{"id":8008,"date":"2018-05-17T18:02:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T18:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=8008"},"modified":"2018-05-17T18:02:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T18:02:21","slug":"adverbs-of-intensity-in-portuguese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/adverbs-of-intensity-in-portuguese\/","title":{"rendered":"Adverbs of intensity in Portuguese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Boa tarde a todos! Good afternoon, everybody!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">domingo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (sunday) was <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dia das m\u00e3es<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (mother\u2019s day) here in Brazil and in many other countries as well. How did you guys celebrate? Did you spend the day with your mothers and told them that you <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">amam elas demais<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">? (love them so much) or thar you <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">gostam muito da comida delas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (really like their cooking)? To express our feelings and gratitude towards our beloved moms, the best way to do it is by using <\/span><b>adverbs of intensity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Adverbs of intensity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, as the name might suggest, are employed to intensify and emphasize the meaning of verbs, adjectives and even other adverbs. So, today, we are going to go over some examples of commonly used <\/span><b>adverbs of intensity <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to help you communicate your emotions as well as possible! Come on, it is going to be <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">muito f\u00e1cil<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (very easy!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8009 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/05\/adv.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/05\/adv.png 571w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/05\/adv-350x238.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Take a look at these adverbs of intensity below:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>muito<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; very<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>pouco<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; little<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>bastante<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; pretty\/rather<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>tanto &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> so much<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now let\u2019s check some sample sentences:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>MUITO | VERY<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meu chefe est\u00e1 <strong>muito<\/strong> nervoso hoje |<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> My boss is <strong>very<\/strong> nervous today<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fiquei <strong>muito<\/strong> feliz quando soube a not\u00edcia | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was <strong>very<\/strong> happy when I heard the news<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stephen Hawking era um cientista <strong>muito<\/strong> inteligente | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stephen Hawking was a <strong>very<\/strong> intelligent scientist<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O ator Dwayne Johnson \u00e9 <strong>muito<\/strong> forte | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The actor Dwayne Johnson is<strong> very<\/strong> strong<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>POUCO | LITTLE<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Professores recebem <strong>pouco<\/strong> | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Teachers earn <strong>little<\/strong> money<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choveu <strong>pouco<\/strong> esse ano | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It rained<strong> little<\/strong> this year<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Se continuar estudando <strong>pouco<\/strong>, n\u00e3o vai passar nas provas | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you continue studying <strong>little<\/strong>, you will not pass the exams<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li>Ficamos<strong> pouco<\/strong> na festa porque a gente tinha que ir embora | We stayed <strong>little<\/strong> at the party because we had to leave<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>BASTANTE | PRETTY\/ RATHER\/ REALLY<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eu gosto<strong> bastante<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">de voc\u00ea | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I <strong>really<\/strong> like you<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A manh\u00e3 estava <strong>bastante<\/strong> fria |<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The morning was<strong> rather<\/strong> cold<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fomos no churrasco e comemos <strong>bastante<\/strong> |<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We went to the barbecue and ate <strong>a lot<\/strong><\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li>Estou <strong>bastante<\/strong> cansada, mas posso andar mais um pouco | <em>I am <strong>pretty<\/strong> tired, but I can walk a little more<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>TANTO<\/b> <b>| SO MUCH<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">N\u00f3s bebemos <strong>tanto<\/strong> que ficamos de ressaca | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We drank <strong>so much<\/strong> that we got a hangover<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O governador falou<strong> tanto<\/strong> durante seu discurso que as pessoas come\u00e7aram a ir embora | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The governor said <strong>so much<\/strong> during his speech that people started to leave<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gastamos\u00a0<strong>tanto<\/strong> na minha \u00faltima viagem que agora vamos ter que pedir um empr\u00e9stimo | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We spent <strong>so much<\/strong> on my last trip that now we are going to have to ask for a loan<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li>Eu dormi <strong>tanto<\/strong> que acabei me atrasando para meu compromisso | I slept <strong>so much<\/strong> I was late for my appoitment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Espero que tenham gostado bastante! I hope you really liked it!<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more to come later on.<\/p>\n<p>Boa semana! Good week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/05\/adv-350x238.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/05\/adv-350x238.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/05\/adv.png 571w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Boa tarde a todos! Good afternoon, everybody! Last domingo (sunday) was dia das m\u00e3es (mother\u2019s day) here in Brazil and in many other countries as well. How did you guys celebrate? Did you spend the day with your mothers and told them that you amam elas demais? 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