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Medical Words & Phrases in Portuguese

Here’s a list of Portuguese words and phrases in case you ever need to make an appointment or go to a Hospital in Portugal. If not, maybe you’re a nurse, doctor, and so on who’s learning the language to better communicate with your Portuguese patients. 

Or maybe you’re a writer that has a character that’s Portuguese or visiting Portugal and you need this for your story. Either way, I hope this will help in some way.

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I learned a new word recently!

Mimado/mimada = spoiled

How to use it in a sentence:

That child is spoiled. = Aquela criança é mimada.

The dog is so spoiled. = O cão é tão mimado.

It’s not a major achievement, but I am one step closer to being able to spoil a dog in Portuguese and that’s all that really matters.

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LGBTQ+ Vocab in Turkish

This list was actually kinda hard to make, since the community faces a lot of bigotry in Turkey and many people can’t openly identify with specific labels, even on the internet! (And those who do tend to use the English names). Oh, also, this list is translated from @langsandlit‘s Italian list! Under the cut, because this ended up being SUPER long!

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A Turkish Summer

Season - mevsim

Summer - yaz

June - haziran

July - temmuz

August - ağustos

Summer break - yaz tatili

Vacation/holiday - tatil

Sun - güneş

Hot - sıcak

What’s in My Bag

Sun glasses - güneş gözlüğü

Sun screen - güneş kremi

Swimsuit - mayo

Bikini - bikini

Towel - havlu

Sandals - sandalet

Flip flops - parmak arası terlik (terlik is usually omitted)

Hat - şapka

T-shirt - tişört

Shorts - şort

At the Beach/Swimming Pool

Beach - kumsal/sahil (sahil is colloquially used interchangeably, it literally means shore)

Sea - deniz

Ocean - okyanus

Sand - kum

Sand castle - kumdan kale/kum kalesi

Wave - dalga

Shore - kıyı

Swimming pool - yüzme havuzu

Life buoy - can simidi

Lifeguard - cankurtaran

Umbrella - şemsiye

Beach lounge chair - şezlong

Volleyball - voleybol

What We Eat

Ice cream - dondurma

Watermelon - karpuz

Melon/honeydew - kavun

Cherry - kiraz

Greengage plum - erik (a very popular summer treat in Turkey!)

Peach - şeftali

Apricot - kayısı

Japanese plum - yeni dünya/malta eriği

Verbs

To travel - gezmek

To swim - yüzmek (Although we also use “denize girmek” for when we are swimming in the sea, lit. to enter the sea)

To dive - dalmak

To surf - sörf yapmak

To sunbathe - güneşlenmek

To get tanned - bronzlaşmak

Phrasal Verbs

To go on a vacation/holiday - tatile gitmek/çıkmak

To wear sunglasses - güneş gözlüğü takmak

To build a sand castle - kumdan kale yapmak

To apply sun screen - güneş kremi sürmek

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(Brazilian) Colloquialisms, Sayings, & Slang #113

Cê vê com os olhos, não com a mão! -- You see with your eyes, not with your hand!

What grownups say to young children when the child says "Let me see!" and moves to grab the thing they want to see.

Cê is a shortened colloquial form of saying você (you)

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For all the Portuguese students out there, I made a mixtape! Listen to this shit in order (not on shuffle), trust me.

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I actually love this video so much

I know this is Brazilian but the pain is real in all dialects. Also this channel is hilarious. Definitey worth a watch if you want to practice Portuguese listening skills or just want a laugh.

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Differences between Brazilian and European Portuguese Pronunciation

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Fun fact: the Italian words uccidere “to kill” and occidente “West” are cognate and share the same kad-/ked- Indo-European root, one meaning to “to cut into pieces, to kill” and the other “to fall, to plummet, to die”. 

While uccidere (from occīdere) refers to the literal act of killing something or someone, occidente (from occĭdere) “West” refers figuratively to the death, namely the fall, of the sun that’s dying at the horizon.

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Being fluent in a language and understanding everything is great and all but I really love those little moments of happiness when you’re still a beginner in a language and you happen to understand just one word of that song or podcast you’re listening to 

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European Portuguese TV Series: Sul

I watched this show recently, and it was surprisingly good! I definitely recommend it if you enjoy crime dramas.

IMDB synopsis: Inspector Humberto and his associate Alice investigating two consecutive young ladies suicide suspecting to be murder.

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advanced adjectives in brazilian portuguese !

…aka “the eternal struggle of learning a language and using the same 5 words to describe everything.” If you’re like me and always default to “it’s pretty,” “it’s hard,” etc, this post is for you!

