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Say It Like a Brazilian: To take a nap

Say It Like a Brazilian: To take a nap

posted on March 29, 2016

Say It Like a Brazilian: To take a nap

Do you take a nap during the day? Some say that it is healthy to take a short nap after lunch. Kitties know all about it. My sweet Amahle is taking a nap on my lap as I write this 🙂

This is our Princess Amahle. We adopted her just a few weeks ago and she already rules the place!

At my parents’ place, in Brazil, everyone naps after lunch on the weekends. When I am there, I adhere to the habit. It feels good to take a nap in a hammock with the birds chirping outside 🙂

Today I will show you how to talk about naps in Portuguese. Watch the video:

How to say Nap in Portuguese

There are two words to say “a nap” in Portuguese:

  • Um cochilo
  • Uma soneca

How to say To Take a Nap in Portuguese

Here is how you say to take a nap in Portuguese:

  • Tirar um cochilo
  • Tirar uma soneca

You can also say:

  • Cochilar = to nap

Both Tirar and Cochilar are regular verbs. You can practice the present and past tenses of regular verbs with my Flashcard App for Android devices.

Examples:

1)

Dizem que é saudável tirar um cochilo curto depois do almoço.

= They say it’s healthy to take a short nap after lunch.

2)

Ontem eu tirei uma soneca rápida antes de pegar a estrada.

= Yesterday I took a quick nap before hitting the road.

3)

Você tem o hábito de cochilar de tarde?

= Do you have the habit of taking an afternoon nap?

4)

No Brasil, eu gosto de cochilar na rede.

= In Brazil, I like to nap in the hammock.

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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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