{"id":9432,"date":"2021-08-31T07:04:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T07:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=9432"},"modified":"2021-08-17T15:07:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T15:07:10","slug":"seu-cara-de-pau-more-brazilian-insults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/seu-cara-de-pau-more-brazilian-insults\/","title":{"rendered":"Seu cara de pau! More Brazilian insults"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ei, pessoal! Hi, everyone! Last week we learned a couple of very useful, untranslatable <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">xingamentos<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (insults) and negative personality traits that pretty much define our character. And if you thought that was too much, well, I was just getting started! Not that you should love us any less, of course. Sure, we\u2019re kind and good-natured people, but it\u2019s good to watch your back sometimes. Ready to learn more about our identity and talk back to your Brazilian friends when they overstep their boundaries? Vamos l\u00e1!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9436\" style=\"width: 366px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9436\" class=\" wp-image-9436\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/08\/pexels-anna-shvets-3771649.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/08\/pexels-anna-shvets-3771649.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/08\/pexels-anna-shvets-3771649-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voc\u00ea \u00e9 um malandrinho! (Photo by Anna Shvets from Pexels)<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>malandro<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Featured in countless samba songs (and even Anitta\u2019s catchy \u201cVai, malandra!\u201d), <\/span><b>malandro<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is arguably our most essential word to describe people. A <\/span><b>malandro<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a rascal, a scoundrel, a hustler, sometimes endearingly so. Like the figure of a trickster, it is someone who uses his wits to get out of a tough spot, often in a deceitful but clever way. Will Smith\u2019s character in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fresh Prince of Bel Air<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> would be a good example of a <\/span><b>malandro<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eu sei que voc\u00ea gosta do Cris, mas toma cuidado porque ele \u00e9 meio <\/span><b>malandro <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">|<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I know you like Cris, but be careful because he is kind of a <\/span><\/i><b><i>scoundrel.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Olha que <\/span><b>malandra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">! Quebrou uma ta\u00e7a, escondeu na gaveta e n\u00e3o contou para ningu\u00e9m! | <\/span><i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What a rascal! She broke a glass, hid it in the drawer and didn\u2019t tell anyone!<\/span><\/i><\/i>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_9437\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9437\" class=\" wp-image-9437\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/08\/pexels-karolina-grabowska-6957241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/08\/pexels-karolina-grabowska-6957241.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/08\/pexels-karolina-grabowska-6957241-233x350.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deixa de ser cara de pau! (Photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels)<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>cara de pau<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another key word in our language,<\/span><b> cara de pau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> can be literally translated as \u2018wood face\u2019, but it refers to a bald-faced, cynical person, who has the nerve to do something wrong or inappropriate but feels shameless about it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Voc\u00ea acredita que a Nat\u00e1lia me viu, passou direto e n\u00e3o me cumprimentou? Ela \u00e9 muito<\/span><b> cara de pau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> mesmo! | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can you believe that Nat\u00e1lia saw me, walked straight past and didn\u2019t even say \u2018hi\u2019? She\u2019s <\/span><\/i><b><i>got some nerve<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">!<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meu ex teve a <\/span><b>cara de pau <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">de me ligar e pedir dinheiro emprestado mesmo depois do t\u00e9rmino! | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My ex <\/span><\/i><b><i>had the nerve<\/i><\/b><i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to call me to borrow some money even after we broke up!<\/span><\/i><\/i>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_9438\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9438\" class=\" wp-image-9438\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/08\/pexels-koolshooters-7346175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/08\/pexels-koolshooters-7346175.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/08\/pexels-koolshooters-7346175-233x350.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ai, como voc\u00ea \u00e9 enrolado! (Photo by KoolShooters from Pexels)<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><b>enrolado<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You will unfortunately meet quite a few of <\/span><b>enrolado<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Brazilians, since we\u2019re not used to taking our clocks very seriously. An <\/span><b>enrolado<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> person is kind of a slacker or a flaky, a bit unreliable person, who forgets to honor certain commitments, tends to be late for social events or not show up at all.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chamei o Z\u00e9 para ajudar com os preparativos da festa, mas ele \u00e9 t\u00e3o <\/span><b>enrolado<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> que n\u00e3o apareceu at\u00e9 agora |<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I asked Z\u00e9 to help me with the party prepping, but he\u2019s so <\/span><\/i><b><i>\u00a0flaky <\/i><\/b><i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that he still hasn\u2019t shown up.<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mandei um email para a Suzana faz tr\u00eas dias e ela ainda n\u00e3o respondeu, ela \u00e9 meio <\/span><b>enrolada<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00e0s vezes |<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I sent Suzana an email three days ago and she still hasn\u2019t replied, she\u2019s kind of a <\/span><\/i><b><i>slacker<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> sometimes.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read the full post on the amusing verb <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">enrolar<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/the-word-enrolar-in-portuguese\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What about you guys? Are there any one-of-kind and hard to translate words in your culture to insult others? I\u2019d love to hear about them. Drop a comment below. At\u00e9 mais!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"233\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/08\/pexels-koolshooters-7346175-233x350.jpg\" 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\/2021\/08\/pexels-koolshooters-7346175-233x350.jpg 233w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/08\/pexels-koolshooters-7346175.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><p>Ei, pessoal! Hi, everyone! Last week we learned a couple of very useful, untranslatable xingamentos (insults) and negative personality traits that pretty much define our character. And if you thought that was too much, well, I was just getting started! Not that you should love us any less, of course. 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