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One-word Portuguese Lesson [Video]: Avacalhar

One-word Portuguese Lesson [Video]: Avacalhar

posted on May 31, 2018

One-word Portuguese Lesson [Video]: Avacalhar

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!

Avacalhar means:

  • to ridicule, to demoralize, to demean
  • to make a travesty of

Avacalhar is a regular verb.

The video above shows the pronunciation of avacalhar and has the first example of the verb in use. Below are two additional examples.

Example 1:

  • Os críticos avacalharam o filme. = The critics ridiculed the movie.

Example 2:

Milena and Clara are going out to dance. Milena is wearing her new dress, which is very colorful. Here’s their dialogue:

Milena: Gostou do meu vestido novo?

Clara, mockingly: Eu não sabia que a gente ia pra uma festa de carnaval.

Milena: Não precisa avacalhar!

Translation:

Milena: How do you like my new dress?

Clara, tirando onda: I didn’t know that we were going to a carnival party.

Milena: There’s no need to ridicule me.

Example 3:

  • (talking about a soccer game) O narrador avacalhou o desempenho do time. = The commentator ridiculed the team’s performance.

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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. AvatarMichal

    June 5, 2018 at 4:51 pm

    Please do a video on the verb “rolar” I am seeing this verb alot on tv. This is one context “Acabei de sair de um rolo.Não seria um rolo.”
    I guessing “rolo” means a relationship?
    Seen plenty of other uses and dictionary not much help. Thanks.

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    • Luciana LageLuciana Lage

      June 7, 2018 at 2:33 pm

      Oi, Michal! Rolo is a great word. It means a complicated situation. The verb rolar is different. It is used colloquially to say acontecer (to happen). O que rolou? = What happened?

      Reply

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