Meaning bater o martelo, ao Deus dará and chá de cadeira Hello there and welcome to our Portuguese Basic Tips 103, about the meaning bater o martelo, ao Deus dará and chá de cadeira On today’s podcast, we are going to speak about  3 new expressions you need to know if you want to come to Brazil. Learn the meaning of bater o martelo, ao deus dará and chá de cadeira. Let’s get started! Visit our previous episode, called meaning of lamber sabão, se não me falha a memória and não vejo a hora Bater o martelo The expression “bater o martelo” refers us to the law judges, when they deliver a se ..read more

Written Portuguese: When to use the porquês in Portuguese Hello there and welcome to our Todo Mundo Pod 102, about when to use the porquês in Portuguese On today’s podcast, we are going to speak about when to use the porquês in Portuguese. We have four different ways of doing it and at the end of this episode you’ll know things like: Click to visit our previous Todo Mundo Pod, called Meaning of ficar pistola, fora da casinha, de fininho and olhe lá Por que (in the beginning of the sentence) Por quê (at the end of the sentence) Porque (in explanatory sentences, meaning of “pois”) O porquê (A ..read more

Meaning of lamber sabão, se não me falha a memória and não vejo a hora Hello there and welcome to our Portuguese Basic Tips 102, called meaning of lamber sabão, se não me falha a memória and não vejo a hora On today’s podcast, we are going to speak about  3 new expressions you need to know if you want to come to Brazil. Here they are: lamber sabão, se não me falha a memória and não vejo a hora. This podcast will be important for us to understand – once and for all – that, normally, trying to translate the expressions in a literal way is not the best option we have.  Here’s a deal ..read more

Meaning of ficar pistola, fora da casinha, de fininho and olhe lá Hello there and welcome to our Todo Mundo Pod 101, about the meaning of ficar pistola, fora da casinha, de fininho and olhe lá On today’s podcast, we are going to speak about the meaning of 4 new expressions in Portuguese. Here they are: ficar pistola, fora da casinha, de fininho and olhe lá. Visit our previous podcast, about Fausto Silva At the end of this episode, you’ll know when to use Ficar pistola / pistolar Pensar for a da casinha / fora da caixa Sair de fininho E olhe lá Become a Premium Member to download our full t ..read more

Sentences that foreigners use differently in Portuguese Hello there and welcome to our Portuguese Basic Tips 101, about sentences that foreigners use differently in Portuguese On today’s podcast, we’re going to talk about some sentences that foreigners use in Portuguese, but they are different from the way we speak in Brazil.  I mean, they are not necessarily wrong, incorrect, but they are different from the way we speak here. Bastante x Muitos Listen to the sentence: Havia bastante pessoas lá! I’ve myself heard some people talking like that. That’s not correct. In Brazil, people use ..read more

Episode 100 about Fausto Silva Hello there and welcome to our Todo Mundo Pod 100, in which we are going to speak about Fausto Silva On today’s podcast, we are going to speak about Fausto Silva (Faustão) a huge Brazilan TV presenter. Visit our previous podcast, about things to do in Palmas Become a Premium Member to download our transcripts 100 - Todo Mundo Pod - Transcript 1 file(s) 313.33 KB I hope you like it! Learn a little bit about Faustão Marcos Sales O post Fausto Silva – Faustão apareceu primeiro em Todo Mundo Pod ..read more

Learn when to use eu fui and eu era in Portuguese Hello there and welcome to our Portuguese Basic Tips 100, about when to use eu fui and eu era in Portuguese On today’s podcast, we are going to speak a little bit about Portuguese grammar: you’ll know when to use eu fui and eu era in Portuguese. There are plenty of people who have doubts about when to use “fui” or “era” in Portuguese. So today we are going to explain grammatically how to use each of them and the situations in which they should be used. Click on the link to visit our previous episode, called Meaning of voz de veludo, gato e sa ..read more

What to do in Palmas Hello there and welcome to our Todo Mundo Pod 99 about things to do in Palmas – Tocantins On today’s podcast, we are going to speak about things to do in Palmas the capital of the state of Tocantins. Palmas is the newest capital in Brazil, designed from the 1988 Brazilian Federal Constitution and we’ll speak a little bit about that today. Click the link to visit our previous podcast about Ayrton Senna do Brasil – the last great Brazilian hero Become a Premium Member to download our full transcripts 99 - Todo Mundo Pod - Transcript 1 file(s) 314.54 KB Click to read mo ..read more

Meaning of voz de veludo, gato e sapato and lavar roupa suja Hello there and welcome to our Portuguese Basic Tips 99, about the meaning of voz de veludo, lavar roupa suja and gato e sapato. On today’s podcast, we are going to speak about the meaning of voz de veludo, lavar roupa suja and gato e sapato. Let’s get started! Voz de veludo As I write this text, an old song comes to mind: palavras duras em voz de veludo / e tudo muda / adeus velho mundo/ há um segundo tudo estava em paz Pay attention to this part of the song: palavras duras em voz de veludo. The songwriter wanted to make a counter ..read more

Image of Ayrton Senna’s helmet Hey there and welcome to our Todo Mundo Pod about Ayrton Senna da Silva On today’s podcast, we will talk about Ayrton Senna da Silva, a Brazilian Formula 1 driver renowned worldwide.  Senna is considered by many to be the best Formula 1 driver of all time. Anyway, we can certainly say that he is in the pantheon of the best and today we are going to talk a little about his trajectory. Click on the link to visit our last episode about Big Brother Brazil Of course, as a podcast about Portuguese language, I know you will learn several new terms in this ep ..read more