Portuguese Words and Phrases

[AjayLost]

Is it possible to manage with just English in Sao Paulo. I don't know Spanish or Portuguese.

[SoberHans69]

Hi can anyone recommend a private online Portuguese tutor from Brazil?

Searched online but they all want you to pay the website a subscription fee on top of what you pay the tutor.

Obrigado.

[Xpartan]

For example, how would a Brazilian who only speaks Portuguese fare in the DR, Mexico or Colombia? Would they understand Spanish on a reasonable level and make themselves understood? Not talking about complex interactions, but in tourist settings (restaurant / hotel / sightseeing).

[XXL]

Good article here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senhor

If you have any exposure to religions in Brazil, you will hear O Senhor quite often. And, as Sperto mentioned in his post, it is used often when referring to an older person. My personal experience has been that it is used more often by 30 - 50 year old Brazilians when speaking with someone 65+. Therefore, a younger person may not have the same sentiment or upbringing. When I have used it, along with maybe a gentle touch, the older person lit up like a Christmas tree. In most cultures, a foreigner showing respect for the elderly is one way to ingratiate yourself with the locals. But, it is important to understand cultural differences. In Japan, I always asked my host for approval before giving my seat on the train to an elderly woman.

O Senhor / A Senhora, polite form for "you" when speaking to total strangers, usable with persons of the same age and even younger in order to show respect. I am 62 but I'd use "O Senhor / A Senhora" with someone queueing in front of me at a cashier or with the customs officer stamping my passport, regardless of their age. Like Vd. In Spanish as opposed to "tu". If you know the name of the person you want to show some respect to, you use their name, eg someone called Luisa to whom you want to ask whether she likes cold meat, rather than say "Vc gosta de carne fria?" (neutral, no special respect), you say "A Luisa gosta de carne fria?" (a bit more respect than neutral but with a touch of friendliness). Since you know her already, "A Senhora" would sound weird.

[Sun08]

Portuguese Language Lessons.

https://ielanguages.com/portuguese.html

[Exec Talent]

It is great to learn proper Portuguese. It would also be great if the locals spoke it. They don't. I have had educated Portuguese friends with me when speaking with porteiros (apartment doormen and gatekeepers) and asked them to help me understand what the porteiros were saying. Just like me, they had no idea.

[Mr Enternational]

I have no idea yet, however since I see this usage all the time, I suspect the speakers don't use first personal singular in this expression (and the youtube channel that you've posted below confirmed it in a couple of videos).

Maybe you have something confused.

I saw the dog. Eu vi o cachorro or Vi o cachorro.

You saw the dog. Voce viu o cachorro or Viu o cachorro.

Or you can say (you) see what I mean. Viu.

I saw your profile. Vi seu perfil.

You saw your profile. Viu seu perfil.

[Questner]

Change viu to vi. With viu you are saying she saw her own profile.

I have no idea yet, however since I see this usage all the time, I suspect the speakers don't use first personal singular in this expression (and the youtube channel that you've posted below confirmed it in a couple of videos).

[Mr Enternational]

Ol, .(name), tudo bem? Viu seu perfil

Change viu to vi. With viu you are saying she saw her own profile.

[Questner]

Olá, (name), tudo bem? Viu seu perfil no (.name of the site) why gostaria de mais informações. Poderia por gentileza me informar o valor do seu cachê e se você está disponível hoje à noite?

You may use the above phrase to communicate on Whatsapp to schedule a date with a provider:

Hello, (her name), how are you? I've seen your profile on (name of the website) and would like to get more information. Would you please let me know your rates and availability for this night?

Or you can start a conversation anywhere with the following:

— Você é linda. Qual é o seu nome? You're beautiful. What's your name?

Anyway, you need some basic language to communicate, and to distinguish between your basic Spanish.

There are many suggestions how to do it: use internet resources (youtube, blogs, podcasts); set up captions on youtube and TV channels; subscribe to video resources (example Amazon Prime); learn to type and use diacritics from the beginning; buy Brazilian edition (with the flag in the upper left corner) of Gramatica Ativa 1 and 2 on Amazon; etc.

I'm trying to attach my vocabulary starter for beginners, which may help you to read online ads, etc. It's not perfect by no means, and you can copy and modify it for your needs. If you are a Brazilian national, I apologize that this starter has been skewed into adult content.

Well, Docx shows 'Invalid file' and ISG does not permit me to upload (let me know how I can solve the issue).

[Vagabundo1]

Thanks.

This is another instant report of distinction.

If I could figure out how to link to that thread correctly haah.

This is a Brazilian Portuguese language learning youtube channel that I enjoy watching.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5em2rhzvSjQ

[Mr Enternational]

This is a Brazilian Portuguese language learning youtube channel that I enjoy watching.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5em2rhzvSjQ

[Phate]

More used is kkkkkkk.

Totally agreee with everything you said. Except I have never known a Brazilian person to write jajajaja as people that speak Spanish do. It would even be pronounced as zsazsazsa as in Zsa Zsa Gabor. I have more commonly known them to write rsrs, which is short for riso or laughter.

[Vagabundo1]

An article published by O Globo in 2007 revealed the origin of Complexo do Alemão. After World War I, a Pole named Leonard Kaczmarkiewicz bought the land. It was not long before the place became known as Morro do Alemão German's Hill due to Kaczmarkiewicz's physical looks a person of stereotypical European fair complexion is informally called alemão, galego or russo in Brazilian Portuguese, while gringo only apply to non-Portuguese-speaking tourists; these terms can be offensive, jocose or intimate depending on context, but are generally impolitely neutral.

Source: wiki on alemao.

[Exec Talent]

When I first started traveling to Brazil, I met a Brazilian woman living in the US who lent me the earlier edition of this book https://www.routledgetextbooks.com/t...ort_brazil.php.

It contains conversations I used to practice with my Brazilian friends. Living among Brazilians in Brazil helps, but you obviously will not encounter any many situations as are covered in this book. I have often surprised Brazilians when a situation did come up by actively participating in the conversation instead of being uncomfortable because I did not know what was going on. Same goes for knowing popular Brazilian song lyrics. Those of you whom have been successful with women in your own country and language know where I am headed with this. There are few things sadder than walking by a Gringo-Tute bar and seeing two people with nothing to say sitting across from each other. Then you know it really is only about the money.