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New Group Class Starts January 11! Sign up now to save your seat. Only three seats available. Street Smart Brazil is launching a new group class. This is your opportunity to improve your Portuguese, experience the Street Smart Brazil quality, and meet other Street Smart students. We carefully Read More
As many of you may already know, Rio is having horrible days of terror since this last week. The police has received the help of the Army to fight the wave of violent attacks promoted by the drug traffic leaders. What seems different to me this time is that the violence now has happened in response Read More
Ask any beach-going Brazilian that has been to Rio de Janeiro what images come to mind when they think of Rio and I'd bet Biscoito Globo is one of them. The famous doughnut-shaped powder biscuits are as common a sight as the sunbathers in Ipanema applauding the beautiful sunsets, silhouetted by Two Read More
Today is Thanksgiving – in Portuguese, Dia de Ação de Graças. I have a lot to be thankful for in my life. Today I would like to say a special thank you – muito obrigada – to everyone who gifted me with the wonderful party that we had last week. On November 17 we hosted our Aula Viva & Street Read More
The Festa da Uva (or, Grape Festival) is a Brazilian celebration of Italian heritage which takes place every two years in the town of Caxias do Sul, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. For close to 80 years, the residents have put on the celebration which usually falls around mid-February, lasting Read More
You probably know that: Nunca = never Now I am going to show you three ways to use “nunca” to express three different things. 1. Nunca + Verb in the simple past (pretérito perfeito do indicativo) Maria nunca comeu feijoada = Maria has never eaten feijoada Eu nunca Read More
(Pico rock in the distance, source) The inmates of the old prison on the island of Fernando de Noronha used to say that on the night just before a big storm would come through, right at about midnight, an extremely beautiful woman would appear. She was tall with long blonde hair and completely Read More
(Source) The rear of the steer (or heifer) is the most sought-after piece of meat in Brazil. In fact, I'd bet that Brazilian scientists have dreamed of one day creating an animal that only produces such meat. One might not know it by its name in English, a cut of beef whose technical Read More
