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Everyday Brazilian Slang: Work, Food, Money

Everyday Brazilian Slang: Work, Food, Money

posted on October 5, 2016

Everyday Brazilian Slang: Work, Food, Money - Portuguese lesson

Today I want to show you the Brazilian slang words that we often use to refer to three everyday words: to work, food, and money. You will be speaking like a Brazilian with your new Brazilian Portuguese vocabulary 🙂 Enjoy! Here’s the video:

1. Ralar

Literally:  Ralar = to grate

Colloquially: Ralar = Trabalhar = To work, to work hard

Ralar is a regular verb ending in –ar.

Example:

Caio: Vou pegar uma praia amanhã. E você?

Lara: Vou ralar o dia todo amanhã.

Translation:

Caio: I’m going to the beach tomorrow. How about you?

Lara: I’m going to work hard all day tomorrow.

2. Rango

Rango is a slang word for Comida (food).

There is also the verb Rangar = Comer = To eat.

Rango is a masculine noun. Rangar is a regular verb ending in –ar.

Examples:

1)

Obrigada pelo convite para almoçar na sua casa. O rango estava uma delícia.

Translation:

Thank you for the invitation to have lunch at your place. The food was delicious.

2)

Estou faminta. Vou rangar.

Translation:

I’m starving. I’m going to eat.

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3. Grana

Grana is a slang word for dinheiro (money).

Grana is a feminine noun.

Examples:

1)

Não vou viajar este ano porque a grana está curta.

Translation:

I won’t travel this year because I’m short on cash.

2)

R$ 500 por uma calça jeans? É muita grana!

Translation:

R$ 500 for a pair of jeans? It’s a lot of money!

Keep in mind that these are slang words. While they are not vulgar or bad words, they may not be appropriate in the workplace or other formal settings.

Practice is the key to memorizing new vocabulary and using it correctly. There is only so much that videos, software, and books can do for you. To learn for real, book a Trial Lesson with one of our Brazilian Portuguese instructors.

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Luciana Lage

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Luciana Lage founded Street Smart Brazil drawing on her passion for Brazilian Portuguese language and culture. Luciana has also taught Portuguese at University of California, Berkeley, and currently teaches at the University of San Francisco.

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  1. AvatarSofia

    July 3, 2018 at 2:53 pm

    How do you say “pay” in colloquial portuguese?

    Reply
    • Luciana LageLuciana Lage

      July 3, 2018 at 5:05 pm

      the regular verb is pagar

      Reply
  2. Avatarbeijemee

    October 13, 2016 at 1:54 am

    Can you say this? : ”O rango estava muita delicioso”

    Reply
    • Luciana LageLuciana Lage

      October 18, 2016 at 9:36 pm

      You can say: O rango estava muito delicioso. When “muito” means very, it does not vary; it’s always “muito”.

      It’s more common to say “delicioso” instead of “muito delicioso”. Or you can say “muito gostoso”.

      Reply
      • AvatarPeter B.

        February 1, 2019 at 2:10 pm

        Muito is an adverb. Adverbs do not get declined like adjectives such as delicioso.

        Reply

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