PGoL: ('G' for 'Grammar'. You are all starting to need some grammar lessons instead of just vocab. You'll never learn Portuguese at this rate!)
- 03/12/2012 "of the" is always written as a contraction
de + o = do
de + a = da
de + os = dos
de + as = das - 02/13/2012 ser - to be [permanent] (Present tense)
NOTE: The conjugations for 'tu' and 'vos' are used only in the bible or in certain states in the south.
Eu Estou Nos Estamos
Tu Estás Vos Estais
Você Esta Vocês São
NOTE: "ão" is like saying "OW!" but through the nose - 02/06/2012 ser - to be [permanent] (Present tense)
NOTE: The conjugations for 'tu' and 'vos' are used only in the bible or in certain states in the south.
Eu Sou Nos Somos
Tu Es Vos Sois
Você È Vocês São
NOTE: "ão" is like saying "OW!" but through the nose - 01/23/2012 There are four types of verbs in Portuguese: They end in '-ar', '-er', '-ir', and '-or'. However all of the '-or' verbs have the same root verb 'pôr' (to put or place). Example: Compôr, supôr, decompôr, etc.
PIP(Idiomatic Phrase)oL:
- 04/16/2012 Macacos me mordam! -
Literally: Monkeys bite me!
English Equivalent: I'll be a monkey's uncle! PWoL: (Portuguese Word of the Letter)
- 04/02/2012 Quantos gatos têm nesta sopa? - How many cats are in this soup?
- 03/26/2012 dois - two
duas - two
That's right "two" is also gender specific (not just "one", like in spanish) - 03/19/2012 bunda - butt
sem cerebro - brainless - 02/27/2012 Mineiro - Miner/Someone from the state of Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais - general mines
(I put this in here because Elder Chaves is from Minas Gerais, or, in other words, he's Mineiro) - 02/20/2012 Arcoverde - Green bow
- 01/30/2012 cajueiro seco - withered cashew tree
- 01/16/2012 resfriado - "with a stuffy nose and feeling tired" almost considered equal to "to have the flu"
- 01/09/2012 bochechinha - Dimple (sorry, I guessed wrong last time. Curse you dictionary!) It literally means "little cheek"
- 01/02/2012 Oreigão - The only way I can say 'Oregon' and have people 'understand me'. It's actually pretty funny; I say "I'm from Oregon." and they say "You're from where?" "Oregon" (To my companion) "I'm not understanding him" so I say "Oreigão" and they say, "Ohhhh...where is that?"
- 12/26/2011 covinha - "little cave" or dimple
- 12/21/2011 velhinho - "velho" is "old" and "-inho" is the diminutive suffix. The best translation that I can come up with is "little geezer"
- 12/12/2011 bater laje - the houses here are made of bricks and cement. The roof is either inclined with overlapped, tile-like clay shingles or it is flat, made of bricks and covered with a thick layer of cement mixed with rocks and sand. After this layer dries, they put up cement sheets that look like corrugated cardboard on top. "Bater laje" is the process of making and placing the thick layer of cement, rocks and sand on the second type of roof. It's really, REALLY hard work, but it makes the roof more water-proof.
- 12/05/2011 homem de neve - snowman
- 11/28/2011 Dia de ação de graças - Thanksgiving day (try saying that 10 times fast!)
- 11/21/2011 sonho - dream
- 11/14/2011 tranquilidade - tranquility
- 11/07/2011 prever - "pre-see" (predict)
- 10/31/2011 banana - dork (when applied to a person)
- 10/24/2011 corredor - hallway
- 10/10/2011 curinga - wild card
- 10/10/2011 bolsa - bag (can be 'womb')
- 10/10/2011 neném - infant
- 10/10/2011 Carecer - to want & need EG: I need thee every hour = Careço de Jesus
- 10/10/2011 prova - test
- 09/05/2011 fiado - like shop-lifting but when you use something and then refuse to pay (in restaurant, LAN House, etc.)
- 08/22/2011 futum - Really bad stench (slang from the interior of Pernambuco)
- 08/08/2011 tempo integral - full-time
- 07/25/2011 carecer - To need (connotation of helplessness i.e. "I need thee every hour" = "Careço de Jesus"
- 07/18/2011 Quero ser valente - I want to be valient
- 07/11/2011 pitu - lobster
pitú - an alcoholic drink "The Brazilian's mania!"
