
What’s up guys?Β How are you? Today we are going to study some idiomatic expressions in Portuguese.Β All languages have their own expressions and the Portuguese language is no different.
Let’s take a look here at some expressions used in the Portuguese language:
Idiomatic Expressions
Eu sempreΒ dou uma mΓ£ozinhaΒ aos meus amigos quando eles precisam. (Ajudar alguΓ©m)
I alwaysΒ helpΒ my friends when they are in need. (Help someone)
VocΓͺ estΓ‘ sempre com aΒ cabeΓ§a nas nuvens, Maria. (Estar distraΓdo)
You are alwaysΒ tripping out Maria. (Being distracted)
EleΒ bateu as botas, foiΒ desta para uma melhor. (Morrer)
HeΒ kicked the bucket,Β he is in a better world now. (Dying)
NΓ³s precisamos arregaΓ§ar as mangas para resolver isso. (Tomar uma iniciativa para trabalhar)
We mustΒ take actionΒ to resolve this problem. (Take an attitude to work)
Acho que vocΓͺs tΓͺm queΒ abrir o jogoΒ com eles. (Contar a verdade)
I think you mustΒ put everything on the tableΒ with them. (Tell the truth)
Eles compraramΒ gato por lebre. (Ser enganado)
They bought a pig in a poke. (be cheated)
Ele bebeu muito e pagouΒ micoΒ na festa da empresa. (Passar vergonha)
He drank a lot and made a fool of himself at the company’s party. (Doing embarrassing things)
Comprei 2 produtos pelo preΓ§o de um, acertei dois coelhos com uma paulada sΓ³. (Tirar vantagem)
I got two products for the price of one. I killed two birds with one stone.Β (Taking advantage)
Pode tirar o cavalinho da chuva porque eu nΓ£o vou fazer mais nada pra vocΓͺs. (NΓ£o conte com isso)
Don’t hold your breath because I am not doing anything else for you anymore. (Don’t count on that)
Todas essas melhorias sΓ£o falsas! Isso tudo Γ© pra inglΓͺs ver. (SΓ£o coisas falsas)
These improvements are all fake. That’s all to deceive everybody. (Fake things)
Foram momentos complicados. Ele teve que engolir muitos sapos para estar lΓ‘. (Aceitar calado)
These were diffcult times. He had to accept everything and remain in silence.Β (Accept in silence)
VocΓͺs moram muito longe daqui,Β onde judas perdeu as botas. (Morar muito longe)
You live so far from here,Β in the back of beyond. (Live far away)
VocΓͺ sΓ³ fala e nΓ£o ajuda em nada. VΓ‘ pentear macacos! (VΓ‘ embora)
You just talk and don’t help in anything. Go fly a kite! (Get lost)
Ainda temos 20 minutos antes da aula, vamos ficar aquiΒ matando tempo. (Passar o tempo)
We still have 20 minutes before the class, let’s stay here killing time. (To kill time)
Carla estΓ‘ me devendo 100 reais e pediu mais dinheiro, muito cara de pau! (Uma pessoa sem-vergonha)
Carla owes me 100 reais and wants to borrow more money, what a nerve! (A cheeky person)
Preciso sair mais cedo hoje, vocΓͺ pode quebrar um galho e fazer o relatΓ³rio pra mim? (Ajudar)
I need to leave earlier today, can you help me out and do this report for me? (To help)
NΓ£o aguento mais, vou aparecer lΓ‘ e vouΒ chutar o pau da barraca. (Falar tudo o que precisa)
I can’t take it anymore, I will show up there and shit is gonna hit the fan. (Say everything to them)
Resposta certa! VocΓͺ acertou na mosca. (Acertar o alvo)
Right answer. You hit the bull’s eye. (To hit the right target)
Essa situaΓ§Γ£o nΓ£o tem soluΓ§Γ£o. VocΓͺ estΓ‘ dando murro em ponta de faca. (Insistir em algo inΓΊtil)
This situation has no solution you. You are barking up the wrong tree.Β (Insist on something useless)
Depois que ganhou na loteria, eles sΓ³ andam com o nariz empinado. (Ser esnobe)
After winning the lottery, they are stuck up all the time. (To be snobbish)
Well, we have had a brief lesson here of some of the many idiomatic expressions that we will study in the future.
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