Portuguese Words and Phrases

[Jazzy Daddy]

The reason I don't use SlovoEd or any other translators much now is that I don't like carrying a smartphone in the dodgy areas I enjoy frequenting. And when I get back to my apartment there's a large dictionary/thesaurus for anything I need to look up. Having said that, the best source of new words, especially proper names, is local people.

Of coarse the BEST way to get around in Brazil is to learn the bloody language.
Although for someone who can't speak it , you get by quite well, I must say...

[Jan 156]

The reason I don't use SlovoEd or any other translators much now is that I don't like carrying a smartphone in the dodgy areas I enjoy frequenting. And when I get back to my apartment there's a large dictionary/thesaurus for anything I need to look up. Having said that, the best source of new words, especially proper names, is local people.

[Dub624]

I keep SlovoEd on my smartphone although rarely use it. It's only a dictionary (large if slightly useless at times), but if you don't mind the occasional requests to buy it you can use it for free indefinitely.

I carry the Franklin translator with me. You might give it a try. Came in handy down in the D.R. Last year.

[Dub624]

Which ones did out get? I paid for the AccelaStudy one, and I don't think it's that great.

Also check out the currency converters. They are also free.

[Dub624]

Which ones did out get? I paid for the AccelaStudy one, and I don't think it's that great.

I have AccelaStudy also, but mine was free

[Jan 156]

I keep SlovoEd on my smartphone although rarely use it. It's only a dictionary (large if slightly useless at times), but if you don't mind the occasional requests to buy it you can use it for free indefinitely.

[Tomageroma]

Hey guys,

I just got a new iphone and got a couple of portuguese language apps. Real cool and they are free. I am doing the flip cards now.

Which ones did out get? I paid for the AccelaStudy one, and I don't think it's that great.

Be careful with this, because the Portuguese of Portugal is not the same as the Portuguese of Brazil. Although for a basic understanding of language, it can be good.

[One Eyed Man]

Hey guys,

I just got a new iphone and got a couple of portuguese language apps. Real cool and they are free. I am doing the flip cards now.

Which ones did out get? I paid for the AccelaStudy one, and I don't think it's that great.

[Dub624]

Hey guys,

I just got a new iphone and got a couple of portuguese language apps. Real cool and they are free. I am doing the flip cards now.

[Ryjerrob]

Cu de bebado nao tem dono!!!!!!!

[Koolkid]

Translation:

"And yes, we can have dinner together; plus, May 23 is my birthday; perhaps, who knows, we can even spend it together lolololololol. I also want to know more about you; if you want to, please tell me more about you".

The original is written in typical chat room style, that's why you might have trouble piecing it together. "Rs" is the Brazilian equivalent of "lol" in English (rs = risa, laughter).

Hope this helps,

EA

Thanks for your quick response, I've been wondering what Rs were, as i've been seeing it alot!

[El Austriaco]

e sim podemos jantar sim e mais em maio dia 23 e meu aniversario talvez quem sabe ate possamos passalo juntos rsrsrsrsrsr quero saber de voce tambem se puder me conte um pouco mais de voce

Translation:

"And yes, we can have dinner together; plus, May 23 is my birthday; perhaps, who knows, we can even spend it together lolololololol. I also want to know more about you; if you want to, please tell me more about you".

The original is written in typical chat room style, that's why you might have trouble piecing it together. "Rs" is the Brazilian equivalent of "lol" in English (rs = risa, laughter).

Hope this helps,

EA

[Koolkid]

hi

Can anyone help me with this;
The part i do not understand is 'passalo juntos rsrsrsrsrsr'


e sim podemos jantar sim e mais em maio dia 23 e meu aniversario talvez quem sabe ate possamos passalo juntos rsrsrsrsrsr quero saber de voce tambem se puder me conte um pouco mais de voce

Thanks

[Jesuscola]

Malandro = hustler, small-time crook.

Malandragem = hustling, rip-off.

Sacana = BS (adjective).

Sacanagem = BS (noun)

Sacanear = to BS (verb)

Hope this helps,

EA

More or less agree. Malandro can also be an adverb or adjective, which would be "hustling," or "scamming," and "sacanagem" more literally means "dirty trick" so that if someone gets away with tripping someone on the soccer field, they might say "Sacanagem!" in the same way that we would say, "That's bullshit!" but it can also be used to mean dirty jokes, or sexually kinky things in bed, as in, "Você gosta de sacanagem." (The first time I hear the word uttered, it was in this context). And "sacanear" can mean more, "to pull a dirty trick" and have the sense of doing something underhanded that "malandro" has. But these are small quibbles and dependent on context.

[El Austriaco]

Can anyone translate the following words?


Malandro

Malandragem

Sacana

Sacanagem

Sacanear

thanks in advance

ryjer

Malandro = hustler, small-time crook.

Malandragem = hustling, rip-off.

Sacana = BS (adjective).

Sacanagem = BS (noun)

Sacanear = to BS (verb)

Hope this helps,

EA