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| Brazilian City Spotlight: Campos do Jordão |
| 2008-07-02 11:00:32 |
Much like Aspen, Campos de Jordão is the winter vacation spot of the elite, though unlike Colorado, there's no snow in Campos. It's located 167 from the city of São Paulo, located in the state of the same name. The......
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| The Little Things that Count |
| 2008-07-01 14:14:59 |
Today we're going to look at some short, simple phrases used in everyday Portuguese that help you sound more like a native speaker.1. Olha só [ohl-yah soh]This expression literally means "just look," but is used when trying to make a......
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| Brazil in the Business News |
| 2008-06-30 19:14:34 |
Last week, Merrill Lynch and Cap Gemini released a list of the countries with the largest increase in the number of millionaires, and Brazil came in at number three, after China and India. This was due to the booming economy,......
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| The Festival of Saint Peter |
| 2008-06-29 14:32:40 |
In Brazil, the Festival of Saint Peter, known as o Dia de São Pedro in Portuguese, is celebrated each year in late June. Saint Peter is the saint of fishermen, who have boat processions on the sea to honor the......
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| Podcast: Making an appointment |
| 2008-06-26 16:12:14 |
Click to hear the Podcast! Today, we’re going to learn how to make an appointment. The important thing to remember is that in Portuguese, we frequently use the verb form of "appointment" instead of the noun like we do......
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| Brazilian Profile: Clarisse Zeitel |
| 2008-06-25 19:46:16 |
Clarisse Zeitel is not a star, per se. She appears every week as a dancer on the popular weekend variety show "Caldeirão do Huck," along with another dozen or so women. But recently, she became a local celebrity because of......
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| Japanese Celebration at the Sambodrome |
| 2008-06-23 12:01:04 |
This past weekend, festivities began to celebrate the one hundred year anniversary of Japanese immigration in Brazil. The event kicked off with a huge celebration in São Paulo's Sambodrome, where 25,000 people attended. The event included Japanese rhythmic dancing, drum......
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| Brazilian Profile: Paulo Szot |
| 2008-06-19 18:38:57 |
Last Sunday, Brazilian opera singer Paul Szot won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in "South Pacific." But it was a long road to success on Broadway. Paulo was born in 1969 in São......
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| Rio Ink |
| 2008-06-18 15:10:23 |
The latest American reality show to be adapted in Brazil is "Miami Ink," which has become "Rio Ink" on Brazil's People and Arts channel. Like the American version, the show follows the day-to-day operations of a tattoo shop, this time......
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| Weather Vocabulary |
| 2008-06-17 14:13:06 |
Though traditionally Brazil has had few natural disasters, global warming has begun to change that trend, so let's take a look at some weather vocabulary: hurricane: furacão [foo-rah-cownn] tornado: tornado [tor-nah-doh]flood: inundação [een-oon-dah-sownn]earthquake: terremoto [teh-heh-moh-toh]storm: tempestade [temp-est-ah-gee]water spout: trombra d'água......
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| The New Bondinho |
| 2008-06-15 21:09:03 |
Last week, the city government unveiled the new bondinhos (cable cars) at Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro. The new cable cars are part of a city-wide face lift in preparation for the 2014 World Cup. The bondinho system was......
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| Brazilian Profile: Zé Carioca |
| 2008-06-12 12:53:20 |
This year, Zé Carioca turns sixty five, but he hasn't aged a bit. That's because he's a Disney cartoon who was wildly popular in Brazil for years.During World War II, Walt Disney and his team traveled to South America with......
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| Translating Idiomatic Expressions: Part III |
| 2008-06-11 22:57:33 |
We're going to continue our discussion of idiomatic expressions, using this humor site as a source. The idea is to show the dangers of translating word for word instead of understanding the actual meaning behind the expressions.1. Ela é cheia......
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| I Messed Up |
| 2008-06-10 12:37:09 |
There are a few ways to say "I messed up" or "I made a mistake." Here they are:1. Pisei na bola. [Pee-zay nah boh-lah]This expression literally means "I stepped on the ball." In reality, it means "I made a big......
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| 100 Years of the Japanese in Brazil: Part I |
| 2008-06-09 16:46:31 |
This year marks the centennial of the arrival of the first boat of Japanese immigrants in Brazil, which started a wave of immigration. Brazil is now the home of the largest Japanese population outside of Japan.Let's take a look at......
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| Cabine Cornofônica |
| 2008-06-08 21:31:42 |
Leopoldo Buosanti Neto, owner of the bar Boteco Brasil in São Paulo, noticed that his clients would often run outside when they received phone calls, since many didn't want their spouses to know where they were--especially the male customers. So......
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| Brazilian Profile: Beatriz Milhazes |
| 2008-06-05 12:55:50 |
Beatriz was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1960, and grew up in Copacabana. She got her degree in journalism and went on to teach math at a local high school. But when she was twenty, she got into the......
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| Translating Idiomatic Expressions: Part II |
| 2008-06-03 22:23:33 |
This series on idiomatic expressions is taken from this Brazilian humor site, so the translations are not mine. Plus, the idea of translating them word for word is to show how idiomatic expressions are only understandable in context, and can......
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| Green Colonialism? |
| 2008-06-03 14:16:47 |
One of the hot topics in Brazil this week is the case of Swiss millionaire Johan Eliasch. In 2007, he purchased 1,600 square kilometers of the Amazon rainforest from an American logging company in order to create a protected area.......
