bastante  …  quite/fairly

estuvo  …  he/she/it was

mismo  …  same

tal  …  such

avisar  …  warn/alert/notify

harás  …  you will do

allá  …  there

[Corrections are always welcome]

spanish vocab- things i like

-alpacas- alpacas       ex. Hay muchas alpacas en los Andes en Peru. -antropología- anthropology       ex. Antropología es el estudio científico de humanidad. -agosto- august       ex. Agosto es un mes extraño para yo porque es el termino del verano (siempre lo siento mal porque no hice hacer nada todo el verano). -abejas- bees       ex. Quiero ir acampando con mis amigos, pero Gael tiene alergias de las abejas. -mangas de campana- bell sleeves       ex. Este vestido es blanco completamente y tiene mangas de campana muy grande. -bioquímica- biochemistry       ex. Ines me preguntó si tuve la tarea para nuestra clase de bioquímica. -pizarras- chalkboards       ex. Poniendo una pizarra en mi dormitorio me ayudó con quedando organizada. -protector labial- chapstick       ex. Mariana siempre olvida su protector labial y necesita pedir prestado la mía. -canela- cinnamon       ex. Mi perfume favorito tiene trasfondos de canela y sándalo. -clásicas- classics       ex. Mi tía estudió las clásicas en universidad. -rocío- dew       ex. El rocío en las flores en la mañana es la cosa más bonita en todo el mundo. -niebla- fog       ex. Me gusta niebla mucho, pero odio manejar en ella. -genética- genetics       ex. La madre de Lucia, Dra. Gaspar, es muy servicial con nuestra clase de biología porque ella especializarse en genética. -indie pop- indie pop       ex. Sabes… esta palabra es el mismo en los dos idiomas. No es muy estimulante. -lino- linen       ex.  La ropa de lino se arruga con facilidad. -lingüística- linguistics        ex. Estoy obsesionado con la lingüística hace poco. -mini-vestidos- mini-dresses       ex. “¿Sabes dónde está mi mini-vestido con los flores rojos?” pregunta Alma. -musgo- moss       ex. El musgo es mejor por el medioambiente que el césped. -nectarinas- nectarines       ex. Nectarinas son nativas de China. -aceite esencial de naranja- orange essential oil       ex. Uso demasiado aceite esencial de naranja en mi difusor. -perlas- pearls       ex. Absolutamente necesito un cordel corto de perlas para mi cumpleaños diecisiete. Es tan elegante. <3  -arroz- rice       ex. Ruben hace arroz con salsa de soya y cebolletas como una comida casera cuando estoy enferma. -luz de las estrellas- starlight       ex. Cuando mi novio y yo salimos en noche, nos gusta mirando en la luz de las estrellas después de nuestra cita. -arquitectura sostenible- sustainable architecture       ex. La interesa de Hugo en arquitectura sostenible es lo ayudó conseguir un trabajo con una firma de arquitectura.

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Language learning in under 5 minutes

Many of you may know that I keep youtube playlists of language samples, and I thought it was about time to compile them all into one post. They contain pretty much anything where you can hear the language clearly – music, dialogues, tutorials, movie trailers, readings, etc. I’ll probably add more in the future. Hope someone finds them useful!

Brazilian Portuguese: Basics

Any doubts just hit me up! I’m more than glad to help :D 

Okay, so if any of my followers are learning Brazilian Portuguese I have some tips for u guys to speak more naturally a.k.a not sounding like you’re 90 years old.

first of all: these are in no way the right grammatical way of writing and everything I list here is based off my experience as a native speaker.

one more thing, english isn’t my first language so please correct me if I write something wrong.

ok vamos lá:

- when you use the verb “estar” always get rid off the “es-” part of the verb

- when you want to use “me/te” it’s more common to put the possessive pronoun before the verb than after

- and if you want to say “us” just say “a gente”

- one more thing about possessive pronouns: most people never use “o/a/os/as” instead you should try using “ ele/ela/eles/elas”

- if you want to say “like” just use “tipo”

- never use “para a” or “para o” when speaking out loud, just say “pra” and “pro”

- also If you need to show you’re surprised by something just say “nossa”

- if you are going to the South we tend to use more “tu” than “você” but we still conjugate the verbs as if we were using “você”

- when you need to say “thank you” just say “brigada/o” instead of “Obrigada/o”

- also if you are a girl you should use “brigadA” and if you’re a boy you should use “brigadO”

If you guys have more questions just send me a message - my main blog is @aelins

625 words to know: Portuguese

Inspired by this great post and this other great post~ [I’ll post the themes separately and link them all here!]

