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Don't mess up when you visit Brazil!

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Explorer
Portugal

Don't mess up when you visit Brazil!

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Portuguese has words that can mean totally different things depending on the country. If you are learning European Portuguese, be careful what you say if you go to Brazil. It usually can turn out to be a hilarous misunderstanding. But sometimes you can get into some serious trouble!

Here are some examples:

Word🇵🇹 Meaning in Portugal🇧🇷 Meaning in Brazil
Apelidolast namenickname
Cacetetype of breadslap / punch
Camisolat-shirtwomen's sleepwear
Durexcondomadhesive tape
Picainjectionpenis
Propinatuition feebribe
Putoyoung boymale prostitute / little money
Raparigayoung girlfemale prostitute
Rolatype of birdpenis

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gmads
Mexico

Re: Don't mess up when you visit Brazil!

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Explorer wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:11 pm

Portuguese has words that can mean totally different things depending on the country. If you are learning European Portuguese, be careful what you say if you go to Brazil. It usually can turn out to be a hilarous misunderstanding. But sometimes you can get into some serious trouble!

Here are some examples:

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And viceversa! Not just slight differences!

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uralicnomad
Hungary

Re: Don't mess up when you visit Brazil!

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I'm seriously worried about any Mexicans going to Portugal.. Hej Puto :lol:

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gmads
Mexico

Re: Don't mess up when you visit Brazil!

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uralicnomad wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:04 am

I'm seriously worried about any Mexicans going to Portugal.. Hej Puto :lol:

Ou portugueses indo para o México :D

Também preocupa-me eles indo para o Brasil, imagino-os ouvindo uma música que eles gostam muito e exclamando: "que boa rola!" :oops: (no México uma "rola" em uma canção).

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Explorer
Portugal

Re: Don't mess up when you visit Brazil!

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Bathed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean there is a small island called Illhéu das Rolas. It was named after the birds that Portuguese explorers found there. As you can see, it's a place of breathtaking beauty, an almost lost paradise right in the center of the world (coordinates 0º0'0"N 6º31'25"E). Don't call it Penis Island please :D

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