Tracey Kathy

In Brazilian Portuguese “much” is muito. It means “a lot” or “very”, and bastante is a softer “quite a lot”.

The English word albatross translates to Portuguese as albatroz.

In Portuguese, you’re welcome is expressed as de nada. These phrases are used as a reply to someone expressing gratitude.

quanto custa? is the Portuguese way to say “how much” when inquiring about a price. The primary way to ask for the cost of an item is using quanto custa?

The English phrase ’embarrassing’ is translated to Portuguese as constrangedor.

In Brazil ice cream is sorvete. A frozen pop on a stick is a picolé, and the shop that sells ice cream is a sorveteria.

The English phrase ‘stole’ is translated into Portuguese as roubou.

The English phrase “not bad” is translated into Portuguese as nada mal. nada mal is used to describe something that is reasonably good.

In Brazilian Portuguese “week” is semana. The word for “weekend” is fim de semana, often shortened to fds in texts.

The English word ‘maroon’ (the color) can be translated into Portuguese as castanho-avermelhado.