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| Enjoar |
| 2008-06-02 20:04:05 |
The verb enjoar has three principal meanings. We can conjugate enjoar de or use it as estar enjoado. 1. to feel nauseous Ela está enjoada. Deixa ela sentar. She's nauseous. Let her sit down.Ficaram enjoados depois de ir na montanha......
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| Man Makes Money Off of Pet Vulture |
| 2008-06-01 20:05:33 |
A man from a rural part of Minas Gerais is making lots of money off of his pet urubu (vulture), Loira. Loira, which means blonde girl in Portuguese, appears at special events for R$1,200 per appearance. Loira's owner, Célio Luiz......
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| Podcast: Asking for and Giving Directions |
| 2008-05-29 14:08:00 |
Click to hear the Podcast! Today we’re going to learn how to ask for and how to give directions. Com licença, estou perdido. Estou procurando a Rua Vinícius de Moraes. Siga por esta rua aqui, direto. Vire à esquerda......
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| Translating Idiomatic Expressions: Part I |
| 2008-05-28 14:38:24 |
Conquering idiomatic expressions is an important hurdle when learning a language. That's because these expressions do not literally translate and you have to understand what they actually mean. There are dozens in Portuguese, and when translated directly to English they......
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| Jerusalem in Rio |
| 2008-05-27 14:29:57 |
This month, a new cultural center opened in Rio de Janeiro which features a 730 square-foot replica of Jerusalem from the era of the Second Temple. It is only the second of its kind, since the only other replica is......
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| Brazilian City Spotlight: Manaus, Amazonas |
| 2008-05-26 16:30:20 |
Manaus is the capital city of Amazonas state and has a fascinating history. The city was settled in 1669, and was named Manaus in 1832, which means "mother of the gods" in the indigenous language of the Manaos tribe. It......
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| Corpus Christi Tradition: Street Carpets |
| 2008-05-22 12:27:00 |
Today is Corpus Christi, a Catholic holiday that is also a national celebration in Brazil. It is a tradition to create tapetes (carpets) in the streets made of different organic materials like salt, flowers, and wood chips, usually with religious......
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| Brazilian Profile: Jorge Amado |
| 2008-05-21 12:54:58 |
Jorge Amado is one of Brazil's most famous and beloved novelists. Born in 1912 on a cocoa plantation in the state of Bahia, he grew up in the coastal town of Ilhéus, where he set many of his novels. He......
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| Tudo vai dar certo |
| 2008-05-20 19:31:18 |
The best way to use the English expressions, "Everything will be fine," or "Everything will work out" in Portuguese is to use the expression dar certo.For example: Eu estou muito estressada com tudo isto. All of this is really stressing......
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| Brazilian Becomes Guinness Recorder Holder |
| 2008-05-20 18:01:40 |
Forty-three year-old Brazilian Elaine Davidson, who lives in Scotland, has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most body piercings: 5,920 in total. She also won the world record in 2000 when she only had 462......
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| Portuguese Parliament Adopts Brazilian Spelling |
| 2008-05-18 16:57:03 |
On Friday, the Portuguese Parliament passed a law that adopts the Brazilian form of ortografia (spelling) of hundreds of words. The move is a small part of a movement to unify the Portuguese language in the eight countries where Portuguese......
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| BBC Special: Amazon Day |
| 2008-05-15 16:19:06 |
The BBC did a special today on the Amazon. Here are some of the highlights:An excellent graphics page, showing rates of deforestationA comprehensive "Amazon by Country" sectionA full-length feature article by Fergus Nicoll called "Seeking an Amazon Solution"A question and......
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| "No Smoking" Law Finally Arrives in Rio |
| 2008-05-14 14:52:56 |
After smoking was banned in bars, restaurants, and clubs in major U.S., European, and some Latin American cities, the city government of Rio de Janeiro has finally caught on. The law, which goes into effect this month, prohibits smoking in......
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| Brazilian Profile: Dona Lily |
| 2008-05-13 14:57:37 |
Lily Marinho de Carvalho, known as Dona Lily, is actually a naturalized Brazilian, meaning she wasn't born in Brazil. Born in Germany, her father was British and her mother was French. She grew up in Paris, where she went on......
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| In the news: Surgery gone wrong |
| 2008-05-12 16:18:14 |
Globo reported this past week on a woman in São Paulo state who discovered a 15 centimeter pinça (tweezers) floating around in her abdomen for 25 years. After having terrible stomach pain for a quarter of a century, she finally......
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| Naturalidades: Part V |
| 2008-05-11 15:34:28 |
Today we're going to do the last part of our lesson on naturalidades, which determine exactly where a person is from in Brazil: either the city or the state. These are written in lower case, as opposed to in English,......
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| A Brazilian in Bollywood |
| 2008-05-07 14:17:16 |
Who knew that a Brazilian model could become a Bollywood muse? Bruna Abdalah, 21, of Guaíba, Rio Grande do Sul, became a Ford model at age 15 and decided to pursue her career in order to buy her parents a......
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| Combinar |
| 2008-05-06 13:41:48 |
The verb combinar [kome-bee-nar] has a number of meanings, but we're going to focus on the three main ones. 1. Making plansVamos combinar para sair na sexta-feira. Let's make plans to go out on Friday.Já combinei com ela. I already......
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