If you’ve practiced capoeira, you may have heard of ginga. It’s the base move from which all others are made, you know, that back and forth, side-to-side, swinging motion you see whenever someone …
Horsing Around in Pará – Learn Colloquial Portuguese
If it’s true there’s a lot of trains (trens) in Minas, then both Pará and Maranhão must have a lot of mares, or female horses (éguas). Of my three-month stay in Pará back in 2009, from the first day …
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Pó pô pó? – Asking for coffee in Minas Gerais, Brazil
You're in Minas Gerais and you hear: - Pó pô pó? - Pó pô! What it really means in Portuguese: - Posso pôr o pó? (or Pode pôr pó?) - Pode pôr! Translation: - Can I put in ground …
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5 Slangs I Learned in Porto Alegre
One of the coolest things about traveling around Brazil is learning about regional differences in Portuguese. Each state has its own distinct flavor of Portuguese with its own accent and slang. The …
Portuguese Phrases: How to say a lot of patience
I was reading Folha de São Paulo this morning when I noticed a new phrase used in the comments section of an article. The phrase was “ter paciência de Jó” (to have the patience of Job, which …
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