The childhood in Portuguese
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by carol
2y ago
Olá, pessoal! Como estão? When living in a país estrangeiro (foreign country), we often catch ourselves struggling to find the right words in the most unusual situations. I was hosting um chá de bebê (a baby shower) for a friend and, as I don’t speak the local language, finding exactly what I needed to buy took a lot of Googling and translating. I definitely wish I could have had more help, which prompted me to put together this useful guide on how to navigate the magical world of infância (childhood) in Portuguese. You don’t have to be a parent to have a criança (child) in your life. You migh ..read more
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More ways to use ‘sério’ in Portuguese
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by carol
2y ago
Ei, gente! Prontos para o fim de semana? Mas agora é hora de falar sério! But now it’s time to get serious and move on with our previous post about the word sério in Portuguese. Today we are going to cover a few more idioms and examples related to this very interesting term in our language. Vem dar uma olhada! Por que você está tão séria? (Photo by Karolina Grabowska) The phrase fala sério is used as an interjection to express indignation or frustration and can be roughly translated as “seriously” or “come on”: O motorista do Uber cancelou a viagem de novo! Fala sério! | The Uber driver can ..read more
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Why so serious? The word ‘sério’ in Portuguese
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by carol
2y ago
Fala, pessoal! Tudo bem? Sério mesmo? Learning about collocations and idioms is the best way to achieve fluency and communicating in a natural way in a foreign language. And using the word sério (serious) properly can certainly help. Today’s post will round up some examples of how to use the term and their meanings. And if you want to dig deeper into the topic of expressions in Portuguese, check out these related posts here, here or here. So it’s time to get serious! Por que você está tão sério? (Image by Ольга Бережна from Pixabay ) First of all, sério means the same as in English, as in so ..read more
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Brazil on social media: Who to follow
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by carol
2y ago
Olá a todos! Hi, all! Nowadays, there are muitas maneiras (many ways) to learn Portuguese beyond the good old coursebook. You can se matricular em um curso (sign up for a course), contratar um professor particular (hire a private tutor), befriend a native speaker and exchange messages, use language learning apps, ouvir (listen to) podcasts and music, assistir (watch) movies. The list goes on. Quem seguir nas redes sociais (Image by Biljana Jovanovic from Pixabay) They are certainly all helpful in their own way. But today my plan is to introduce you to a more unusual way to expand your conhec ..read more
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Modern Art Week special: Manuel Bandeira
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by carol
2y ago
Fala, galera! If you look back a hundred years, do you know what was going on in your country back then? Well, cem anos atrás (a hundred years ago), the Semana de Arte Moderna (Modern Art Week) was held in São Paulo, a milestone in arts and culture in Brazil. The event featured exposições de arte (art exhibitions), palestras (lectures), book and poetry readings, concerts and dance performances. Many notorious artists, pintores (painters) and escritores (writers) like Di Cavalcanti,  Anita Malfatti, Mário de Andrade, Oswald de Andrade and Heitor Villa-Lobos had the unique opportunity ..read more
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Natural disasters in Portuguese
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by carol
2y ago
Fala, pessoal! What’s up, you guys? Como está o clima onde vocês estão? What’s the weather like where you are? Fevereiro (February) means freezing cold temperatures in the northern hemisphere, but scorching quente (hot) weather for those down south, like us Brazilians. At least it’s a break from the raging tempestades (storms) we saw in janeiro (January). And sadly, as far as extreme weather is concerned, the event that influenced me to write this text was an unfortunate one. Desastres naturais acontecem no mundo todo (Image by Keli Black from Pixabay) You might have heard about the tragic d ..read more
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Wordle in Portuguese?
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by carol
2y ago
Fala, pessoal. Tudo bom? If you’ve checked as redes sociais (social media) lately, you probably noticed some of your amigos e parentes (friends and relatives) sharing an enigmatic picture composed of tiny coloful quadrados (squares). I was intrigued myself, until a friend introduced me to the captivating Wordle. The story behind it is quite touching, actually. The jogo (game) took the world by storm, although it was originally intended as love gesture designed by engineer Josh Wardle, who wanted to create something unique for his word-game-loving girlfriend. And it was somehow out of passion ..read more
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More idioms with ‘cara’
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by carol
2y ago
Olá, pessoal! Hi, guys! A while back we went over phrases in Portuguese with the word ‘cara’. I also pointed out that these are very common na língua falada (in spoken language) and that knowing some of them can come in very handy when it comes to entender e falar (understand and speak) português. And I’ve rounded up a few more for today’s post so you can boost your vocabulary even further. Vem comigo! Essa sobremesa está com uma cara ótima! (Image by Pexels from Pixabay) dar na cara, ficou na cara | to be obvious, evident, transparent, as clear as daylight Ficou muito na cara que você gost ..read more
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Unbelievable headlines from Brazil in 2021
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by carol
2y ago
Saudações, prezados leitores! Greetings, dear readers! Feliz 2022! Happy 2022!  Você acompanha as notícias em português? Do you follow the news in Portuguese? Our previous posts offered a recap on last year’s main stories. But besides those decisive events that shaped 2021, there were several other manchetes (headlines) that caught our attention throughout the year. And some of them were quite unusual, to say the least.  Jacaré (Photo by Ricardo Esquivel from Pexels) Today’s post will feature some of the bizarre, amusing or somewhat unsettling notícias (news) that, in their own way ..read more
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2021 Highlights – Part II
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by carol
2y ago
E aí, galera? 2021 está chegando ao fim! Last week we looked back on 2021’s chief events in Brazil. Now it’s time to move forward with the second part. Estão prontos? 2021 está prestes a acabar! (Image by Syaibatul Hamdi from Pixabay) O acidente de Marília Mendonça | Marília’s Mendonça’s crash  Although we covered it before in this previous post, we cannot help but bring up Marília Mendonça’s morte trágica (tragic death) again as one of this year’s major misfortunes. The triple-platinum holder, who took Brazil by storm when her first sertanejo album came out in 2016, faleceu (passed awa ..read more
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