http://brazilianportuguesepod.com Effective Portuguese Learning! Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:48:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/blog/did-you-know-these-expressions-of-brazilian-portuguese http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/blog/did-you-know-these-expressions-of-brazilian-portuguese#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:55:56 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/?p=1894 Armar um barraco Literally: to pitch a handmade house Means: to create a big confusion in public Bater as botas Literally: to beat the boots Means: to die Cara de pau Literally: wooden face Means: to be shameless, cheeky, insolent, cynical, have a poker face Descascar o abacaxi Literally: to peel the pineapple Means: to [...]]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/blog/did-you-know-these-expressions-of-brazilian-portuguese/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-338-christmas-free-pdf-guide-get-it http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-338-christmas-free-pdf-guide-get-it#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:19:37 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-338-christmas-free-pdf-guide-get-it
In this lesson you will learn vocabulary and expressions related to Christmas. Also you’ll learn some useful conversational expressions.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-338-christmas-free-pdf-guide-get-it/feed/ 2 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/licao-327-problemas-em-uma-viagem-de-onibus http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/licao-327-problemas-em-uma-viagem-de-onibus#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:58:58 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/?p=1546
Nesta lição você vai aprender vocabulário relacionado a problemas em uma viagem de ônibus. Você também vai aprender algumas habilidades de conversação e expressões idiomáticas.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/licao-327-problemas-em-uma-viagem-de-onibus/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-299-family-tree http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-299-family-tree#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 14:13:13 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-299-family-tree
In this lesson you’ll learn, verbs, expressions and vocabulary about family.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-299-family-tree/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/blog/what-to-say-and-what-not-to-say http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/blog/what-to-say-and-what-not-to-say#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:22:34 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/blog/what-to-say-and-what-not-to-say WHAT TO SAY, WHAT NOT TO SAY Take advantage of these Portuguese Tips. According to Nicolas Boileau, french critic and poet (1636 – 1711) “Sometimes a fool makes a good suggestion.” Portuguese Tips: ALWAYS… # Always use a double negative in Portuguese: ‘Não fiz nada’, ‘Não sei de nada’… # Always use the preposition ‘de’ [...]]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/blog/what-to-say-and-what-not-to-say/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-210-idioms-with-the-letter-t http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-210-idioms-with-the-letter-t#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:02:02 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-210-idioms-with-the-letter-t
In this lesson you will learn idioms with the letter T.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-210-idioms-with-the-letter-t/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-209-expressions-with-the-letters-r-and-s http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-209-expressions-with-the-letters-r-and-s#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:59:07 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-209-expressions-with-the-letters-r-and-s
In this lesson I’ll teach you some expressions with the letters R and S.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-209-expressions-with-the-letters-r-and-s/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/everyday-life/lesson-198-frases-engracadas-com-expressoes-avancadas http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/everyday-life/lesson-198-frases-engracadas-com-expressoes-avancadas#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:31:26 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/everyday-life/lesson-198-frases-engracadas-com-expressoes-avancadas
In this lesson you will learn some advanced expressions in funny phrases.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/everyday-life/lesson-198-frases-engracadas-com-expressoes-avancadas/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-178-idioms-beginning-with-the-letter-o http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-178-idioms-beginning-with-the-letter-o#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:52:04 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-178-idioms-beginning-with-the-letter-o
In this lesson you will learn idioms that begin with the letter “O”.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-178-idioms-beginning-with-the-letter-o/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/everyday-life/lesson-170-expressions-with-the-verb-encher http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/everyday-life/lesson-170-expressions-with-the-verb-encher#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:22:46 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/everyday-life/lesson-170-expressions-with-the-verb-encher
In this lesson you will learn expressions with the verb “encher”.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/everyday-life/lesson-170-expressions-with-the-verb-encher/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-165-idioms-with-the-letter-n http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-165-idioms-with-the-letter-n#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:55:58 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-165-idioms-with-the-letter-n
In this lesson we will talk about idioms that begin with the letter N.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-165-idioms-with-the-letter-n/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-164-idioms-with-the-letter-m http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-164-idioms-with-the-letter-m#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:53:34 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-164-idioms-with-the-letter-m
In this lesson we will cover idioms that begin with the letter M.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-164-idioms-with-the-letter-m/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-157-idioms-with-the-letter-l http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-157-idioms-with-the-letter-l#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:10:30 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-157-idioms-with-the-letter-l
In this lesson you will learn idioms that begin with the letter L.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-157-idioms-with-the-letter-l/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/everyday-life/lesson-148-expressing-dreams-and-desires http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/everyday-life/lesson-148-expressing-dreams-and-desires#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:30:05 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/everyday-life/lesson-148-expressing-dreams-and-desires
In this lesson you’ll learn how to express your dreams and desires in Portuguese.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/everyday-life/lesson-148-expressing-dreams-and-desires/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/everyday-life/lesson-147-expressoes-com-a-palavra-mao http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/everyday-life/lesson-147-expressoes-com-a-palavra-mao#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:25:13 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/everyday-life/lesson-147-expressoes-com-a-palavra-mao
Nesta lição você vai aprender expressões com a palavra “mão”.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/everyday-life/lesson-147-expressoes-com-a-palavra-mao/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/everyday-life/lesson-145-expressions-with-mal http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/everyday-life/lesson-145-expressions-with-mal#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:00:07 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/everyday-life/lesson-145-expressions-with-mal
In this lesson you will learn expressions with the word “mal”.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/everyday-life/lesson-145-expressions-with-mal/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-144-slangs-continued http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-144-slangs-continued#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:57:19 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-144-slangs-continued
In this lesson you’ll learn slangs that are used in specific states of Brazil]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-144-slangs-continued/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-141-a-gota-dagua http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-141-a-gota-dagua#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:49:35 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-141-a-gota-dagua
In this lesson you will learn the expression “a gota d’água”.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-141-a-gota-dagua/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-140-expressions-with-the-letter-f http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-140-expressions-with-the-letter-f#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:47:22 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-140-expressions-with-the-letter-f
In this lesson you are going to learn expression that begin with the letter F.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-140-expressions-with-the-letter-f/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-139-idiomatic-expressions-eg http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-139-idiomatic-expressions-eg#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:44:57 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-139-idiomatic-expressions-eg
In this lesson we will continue learning idioms with letter E and G.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-139-idiomatic-expressions-eg/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-136-idiomatic-expressions-d http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-136-idiomatic-expressions-d#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:37:30 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-136-idiomatic-expressions-d
In this lesson you’ll learn expressions that begin with letter D.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-136-idiomatic-expressions-d/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-134-expressing-love http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-134-expressing-love#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:30:07 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-134-expressing-love
In this lesson you will learn to express yourself to your sweetheart.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-134-expressing-love/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-133-idiomatic-expressions-c http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-133-idiomatic-expressions-c#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:27:45 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-133-idiomatic-expressions-c
In this lesson you’ll learn expressions that begin with letter C.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-133-idiomatic-expressions-c/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-131-idiomatic-expressions-b http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-131-idiomatic-expressions-b#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:22:11 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-131-idiomatic-expressions-b
In this lesson you’ll learn expressions that begin with letter B.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/lesson-131-idiomatic-expressions-b/feed/ 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/everyday-life/lesson-39-expressoes-idiomaticas http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/everyday-life/lesson-39-expressoes-idiomaticas#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:56:19 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/149
Nesta lição você aprenderá algumas expressões idiomáticas muito usadas pelos brasileiros. Estas expressões não devem ser traduzidas literalmente, pois elas possuem sentido figurado.]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/topicz/everyday-life/lesson-39-expressoes-idiomaticas/feed/ 0