* All adjectives ending in -o change to -a, -os, -as to match gender. Adjectives ending in -e are neutral and only pluralize to -es. Adjectives ending in -l are neutral and pluralize to -is. Please feel free to contact me if you’d like a post explaining Portuguese gender/number!

sinônimos para “bonito”

belo | beautiful

formoso | beautiful, superb

lindo | beautiful, gorgeous

maravilhoso | stunning

sinônimos para “difícil”

árduo | arduous, hard work

complicado | complicated

desafiante | challenging

duro | hard

sinônimos para “fácil”

evidente | evident, clear

natural | natural, relaxed

óbvio | obvious, clear

possível | possible

sinônimos para “feliz”

alegre | joyful

contente | cheerful

despreocupado | carefree, unworried

sinônimos para “inteligente”

esperto | indicating you’re an “expert” or quick-witted

vivo | quick-witted (this one needs a lot of context, so be careful with this one!)

sinônimos para “triste”

arrependido | regretful

deprimido | dejected, depressed

sombrio | somber, gloomy

lamentável | deplorable, pitiful

lúgubre | dismal

sinônimos para “zangado” 

com raiva | mad, wrathful

frustrado | frustrated

furioso | furious

irado | irate

irritado | irritated

outros adjetivos fortes

amargo | bitter (to the taste)

bobo | silly (person)

cabeçudo | thick-headed, stubborn

cortante |  bitter (as in wind, something “cutting” or sharp)

confiante | confident

confortável | comfortable

controverso | controversial

convicto | with conviction, certain

de má vontade | begrudgingly, unwillingly

doente | ill, sick, hurting

enjoado | sick, bored, in a bad mood

obstinado | obstinate

seguro | positive, certain, safe, secure, reliable

suspeito | causing suspicion

suspeitoso |  suspicious of, suspecting

teimoso | stubborn, obstinate

tranquilo | peaceful, calm, quiet, sure or certain

If I’ve missed any adjectives that you’re curious about, PLEASE feel free to leave requests in my ask box!!  💚 I’m not a native speaker, so natives please interact if you see any errors!! DMs are preferred so I can fix it quickly but public replies are good too.

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4/4/2020:

Hoje em quarentena, estudei os demomstrativos .... muito chato, mas informativo e útil.

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Fillers words are those small interruptions we put in our sentences whenever we talk. Mostly shunned upon when writing papers, or giving speeches, but in casual conversations it pops up all the time.

There are times where I just end up saying, “um,” “like,” “uhh,” and so on. You know, things like that and was curious how I can also transfer that blank state of mind in another language.

Well, that and it gives you time while you’re thinking of the right words for your target language. It sounds more natural than saying the English filler words and it won’t confuse the native speakers as much.

These are the filler words in the languages I’m learning:

SPANISH

Pues – Well

A ver – Let’s see

Digo – I say

O sea – I mean

Entonces – So/therefore

Asi que – So/therefore

Bueno – Well

Es que – It’s just that

Este – Umm/uhh 

La cosa es – The thing is

A lo que me refiero es – What I refer to is

JAPANESE

えーと [eeto] – Umm

あのう [ano] – Well/say

その [sono] – That/the

ええ [ee] – Uhh

なんか [nanka] – Something

それで [Sore de] – So

You can extend the way you say it such as eeeeto, or sonooo.

ITALIAN

Meno male – Thank goodness

Allora – So

Ma dai – Come on

Quindi – Therefore

Vediamo un po’ – Let me see

Siccome – Seeing as/since

Visto che – Seeing as

Comunque – Anyway

A proposito – By the way

Per la maggior parte – For the most part

Forse – Maybe

Magari – Perhaps

RUSSIAN

Ну – Well

Это/эта – Well

��ипа – well, kinda

Как бы – Sort of

В общем – Basically, so

Слышь – Y’know

В принципе – Theoretically

Это самое – Whatsit, whatchamacallit

Собственно – As a matter of fact

Значит – So/well then

Скажем – Say

Однозначно – Sure thing

Так сказать – Sort of/kind of

Жесть – Sick/awesome/sick-awesome/harsh/heavy

В натуре – Actually, for real

Прямо скажем – To be honest

Короче – Bla-bla-bla, long story short

То сё, пятое десятое – This and that

Реально – For real

На самом деле – Actually

Круто – Cool

Конечно – Totally

Прикольно/ по приколу – Fun

FRENCH

Alors – So

Allez  – Right/Go ahead

Euh – Uhh

Quoi – What

Bref – Basically

Bien  – Well

En fait  – In fact

Quand même  – Still/anyway

Tu sais  – You know

Bon/bon ben  – Well

C’est-à-dire – That is to say

A la limite  – I mean/I suppose

PORTUGESE

Ou seja – Like/I mean/That is to say

Bom – Well/um/ok

Então – So/then

Pois – So/then

Ahn/Hum – Um/er

Mas – But

Bem – Well

Certo – Right

Certo/é  assim – Right/isn’t it

Como – Like

Try using these words as you slowly start forming sentences, or just use it whenever you’re studying in your target language.

Feel free to add more, or let me know if I missed anything! Happy studies!

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Portuguese Accents around the World

In this video, O Tamanho da Língua asks native speakers from three Portuguese-speaking countries and Galacia, Spain, what they think about the many Portuguese dialects.

This video includes native speakers from the following places:

Moçambique

Maputo

Portugal

Coimbra

Valença do Minho

Brasil

Paraná

Minas Gerais

Porto Alegre

Rio de Janeiro

Pernambuco

Recife

São Paulo

Rio Grande do Sul

Pernambuco

Ceará

Espanha

Galícia

(Note: I may have a missed a few people/places on accident)

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