Singing is a great way to improve your speaking skills. Here is your weekly translated lyrics from Caipirinha Appreciation Society‘s podcast: Fingimento, by Trio Pouca Chinfra, a samba group from Recife. The song is in episode 315 of the podcast: Ebb and Flow = Fluxo e Refluxo.
Fingimento Trio Pouca Chinfra |
Pretense by Trio Pouca Chinfra |
Você finge até chora
Toda noite em claro
Já dei conta do recado, mas não tive apreço
Depois me deixe em paz |
You pretend even cry
Pulling all-nighters every night
I’ve delivered the goods, but got no appreciation
Then leave me alone |
(1) Cachaça is a Brazilian liquor made from fermented sugar cane juice. It is the most popular distilled alcoholic beverage in Brazil. Street vendors selling cachaça and lemonade are a common beach scene in Brazil. Visit our blog to learn how to make caipirinha, Brazil’s most popular cocktail.
(2) Saravá: Learners of Portuguese quickly become acquainted with the word Axé, used as a positive greeting wishing good energy to friends. Saravá can be used the same way. The term is used in African-Brazilian religions as a mantra and means: SA-(Strength, Lord); RA-(To Reign, Movement); VÁ (Nature, Energy). Used as a mantra it is believed to fix or dispel negative vibrations. In the song, it was used as a verb in the past tense.
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