modified":"2009-06-18T07:00:19","modified_gmt":"2009-06-18T11:00:19","slug":"word-of-the-day-feriado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/word-of-the-day-feriado\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Day: feriado"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you know, Transparent offers a word of the day feature<\/a> on Portuguese Blog (check the right side), as well as a word of the day in 12 other languages<\/a>. You can listen to the pronunciation of the word and see how it is used in a sentence.<\/p>\n

Today’s word of the day is feriado<\/strong>, which means holiday. Can you translate this paragraph about holidays into English?<\/p>\n

Brasil tem onze feriados nacionais, al\u00e9m de feriados regionais e estaduais. Alguns feriados s\u00e3o religiosos, como a Paix\u00e3o de Cristo, Corpus Christi, Nossa Senhora Aparecida, Finados, e Natal. Outros s\u00e3o feriados patri\u00f3ticos, como a Proclama\u00e7\u00e3o da Rep\u00fablica, a Independ\u00eancia do Brasil, e Tiradentes. Outros feriados s\u00e3o uma mistura de religi\u00e3o, cultura e tradi\u00e7\u00e3o, como Carnaval e a Confraterniza\u00e7\u00e3o Universal (o primeiro de Janeiro). Finalmente, tem feriados internacionais, como o Dia do Trabalho. O pr\u00f3ximo feriado nacional ser\u00e1 o sete de Setembro, que comemora a independ\u00eancia do Brasil. Quando um feriado \u00e9 muito longo porque acontece antes ou depois do final de semana, chama-se feriad\u00e3o<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As you know, Transparent offers a word of the day feature on Portuguese Blog (check the right side), as well as a word of the day in 12 other languages. You can listen to the pronunciation of the word and see how it is used in a sentence. Today’s word of the day is feriado…<\/p>\n

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