Fruits You Must Try in Brazil
Olá, fruit enthusiasts! Ever wondered what a tropical paradise tastes like? Well, pack your virtual bags and join me on a flavorful journey across Brazil because here are fruits you must try in Brazil! My vibrant country isn’t just about samba and soccer; it’s a fruit lover’s dream, bursting with exotic tastes that are as […]
How to Say More and More and Less and Less in Portuguese
Here is a very useful structure in Portuguese:
- Cada vez mais = more and more; literally: each time more
- Cada vez menos = less and less; literally: each time less
The examples below will get you ready to use your new Portuguese language structure. I will organize the examples in three sections:
- Cada vez mais
- Cada vez menos
- Special cases
Dar-se bem: To get along well & To do well
I recently posted the pictures below on our Facebook page. Dar-se bem is a common idiomatic expression in Brazilian Portuguese. It has two different translations to English, and for each meaning, a different preposition is used. I am sure that this will be useful to all learners of Portuguese.
Notice that the verb is used with the reflexive pronoun in these expressions.
Street Smart Brazil’s Social Media Gets Even Better
I have great news: Adam Lee will be helping me with Street Smart Brazil’s social media. Adam is extremely knowledgeable about Brazil, Portugal, and the Portuguese language. He has lived in Brazil for several years in different cities and regions, and now lives in Lisbon, Portugal. Adam is very engaged with lusophone cultures. Although he has been […]
Learn Portuguese: Oops, there's no accent there!
Even after a decade since I picked up my first Brazilian Portuguese grammar book, I still wonder about the placement of an accent here or there. Online, there’s tons of blogs and sites in Portuguese that talk about the spelling reform from a few years back, and all the rules that accompanied it. A lot of that information concerns (mostly) accute accents and whether the word is paroxytone or proparoxytone, etc (linguistic terms regarding syllable stress).
Learn Portuguese: How to say "Any Questions?" in Portuguese
Very often literal translation from English to Portuguese or from Portuguese to English is not the best way to say what you want. Here is a good example:
- Alguma dúvida?
Literally, this question translates to: “Any doubt? But in the classroom setting it is the Portuguese equivalent to “Any questions?”
