Do You Have Email – Você Tem Email?
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! First Published on 13th of February, 2022 by Patrick Carpen. Email, as you know, means electronic mail. It has Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Vocabulary
Battery – Pilha or Bateria?
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! First Published: 13th of February, 2022 by Patrick Carpen. In the English world, we have one word for all Continue Reading →
Poliana – An Adorable Television Series
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! First Published: 1st of February, 2022 Learning Portuguese Through Brazilian Film and TV After you reach a level of Continue Reading →
I Miss You = Eu Tenho Saudade de Voce
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! First Published: 9th of December, 2021 Did you know that the Portuguese Language has no direct equivalent for the Continue Reading →
Thank you – Obrigado or Gracas?
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! First Published: 17th of October, 2021 by Patrick Carpen. The Portuguese word for “thank you” is “obrigado” or “obridgada” Continue Reading →
At the Tip of Your Tongue or the Back of Your Head?
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! First Published: 9th of June, 2021 by Patrick Carpen. Do you remember those moments when you are trying to Continue Reading →
Fortunate – Afortunada, Unfortunate – Infeliz
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! First Published: 23rd of May, 2021 by Patrick Carpen. In the English Language, the word “fortunate” means “favored by, Continue Reading →
Breakfast – Cafe da Manha
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! First Published: 1st of April, 2021 by Patrick Carpen In Brazil, the Portuguese expression for “breakfast” is “cafe da Continue Reading →
Brasil e Foda Demais!
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! First Published: 22nd of February, 2021 by Patrick Carpen. Advisory: This article contains adult language! Last evening, I was Continue Reading →
Cool or Distasteful? Legal ou Chato?
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! First Published: 10th of January, 2020 by Patrick Carpen. Brazilians have an expression that covers several English words: annoying, Continue Reading →
Pegar: A Verb With Many Shades of Meaning
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! First Published on 11th of December, 2020 by Patrick Carpen. The most basic meaning of the word “pegar” in Continue Reading →
What’s the Total = Quanto Deu?
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! First Published: 20th of November, 2020 by Patrick Carpen. If you go to the shop or supermarket in Brazil Continue Reading →
Juice: Suco or Caldo?
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! First Published: 8th of October, 2020 The general translation for the English word “juice” to Portuguese is “suco.” Example: Continue Reading →
Embora – A Double Meaning Word
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! Words often have different shades of meaning, but some words have double meanings that are completely unrelated to each Continue Reading →
Grandmother and Grandfather: Avó e Avô
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! The Portuguese words for “grandmother” and “grandfather” are remarkably close in both spelling and pronunciation. In fact, the two Continue Reading →
Voce Que Manda – You’re the Boss
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! I’ve heard the idiomatic expression “voce que manda” at least two times while living in Brazil, and based on Continue Reading →
Thank you – Obrigado/Obrigada
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! Thank you = Obrigado/Obrigada If you are male person, you say “obrigado” regardless of whether you are saying it Continue Reading →
Mata barata. Cheap Forest or Kill Cockroaches? Double Meaning Words
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! The Portuguese Language, like many other languages, has many double meaning words. While driving through the city of Boa Continue Reading →
Feedback – A Borrowed Word
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! Sometimes, in a particular language, there is not an exact translation for a word from a foreign language. In Continue Reading →
You’re the Man!
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! First Published: 4th of October, 2018 by Patrick Carpen. In English tradition, the exclamatory expression, “You the Man!” is Continue Reading →
Can You Borrow Me a Pen Please?
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! On Guyana’s border with Brazil, I had the honor of interacting with many Brazilian natives coming over to Lethem Continue Reading →
Pimenta Ardida – Hot Pepper
Be sure to like our Facebook Page, Learning Portuguese for more! As I mentioned in my article, “The Literal Translation Versus the Meaning,” it can take quite some time feeling Continue Reading →