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Project: Expressionada


15. DE SACO CHEIO
I’m done! That’s it! I’m fed up! I’ve had enough! Just kidding, I’m cool! But that’s the meaning of today’s expression. If someone is up...
anandadamata
Oct 15, 20222 min read
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14. PAGAR MICO
Remember how we were talking about animals being a vast source for Brazilian expressions? Well, here comes another one: “Pagar mico”....
anandadamata
Oct 14, 20222 min read
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13. VAQUINHA
The other day we talked about oxen.. Today we’ll talk about the cow. There are no animals spared on the Brazilian expressions and the cow...
anandadamata
Oct 13, 20222 min read
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12. CHUTAR O BALDE/BUSCAR O BALDE
Just the other day, a friend of mine tagged me on an Instagram stories where she was getting back to the gym after a bit of time away....
anandadamata
Oct 12, 20222 min read
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11. OU CAGA OU DESOCUPA A MOITA
Now, back to my favourites! This one has a little bit of dirt in its literal translation. Nothing dirt about the actual meaning, though....
anandadamata
Oct 11, 20222 min read
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10. DOU UM BOI PRA NÃO ENTRAR NUMA BRIGA, E UMA BOIADA PRA NÃO SAIR DELA
This one is a whole phrase, it’s complete as they come, “dou um boi pra não entrar numa briga, e uma boiada pra não sair dela”. The...
anandadamata
Oct 10, 20222 min read
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9. IDEIA DE JERICO
You see, I don’t consider myself any brighter than the average person, but even I can see a clearly obvious bad idea when it presents...
anandadamata
Oct 9, 20222 min read
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8. CRUZ-CREDO!
A “credo” is a credo, a belief, a creed. The Latin word for I believe, which became the name of the apostles prayer. “Cruz” is a cross....
anandadamata
Oct 8, 20222 min read
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7. NÃO REPARA A BAGUNÇA
Every single Brazilian person who was raised in a not-so-upper class have heard this one. Every mom had said that for sure. It’s a very...
anandadamata
Oct 7, 20222 min read
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6. TEM... MAS ACABOU!
Today we go back to the man who started this idea of Brazilian expressions for any occasion in my mind – Mr. Fiancé. He usually goes...
anandadamata
Oct 6, 20222 min read
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5. ONDE EU FUI AMARRAR MEU JEGUE
Now this one is quite curious. I have always said jegue, which is a donkey, but apparently there’s people out there using a goat, a mule,...
anandadamata
Oct 5, 20222 min read
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4. NEM TE CONTO!
Calling all the gossip people out there! This one is for you. Not that I’m much into gossip, okay? No intentions from my part to pass on...
anandadamata
Oct 4, 20222 min read
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3. TIRAR O CAVALINHO DA CHUVA
The rain season started over here, few months of relief from the excruciating heat, and the weather outside is perfectly lovely: a bit of...
anandadamata
Oct 3, 20222 min read
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2. EITA!
Whenever you hear it, embrace yourself, love, cause things are about to get intense… Today’s one is one of my favourites, wowing enough...
anandadamata
Oct 2, 20222 min read
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1. NÃO ESTÁ MAIS AQUI QUEM FALOU
Everything started with my fiancé and his talent of finding a Brazilian expression to describe pretty much everything we were talking...
anandadamata
Oct 1, 20222 min read
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