Saturday 28 March 2015

Brazilian Portuguese Grammar: Homonyms #4

Ascender - to rise/climb


Acender - to light


ie. Acender uma vela - To light a candle


Acender a luz - To turn on the light


Thursday 26 March 2015

Brazilian Pop Culture: Protesting #30

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This isn’t a government, this is a joke!


Literally, “Government? [Calling it by] that name is hilarious/a joke”.


Even more literally, “Government? That name is a comedy”.


Wednesday 25 March 2015

Brazilian Colloquialisms, Sayings, and Slang #80

Criar caso - To create [a] case


To be outright trying to start a problem where there isn’t one (ie an argument).


Interestingly, caso is also a colloquial term for “story” or “tale” - which means this term can also be translated as “to create a story.”


Criar can also mean “to raise” (as in “to raise a child”), so yet another alternative translation could be “to raise a story.”


Thursday 19 March 2015