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It is known that we use more words in Portuguese than in English to express the same idea. Well, there are exceptions, and here is one of them. Jantar (noun) = Dinner Jantar (verb) …
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In this video you will learn how to say passion fruit in Portuguese: Maracujá --- Picture by Upaya in Flickr's Creative Commons ---------------- Schedule your Portuguese Demo …
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Your word today is beer: Cerveja Cerveja is a feminine noun: a cerveja In Brazil, we like our beer very cold. So you commonly hear Brazilians ordering beer like …
Getting sick while traveling is absolute no fun, but it happens. Learn how to say that you have a cold in Brazilian Portuguese. The word for cold in Portuguese is gripe. Gripe is a feminine …
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When do you have Portuguese lessons? How many times per week do you practice Portuguese? Learn how to say once or twice a week in Portuguese, or three times per week, etc. The word for week in …
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Pleonasm is the same as redundancy. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines pleonasm as "the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense (as in the man he said)". Today I will show you …
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I was teaching a class yesterday, and my client was feeling confused about the difference between todo dia, o dia todo, and todo o dia. This can really be confusing because each of these expressions …
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A great way to build vocabulary is by learning patterns between the English and Portuguese languages. Here is a great pattern to learn: English words ending in -ation = Portuguese …
That's right, the word gringo is not offensive in Brazil. It simply means foreigner. It is a friendly and easy way to refer to foreigners. The reason I bring up this topic is because it is …
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When I first moved to the U.S., I had the hardest time saying that I had a haircut. In Brazil we say: Cortei meu cabelo. That translates to: "I cut my hair". And then people would …
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