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One-minute Portuguese Lesson [Video]: Pendurar as chuteiras – Soccer vocabulary

Posted on 07.07.18

From my previous Portuguese lessons, by now you know that Brazilians use a lot of colloquial expressions that come from soccer vocabulary. Here’s another one of these fun Brazilian Portuguese idiomatic expressions: pendurar a chuteira. It may also come in the plural form: pendurar as Read More

One-minute Portuguese Lesson [Video]: Entrar de sola – Soccer vocabulary

Posted on 07.01.18

Learn the Brazilian Portuguese colloquial expression entrar de sola in this Portuguese lesson. Yes, it's one more Brazilian Portuguese expression that comes from soccer. At this point you know how we Brazilians love our soccer vocabulary, right? Read More

One-minute Portuguese Lesson [Video]: Pisar na bola – Soccer vocabulary

Posted on 06.26.18

Brazilians do love their soccer! So much so that many colloquial expressions that we use in Brazilian Portuguese come from soccer vocabulary. Here’s another great Brazilian colloquial expression that comes from soccer vocabulary: Pisar na bola. In the video below you will learn the pronunciation Read More

One-minute Portuguese Lesson [Video]: Vestir a camisa – Soccer vocabulary

Posted on 06.23.18

In this Portuguese lesson, learn the idiomatic expression vestir a camisa. Do you know what futebolês means? It is a play with the words futebol (soccer) and português to refer to idiomatic Brazilian Portuguese expressions that come from futebol. Get your futebolês ready for the World Cup! In Read More

One-word Portuguese Lesson [Video]: Avacalhar

Posted on 05.31.18

Today's one-word Portuguese lesson is about the verb avacalhar. It's a great verb to know, especially when you are really upset about a service or product. Hopefully you will be using the the verb avacalhar, and not the other way around! Read More

One-word Portuguese Lesson [Video]: Cerva – Brazilian Slang Words

Posted on 05.25.18

Today's Portuguese lesson will teach you another slang word for beer in Brazil. After all, it's Friday! Read More

Verb Virar in Portuguese and 2 Brazilian Colloquial Expressions – Portuguese Lesson

Posted on 05.22.18

Virar is an interesting, useful verb in Portuguese. In this Portuguese lesson you will learn three meanings of the verb virar and two great Brazilian colloquial expressions with the verb. The lesson has 12 examples to make your proficient using the verb virar. Read More

One-word Portuguese Lesson [Video]: Tô quebrado – Colloquial Portuguese

Posted on 05.04.18

Here's another one-word Brazilian Portuguese lesson by Street Smart Brazil. Learning colloquial Portuguese will enrich your vocabulary and help you sound natural when you speak the language. This is how you say that you're broke in Portuguese: Read More

One-word Portuguese Lesson [Video]: Breja – Brazilian slang words

Posted on 05.03.18

Here's a fun Brazilian slang word that will make you sound very Brazilian. Breja = beer Read More

Use the Verb Ficar Correctly in Portuguese – Portuguese Lesson

Posted on 05.02.18

Literally the verb Ficar means to stay. However it can also mean to be or to get, as when I say that my husband was surprised to hear the news or my cat was surprised at the sudden noise. This is a very common use of the verb Ficar and one that speakers of Portuguese as a foreign language tend to Read More