{"id":629,"date":"2009-08-28T08:30:12","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T12:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=597"},"modified":"2020-08-06T20:21:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T20:21:24","slug":"the-many-usages-of-parabens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/the-many-usages-of-parabens\/","title":{"rendered":"The Many Usages of Parab\u00e9ns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Parab\u00e9ns<\/em>, as you may know, means congratulations in Portuguese. But unlike in English, it is used much more frequently in Portuguese on an every day basis. Let&#8217;s take a look at the many usages for this noun.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Special events<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Like in English, we use <em>parab\u00e9ns<\/em> for special occasions like weddings, anniversaries and births.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parab\u00e9ns no seu casamento!<\/strong> Congratulations on your wedding!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Birthdays<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We can use this word to mean &#8220;Happy birthday&#8221; by itself, given the context.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hoje \u00e9 meu anivers\u00e1rio.<\/strong> Today&#8217;s my birthday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parab\u00e9ns!<\/strong> Happy birthday!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Good job\/well done<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We can use this word to mean good job or well done on an activity or project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parab<\/strong><strong>\u00e9ns! O texto ficou \u00f3timo. <\/strong>Good job! The piece is great.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ganharam o jogo? Parab<\/strong><strong>\u00e9ns!<\/strong> You won the game? Well done!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Compliment<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Similar to the previous usage, we can use the word to compliment someone&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gostei muito do seu blog. Parab<\/strong><strong>\u00e9ns! <\/strong>I really like your blog. It&#8217;s great!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parab<\/strong><strong>\u00e9ns! Adoramos a pintura. <\/strong>Congrats! We loved the painting.<\/p>\n<p><!--Session data--><br \/>\n<span class=\"shortcode-highlight\"><strong>Ready to learn Brazilian Portuguese with us? Try <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparent.com\/personal\/transparent-language-online.html\">Transparent Language Online<\/a> for free for 14 days!<\/strong><\/span><!--\/.shortcode-highlight--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parab\u00e9ns, as you may know, means congratulations in Portuguese. But unlike in English, it is used much more frequently in Portuguese on an every day basis. Let&#8217;s take a look at the many usages for this noun. Special events Like in English, we use parab\u00e9ns for special occasions like weddings, anniversaries and births. Parab\u00e9ns no&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/the-many-usages-of-parabens\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1851],"tags":[2032,2373,2611,379357],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-learning","tag-congratulations","tag-parabens","tag-uses","tag-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8472,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions\/8472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}