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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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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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Having spent two months in Brazil I've really noticed the depths of how dynamic Brazilian Portuguese is. While I am only living in one of Brazil's 26 states, Santa Cantarina, there is no doubt that …
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