- 06/27/2011 milho - corn
- 06/20/2011 Rio de Janeiro - January River
- 06/13/2011 Treinador! - Trainer!
- 06/06/2011 gaguejar - to stutter (Lady Gaga means Lady Stutterer in portuguese!)
- 05/30/2011 malentender - misunderstand
- 05/23/2011 bate - he hits/punches (it's how people say Elder Batschi's name)
- 04/18/2011 bixiga - bladder (body part)
- 04/18/2011 sacola/garrafa - sack/bottle (used for bladder in the sense of liquid container)
- 04/11/2011 côrrego - creek/gutter
- 04/04/2011 profundo - profound
- 03/28/2011 Élder -Elder
- 03/28/2011 parto - birth
- 03/28/2011 esperança - hope
- 02/14/2011 trovão - thunder
- 02/08/2011 culto - cult (meeting/reunion)
- 01/31/2011 salvação - salvation
- 01/24/2011 mudança - change, movement, move (from house to house)
- 01/17/2011 tartaruga - turtle
- 01/10/2011 socorro! - help!
- 01/03/2011 herdar - inherit
- 12/27/2010 calandário - calandar
- 12/20/2010 Natal - Christmas!
- 12/13/2010 prataria - silverware (literally plate-ery)
- 11/29/2010 farrapar - This word is uniquely Pernambucano. It means to set up an appointment or promise something with the intention of doing nothing (for example when a person says they'll be home and then they travel and everyone knew about it in advance). It's a popular pastime in Garanhuns.
- 11/22/2010 aranha - spider
- 11/15/2010 carpet - carpet (in Portuguese the 'r' is a cross between an 'h' and an 'r' and the final 't' sounds like 'ch')
- 11/08/2010 corto - short
- 11/01/2010 foto - photo
- 11/01/2010 Xerox - xerox Imagine that!
- 11/01/2010 Self Service - Self Service Never would have guessed!
- 11/01/2010 Lan House - Crazy!
- 11/01/2010 internet - internet No way!
- 11/01/2010 presguisa - sloth (animal) / Lazy
- 10/25/2010 Apóstolo - Apostle
- 10/18/2010 for - future subjunctive of "to be" (I mostly just think it's weird that it looks like English)
- 10/11/2010 ter mão de vaca - to have the hand of a cow (to be cheap, a person who spends little)
- 10/04/2010 fé, esperança, caridade e amor - faith, hope charity and love
- 10/04/2010 causa - cause/purpose (COW-zuh) calça - pants (COW-suh)
(WARNING: do not get these mixed up or when singing 'Called to Serve' you will say "fight for the Celestial Pants") - 09/27/2010 listra - stripe (on clothing)
- 09/06/2010 calçada - sidewalk
- 09/20/2010 desfasado - not up to date
- 09/17/2010 Lan house - LAN house (yes, it's Portugues) {internet café}
- 09/03/2010 tijela - Bowl
- 09/06/2010 tijolo - brick
- 09/06/2010 burro - donkey
- 08/24/2010 tubarão - shark (remind me to tell you about this word)
- 08/24/2010 o - the (masculine)
- 08/24/2010 clicar - to click (a computer mouse)
- 08/17/2010 espreguiçar-se - to yawn and stretch oneself
- 08/17/2010 fuguete - rocket
- 08/03/2010 baço - spleen Example sentence: Eu comerei seo baço con un garfo!
- 07/27/2010 enforcar-se
- to hang oneself
- to lose money
- to get married?!!??
- 08/03/2010 arbítrio - agency
- 07/27/2010 arrebentar - To crush/destroy Example sentence: Estava arrebenando as pessoas con um oníbus!
- 07/20/2010 roxo - purple
- 07/06/2010 ornitorrinco [or-knee-toh-HEEN-coo] it means platypus {let's hear him say this when he's tracting!}
- 07/13/2010 Minha nossa! (Literal - My our! Slang - Oh my gosh!)
- 07/06/2010 algodão doce [awgodaw dochi] it means cotton candy
- 07/06/2010 paralelepípedo [pah.rah.lay.lay.PEE.peh.doo] (but say it REALLY fast) it means "cobblestone"
