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A street smart way to say Heated Argument in Portuguese

A street smart way to say Heated Argument in Portuguese

posted on September 15, 2015

A street smart way to say Heated Argument in Portuguese
I hope you don’t get into bate-bocas. But if you do, at least you will know how to talk about it in Portuguese 😉

Carl and I have just returned from four wonderful days in São Paulo. I really love Sampa!

Saturday evening as I was going to bed I heard some yelling coming from the street. This woman was having a huge argument with someone. Maybe her boyfriend? His name was Gustavo.

As I was drifting into sleep, I said aloud about the scene:

  • Que bate-boca horrível.

So I thought it would be useful for you to learn this expression: bater boca. Your Portuguese will sound very natural when you use it at the right time.

I will show you how to use the expression as a verb and as a noun.

Verb: Bater boca

= to have a heated argument, to argue noisily

Bater is a regular verb. To use the expression, simply conjugate the verb bater in the tense that you need.

Examples:

  1. Tiago e Camila têm uma relação difícil. Eles batem boca com frequência.

= Tiago and Camila have a difficult relationship. They frequently have heated arguments.

 

  1. Prefiro lidar com os problemas com calma. Não gosto de bater boca.

= I prefer to deal with problems calmly. I don’t like to argue.

 

  1. Ontem meu chefe e um colega bateram boca o dia todo.

= Yesterday my boss and a colleague argued all day long.

Noun: O bate-boca

= a heated argument, a brawl, a noisy argument

Examples:

  1. Tiago e Camila tiveram o maior bate-boca ontem.

= Tiago and Camila had the biggest argument yesterday.

 

  1. Tiago e Camila têm muitos bate-bocas. (notice the plural)

= Tiago and Camila have many heated arguments.

 

  1. Parem com esse bate-boca! Vocês não vão resolver nada assim.

= Stop this brawl! You won’t solve anything like this.

 

I hope you don’t get into bate-bocas. But if you do, at least you will know how to talk about it in Portuguese 😉

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About Luciana Lage

I’m Luciana, founder of Street Smart Brazil. I am so happy to be able to help you in your Portuguese speaking journey! Teaching Portuguese as a foreign language was one of the best things that could have happened in my life. I’ve had the privilege of teaching Portuguese at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of San Francisco. Now I am fully dedicated to the Street Smart Brazil community.

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