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Archives for June 2012

Posted on 06.30.12

(Source, Fábio Braga) When I lived in San Diego almost a decade ago, in my college years, I frequented open-mic nights throughout the city and they remain some of the best memories I have of that time. There’s something really cool about a bunch of strangers getting together to share their artistic Read More

Posted on 06.28.12

Do you know how to say that you are jealous in Portuguese? Often times, the use of a word in Portuguese is confusing even when you know the  word's translation in English. The word “jealous” is one that causes quite some confusion among learners of Portuguese.  Avoid this common mistake. Learn how Read More

Posted on 06.27.12

  (Source) "O maior prazer de um homem inteligente é bancar o idiota diante do idiota que quer bancar o inteligente" - Confucious Bancar The quote above, attributed to Confucious, basically says that an intelligent person is smart to play stupid in the presence of a stupid person, who in turn Read More

Posted on 06.22.12

  (Source) Mestre Vitalino was a man who never saw himself as an artist or master yet he always was one. He spent the 50-odd years of his life making clay figurinhas, although he was also an artisan, musician, actor and writer. He was a man of many talents and both his legacy and influence Read More

Posted on 06.19.12

  June 19 is Dia do Cinema Brasileiro (Day of the Brazilian Cinema). The date was created to celebrate the rebirth of our amazing movie industry and the incredible films that it continues to gift us with. Below  you will find a list of additional resources to learn more about Brazilian Read More

Posted on 06.15.12

(A little joke from Yahoo Answers) I’ve been reading a great little book called Folclore Brasileiro by Nilza Megale, a primer on Brazilian folklore which runs the gamut from the musical to the spiritual. When reading about Afro-Brazilian religions, I came across one phrase which in turn made me Read More

Posted on 06.12.12

  Josh, from our Facebook community, asked a good question: “What does ‘livrar a cara’ mean?” Lately this expression has been very present in news articles about Brazilian politics. Everyone in Brazil is now discussing the newest huge corruption scandal: CPI do Cachoeira. CPI means Comissão Read More

Posted on 06.08.12

Susanna and I are very happy with the feedback that our series Learn Brazilian Portuguese with Songs has been getting from learners of Portuguese all over the world. Muito obrigada! This lesson uses the song Amigo by Brazilian super star Roberto Carlos. Roberto Carlos became popular in the 1950’s Read More

Posted on 06.07.12

  I confess: I recently fell in love with very short and (hopefully) useful blog posts. I thought I’d share this comic strip with you. I feel that sooner or later you will be happy to have this vocabulary in your repertoire :) Portuguese English Read More

Posted on 06.07.12

You might have noticed that some English words are "aportuguesadas", that is, we create the Portuguese version of the English word. A good example is: a drink (noun) = um drinque Pronunciation tip: Place the emphasis on the 1st syllable and pronounce the final "e". We don’t have stop Read More

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