Animals Transportation Location Clothing Colors People Jobs Society Art Beverages Food Home Electronics Body Nature Materials Math/Measurements Miscellaneous Nouns Directions Seasons Numbers Months Days of the week Time Verbs Adjectives Pronouns

a list of untranslatable words ☕️

cafuné - brazilian portuguese: the act of running one’s fingers, gently but deeply, through someone else’s hair 積ん読 (tsundoku) - japanese: the act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piled up together with other such unread books 木漏れ日 (komorebi) - japanese: sunlight filtering through the trees mångata - swedish: the roadlike reflection of moonlight on water verklempt - yiddish: a person who is too emotional to speak liefdesverdriet - dutch: the heartache caused from an unrequited love and the mental pains one endures; the physical pain of depression fika - swedish/finnish: gathering together to talk and take a break from everyday routines, usually drinking coffee and eating pastries 幽玄 (yūgen) - japanese: an indescribable sentiment, can only be described as a painful awareness of the mysterious beauty and human suffering l'esprit de l'escalier - french: the moment one finally thinks of a witty remark, far too late, after the opportunity has passed kilig - tagalog: the feeling of butterflies in your stomach, usually when something romantic or cute takes place いるす (irusu) - japanese: pretending to be absent from home when someone is at the door habseligkeiten - german: personal belongings, small treasures and property, which define our happiness and sentiments nefelibata - portuguese: cloud walker; name given to the quixotic dreamers, they appear spacey, otherworldly, but intelligent σοφρωσύνη (sophrosyne) - greek: self-control, balance, wisdom & grace;virtue that follows the aphorisms “nothing in excess” & “know thyself" hiraeth - welsh: homesickness for a place which never even existed. Connotations of sadness, yearning, profound nostalgia and wistfulness torpe - tagalog: being too shy to pursue amorous desires waldeinsamkeit - german: the feeling of being alone in the woods litost - czech: the humiliated despair we feel when someone accidentally reminds us, trough their accomplishment, of our inadequacies dustsceawung - old english: contemplation of the fact that dust used to be other things - the walls of a city, a book, a great tree… duende - spanish: the spirit of evocation; the mysterious power a work of art has to deeply move a person gattara - italian: a woman, often old and lonely, who devotes herself to stray cats tоска - russian: a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause, a longing with nothing to long for, nostalgia φιλότιμο (philotimo) - greek: a complex array of virtues; expressed through acts of generosity & sacrifice w/o expecting anything in return  gezellig - dutch: abstract sensation of individual well-being that one shares with others;cozy ambience, anything pleasant, homely, friendly

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Porque in Portuguese

Even though they didn’t make it to playins this year, I think we can agree that each of the eliminated teams is special in their own right!

boston uprising are STRONG

la valiant are DRIVEN

florida mayhem are DARING

toronto defiant are PASSIONATE

washington justice are CHEERFUL

dallas fuel

houston outlaws are IMAGINATIVE

paris eternal are PERSISTENT

Brazilian Slang

So I just wanted to share some of the most common gíria (slang) that I have learned over my year in brazil

e aí? - what’s up?/hey (of you literally just respond with e aí)

valeu - thanks

cê - you (short for você)

velho/vei - dude/man (not used as a noun, just like “hey dude” - “e aí vei”)

mano - dude/man (same as above)

o cara - guy (can but used same as vei/mano, but also used as a noun)

massa/legal/bacana - cool

chapado - really drunk or high

gato/gata - hot/attractive

burro/burra - idiot

pão duro - frugal (lit. hard bread)

a piranha/vadia - slut

cadê? - where is?

tá ligado? - you following? (it’s not rude, brazilians just like to check your attention in a conversation)

pegar alguém - to make out with someone (mostly used to refer to like a one time thing a party)

ficar com alguém - to make out with someone (as above) or to have a thing with someone

ficar puto/puta - to get mad/upset/annoyed

deixa pra lá - never mind

beleza - good/alright

tipo - like (in the since of comparison and when you don’t know what to say)

tô/tá - am/is (short for forms of estar)

Brazilian Potuguese Vocabulary - Fruit part 1