Mein Hund jagte immer Leuten auf dem Fahrrad hinterher,bis ich ihm das Fahrrad wegnahm! 10. TBH we don’t really get this one Welcome to the colorful and occasionally rambunctious world of European Portuguese slang and those words your Portuguese grandma might gasp at! Whether you’re a language enthusiast, a curious traveller, or just in it for a bit of naughty fun, this guide is your secret handshake into the playful side of European Portuguese.

The Empire started to decline, however, when the Dutch, English, and French got in the colonial and trading game. They started to surround or conquer the scattered Portuguese trading posts and territories, diminishing their power. It is usually said that the Portuguese were great at finding things, but awful at keeping them. For that reason, we recently asked you for the finest book jokes available to humanity - and by Jeeves, you delivered. The Portuguese people are immensely proud of their history so they don’t appreciate jokes about their history. If you speak Spanish, watch for a lot of new vowels, a huge number of contractions (comparable to del and al) and irregular plurals. For the non-fluent, some pronunciation differences can be easily missed, such as año (year) becoming ano. If you speak French well, you may find Portuguese pronunciation to be fairly easy, though much of the vocabulary will have changed substantially.

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He says he hopes the young Portuguese win their case but that's not enough for the dramatic policy changes needed to avoid a climate emergency. I’ve had all the tests, and the doctor tells me there’s no question, I’m xenophobic. That’s another bloody illness the Hungarians have given me.” Don’t mistake one for the other! Portuguese evolved slowly from Spanish for almost a thousand years. We took it to Brazil in the 15th century and it evolved separately when the Portuguese colonizers left. 200 years have passed and the differences are evident. We’re proud of them. They’re both the same language, but Brazilian grew in a different direction. A French man, a German, a Portuguese man and a Swede are all sitting in a bar. Normally there's also a Belgian in this joke but he's still at the Euro cup… Um homem estava com a família visitando o zoológico, quando chega um funcionário todo afobado e diz:

Why did the Portuguese pastry chef always bring a ladder to the bakery? To make sure his pastéis de nata were truly “heavenly”! It’s not a funny joke to the Portuguese to say that Portugal is a colony of Spain. They really have a long history with Spain and are quite happy they are separated. 7. Don’t say “The problem with Portugal is…” Why did the Portuguese tourist bring a pencil to the beach? In case they wanted to draw a line in the sand! If you have a thing or two to say about it or you want to be a critic of their history, you should choose your words very carefully.Which of these Portuguese expressions is your favourite? Do you know any other funny Portuguese expressions? Thanks to Practice Portuguese for several of these. Did you know Portugalist readers get access for less? ( see here). Fixe The Portuguese are very hard working people despite the considerably lower wages paid in Portugal compared to other European countries. They are proud of their achievements and you can see that in many of their industries. Say the right things and you’ll go far So they may enjoy the sun and seem to stroll around as if they don’t have a care in the world. Ok, and maybe they have trouble keeping an appointment exactly on time but that doesn’t mean they are lazy, by any means.

Anyways, even if you are not such a big fun of this guy or the show, I bet you have also used some word puns in your language and now I am about to show you some in Portuguese too, so you can surprise your friends and family with it! Beware, though, some of them are a bit on the “doodies” level, if you know what I mean 😉 So if you are a sensitive person, stop now or forever regret it (potentially!). Shall we begin? Nunca gastes tudo! You probably know how Italians love’em some overstatement, but let me tell you they have nothing on Portuguese speakers. Proof of that is what we informally call speed bumps: quebra-molas literally translates as “coil-spring-breaker”.Portugal people are really simple and practical. When you hear “bread bread, cheese cheese” you are probably mixing up something that shouldn’t be mixed orconfused. This phrase means to communicate to you that “it’s this simple, as bread is bread and cheese is cheese”.

Change takes decades," he says. "For example, it can take 200 years to see full-grown Mediterranean forests from the bare soil after a fire." Why did the Portuguese soccer player bring string to the game? In case they needed to tie the score! In 1526, they did the first transatlantic slave voyage, from the Coast of Africa to Brazil. This set the example for other European powers to do the same on their colonies, soon becoming a generalized thing. It risks being a Pyrrhic victory because what must come next is decades of hard work, and there is no way the courts will be able to enforce that," he says. "The only way to achieve that is through the will of the people. The people at large must want this." You “pull a John-the-armless” whenever you pretend you can’t or don’t know how to do something in the hope that someone else will do it for you.

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These were, first, the belief that Portugal was a transcontinental country, a single unitary nation, not a colonial empire, and second, that the colonization made by the Portuguese was better than the other European nations, since they came from a warmer climate and were themselves a miscegenation of several peoples, which made them more humane, friendly and adaptable to other cultures. Only we rarely use it with the literal meaning anymore. This is because if you say this word very fast, it will sound differently, like: Num cagastes tudo! Well, you are probably thinking, but what does that mean? I do not know the word “num” and the verb is also unfamiliar. Well, that is because no one really teaches you this verb, since it is not such a nice one to use. This made the Portuguese economy grow a lot, with the overseas commercial network and colonial trade accounting for about 1/5 of the Portuguese national income. Decline What do you call a person from Portugal that hangs out in a pub with a pint in his hand on a match day? Ok, again, be aware of the bad words! You know that bacalhau is our main dish here in Portugal, right? Probably you have tasted it and you like it. You might also know that many of our conversations revolve about bacalhau and how to cook it..all the 1001 ways of cooking cod!