Portuguese slangs and phrases!

Asminha · 02-19-2005, 08:54 PM

The first one I have learned is : Caraca maluca!!
That's used when you are surprised to see something, am I right??
It's more used by cariocas, but the matter is that when I used it with another lady, she told me that it's kinda weird...Moreover, it even got something "bad" in the exact meaning of the words..

Nana, can you please put some light on it?
Other slangs and phrases will be most welcome!!

Obrigadaaaaaaa!

Asminha

Nana_Brazil · 02-19-2005, 10:06 PM

lol well the word CARACA i use all the time but in the deeper sense...it can be a parallel to a dirty word...whe we avoid saying it correctly.
Let me give you an idea but with good words lol
Gosh... to not say God..understand me?
In pm i can tell you later the real translation lol
I will also prepare some slangs and phrases for you here

Asminha · 02-19-2005, 10:19 PM

I can't wait for the slangs :-)

I know that maluca is "crazy"..So we better forget about caraca lol

Asminha · 02-19-2005, 10:23 PM

Aha aha, I just learned a new one, more polite if we can call it so :
"Caramba maluca" :-)

Nana_Brazil · 02-19-2005, 10:30 PM

lol lol lol yes but the word maluca you added is not used in São Paulo ...lololol

Nana_Brazil · 02-19-2005, 11:38 PM

Let me put some here for you Asminha

caraca.....expression meaning surprise
mala .......you say someone is a mala ( suitcase) because he is hard to "carry", to stand, a very very boring person.
mala sem alça.....a worse person than the previous lol... it means.. suitcase without a handle loll lol....imagine you carry one like that lol
pirado/a .....crazy... ela está pirada = she is crazy, nuts
pitoca....= small and quick kiss
pentelho.....its meaning is similar to MALA up there generally we say children are pentelhos. It gives also a sense of curious bothering boy.
"to ferrado/a"(short form of :estou ferrado/a) ...I am in troubles... ferrado comes from ferro = iron
cara de pau ... ( gee lol this is hard to explain but i will try ok?) .. cara = face ,de = of, pau = wood , it is a person who does not care how much incovenient is being or also a not ashemed doing wrong things or lying person .
malhar.. = (the movement a person bits a hot iron to make forms of it...) as a slang it means "do exercises", work out. gymnastics.
ao pé da letra= being faithful or say exactly the word is or means ...it is used to say about translations...for eg.. MALA "ao pé da letra" in English means suitcase but as a slang or real meaning in a certain sentence is a boring person .. the translation ao pé da letra lol of this sentence is .. "on the foot of the word "...lol i know this is crazy lol
dar nó no cérebro de alguém = (make a knot on someone`s brain) it means .. brain teaser lol also when something is too hard and you feel like your brain was being knotted lol

have I made your cérebro dar nó? lol

Nani · 02-20-2005, 12:45 AM

Thank you Nana ... I liked them

would love to learn more pleaseeeeee ....

if you want some of those words meaning in Arabic , am ready to give....
but to tell the truth , i guess it is hard to find the right equivelent lol ...
some meaning are hard to translate in other languages i guess hehe

btw .. mala in arabic would mean mumel ( close isn't it !! LOL ) hehe

02-19-2005, 08:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
Asminha Administrator Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,795 Blog Entries: 1 Asminha is just really nice Asminha is just really nice	Portuguese slangs and phrases! The first one I have learned is : Caraca maluca!! That's used when you are surprised to see something, am I right?? It's more used by cariocas, but the matter is that when I used it with another lady, she told me that it's kinda weird...Moreover, it even got something "bad" in the exact meaning of the words.. Nana, can you please put some light on it? Other slangs and phrases will be most welcome!! Obrigadaaaaaaa! Asminha
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02-19-2005, 10:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
Nana_Brazil International Forum great member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: São Paulo - Brazil Posts: 1,131 Nana_Brazil came out of the blue	lol well the word CARACA i use all the time but in the deeper sense...it can be a parallel to a dirty word...whe we avoid saying it correctly. Let me give you an idea but with good words lol Gosh... to not say God..understand me? In pm i can tell you later the real translation lol I will also prepare some slangs and phrases for you here
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02-19-2005, 10:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
Asminha Administrator Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,795 Blog Entries: 1 Asminha is just really nice Asminha is just really nice	I can't wait for the slangs :-) I know that maluca is "crazy"..So we better forget about caraca lol
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02-19-2005, 10:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
Asminha Administrator Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,795 Blog Entries: 1 Asminha is just really nice Asminha is just really nice	Aha aha, I just learned a new one, more polite if we can call it so : "Caramba maluca" :-)
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02-19-2005, 10:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
Nana_Brazil International Forum great member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: São Paulo - Brazil Posts: 1,131 Nana_Brazil came out of the blue	lol lol lol yes but the word maluca you added is not used in São Paulo ...lololol
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02-19-2005, 11:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
Nana_Brazil International Forum great member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: São Paulo - Brazil Posts: 1,131 Nana_Brazil came out of the blue	Slangs and sentences Let me put some here for you Asminha caraca.....expression meaning surprise mala .......you say someone is a mala ( suitcase) because he is hard to "carry", to stand, a very very boring person. mala sem alça.....a worse person than the previous lol... it means.. suitcase without a handle loll lol....imagine you carry one like that lol pirado/a .....crazy... ela está pirada = she is crazy, nuts pitoca....= small and quick kiss pentelho.....its meaning is similar to MALA up there generally we say children are pentelhos. It gives also a sense of curious bothering boy. "to ferrado/a"(short form of :estou ferrado/a) ...I am in troubles... ferrado comes from ferro = iron cara de pau ... ( gee lol this is hard to explain but i will try ok?) .. cara = face ,de = of, pau = wood , it is a person who does not care how much incovenient is being or also a not ashemed doing wrong things or lying person . malhar.. = (the movement a person bits a hot iron to make forms of it...) as a slang it means "do exercises", work out. gymnastics. ao pé da letra= being faithful or say exactly the word is or means ...it is used to say about translations...for eg.. MALA "ao pé da letra" in English means suitcase but as a slang or real meaning in a certain sentence is a boring person .. the translation ao pé da letra lol of this sentence is .. "on the foot of the word "...lol i know this is crazy lol dar nó no cérebro de alguém = (make a knot on someone`s brain) it means .. brain teaser lol also when something is too hard and you feel like your brain was being knotted lol have I made your cérebro dar nó? lol Last edited by Nana_Brazil; 02-19-2005 at 11:57 PM.
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02-20-2005, 12:45 AM	#7 (permalink)
Nani Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,439 Nani has a spectacular aura about	Thank you Nana ... I liked them would love to learn more pleaseeeeee .... if you want some of those words meaning in Arabic , am ready to give.... but to tell the truth , i guess it is hard to find the right equivelent lol ... some meaning are hard to translate in other languages i guess hehe btw .. mala* in arabic would mean mumel ( close isn't it !! LOL ) hehe*
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