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Do you know what futebolês means? It is a play with the word português to refer to idiomatic Brazilian Portuguese expressions that come from futebol (soccer). Get your futebolês ready for the games! In this Portuguese lesson, learn the idiomatic expression vestir a camisa. Vestir a Read More
Hello, Street Smart Brazil's fans. I am going to teach you guys a very cool expression that you are likely to hear pretty often here in Brazil. The expression is pisar em ovos, which literally means "to step on eggs" or "to walk on eggs". The meaning of the expression comes from the Read More
A brand new study from the Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics (IBOPE) says that 62% of Brazilians have little trust in other people, yet 72% have a lot of trust in their family. On one hand, it’s not too surprising that any segment of the population from any country have a healthy Read More
“Brazilian journalist Sérgio Charlab watching Brazil (finally!) unfold, sharing English language news, stories, analysis, opinions, facts, tidbits & niceties.” Not everyone understands Twitter or how to use it but among all the noise (and there’s definitely a lot of that), there’s a few rays of Read More
As a man, I feel I must confess. I’m watching a soap opera (my first) and, you guessed correctly, it’s Brazilian. It’s rather coincidental that I started watching it as I was walking past a street fair and saw a famous book for sale so I bought it, and the book was Gabriela, Cravo e Canela by Jorge Read More
Gilberto Gil is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist who has played a key role in the musical and cultural scene in Brazil. From co-founding the Tropicalismo movement in the sixties to acting as the Brazilian Minister of Culture in 2003, when Lula was the President, Gil has helped Read More
In this Portuguese lesson I will show you how to use the correct preposition to thank people for something they have done for you. I often see advanced Portuguese speakers making mistakes when saying simple things such as “Thank you for the information” or “Thank you for helping me.” Starting Read More
My friends and I were planning to have brunch together and the conversation chain on Facebook was in Portuguese. Then Carl comes and says: "I told Vanessa we were going to join them for brunch. Why did she say 'combined' in response?" I immediately knew what was going on. When making plans Read More
Very often literal translation from English to Portuguese or from Portuguese to English is not the best way to say what you want. Here is a good example: Alguma dúvida? Literally, this question translates to: "Any doubt? But in the classroom setting it is the Portuguese equivalent to Read More
If the image above looks familiar, you may have seen it in person in São Paulo or in one of several Brazilian films such as Foreign Land (Terra Estrangeira), Not By Chance (Não Por Acaso) or Blindness (Ensaio sobre a Cegueira) which all featured the giant overpass. São Paulo’s Costa e Silva Read More
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