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Brazilian Port. Vocab 2.5.09
Random Brazilian Portuguese vocab I collected online
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02/05/2009

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armar um pampeiro
Definition
arrumar confusão, dar baixaria
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a casa é um pampeiro
Definition
a casa está uma bagunça
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fuzuê
Definition
confusão
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empinhocado
Definition
uma coisa por cima da outra, piled up, EX: o jardim da casa estava empinhocado de plantas
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faniquito
Definition
a fit, a huff EX: Ela teve um faniquito quando viu o estado em que chegou seu carro
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tembéu
Definition
a downpour, EX: Caiu um tembéu ontem à noite.
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botar/apostar todas as suas fichas em...
Definition
to put all one's hopes in...
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agregado
Definition
a person who lives in a house but who is not associated with the familial unit
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sair o tiro pela culatra
Definition
to backfire
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capricho
Definition
caprice
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caprichoso
Definition
capricious
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à toa
Definition
randomly, without need or purpose, without cause or reason, carelessly, in vain
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advir
Definition
ocorrer como consequencia, sobrevir
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nevoento
Definition
ininteligível, obscuro, pouco compreensível
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imorredouro
Definition
que não morre, eterno, imortal
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mirabolante
Definition
showy, ridiculously pompous, gaudy
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estar [adj] como nunca
Definition
to be more [adj] than ever
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em segundo plano
Definition
in the back seat, 2nd in priority
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espernear
Definition
to kick about, to jump, leap, or fidget about, to complain
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mordomo
Definition
butler
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dar de cara com alguém
Definition
to run into someone, to happen upon someone
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puxar seu saco
Definition
to kiss someone's ass
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não só [verbo] como [verbo]
Definition
s/he not only [verb], but also [verb]
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enquanto é tempo
Definition
while there's still time
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mandar alguém para a puta que pariu
Definition
to tell someone to go to hell
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tinhoso
Definition
stubborn
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para o espanto de [pronome]
Definition
to the surprise of [person], to his/her surprise
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para espanto meu
Definition
to my surprise
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livrar a barra de alguém
Definition
inocentar, tirar a culpa de alguém
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gargalhar
Definition
to burst into laughter
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estirar
Definition
to extend, lengthen, stretch
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devidamente
Definition
duly, necessarily
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trajar
Definition
to wear, put on, dress, don
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fazer uma coisa mais parecida comigo
Definition
to do something more my style
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enaltecer
Definition
to exalt, ennoble, praise
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investida
Definition
indirect hint or suggestion
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tomar uma atitude
Definition
to make a difficult or important decision
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achincalhar
Definition
to ridicule, abuse, lower, humble, degrade
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devassar
Definition
publicar, divulgar
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supimpa
Definition
legal, bom
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pum
Definition
peido
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esconderijo
Definition
hiding place
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o Oriente Médio
Definition
the Middle East
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o civil
Definition
civilian
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em busca desse resultado
Definition
to this/that end
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participar DE
Definition
to participate IN
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espuma
Definition
scum, froth, foam, lather, suds
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desnível
Definition
unevenness, difference in level
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desaguar
Definition
to drain, dry, flow into
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bacia
Definition
basin
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à medida que
Definition
enquanto
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conforme
Definition
while, along with, as EX: O preço aumenta conforme o tempo passa.
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egípcio
Definition
Egyptian
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jumenta
Definition
female donkey, ass, fig. a stupid woman
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de/por pirraça
Definition
out of spite, spitefully
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remera
Definition
prostitute
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contanto que
Definition
as long as
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à queima roupa
Definition
at point blank range
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sabiamente
Definition
wisely
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ríspido
Definition
harsh, rough
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sensato
Definition
judicious, sensible, rational, considerate
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tocar uma empresa
Definition
to run a business
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fraque
Definition
dress vest
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dar conta
Definition
to be up to the challenge
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puxar a tapete a alguém
Definition
to pull the rug out from under someone
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presídio
Definition
prison
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pentelhar
Definition
to persist, be annoying
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pentelha
Definition
pubic hair, annoying or irritatingly persistent person
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estapafurdia
Definition
unreal, amazing thing
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não chegou às vias de fato
Definition
it never actually happened, they never went through with it
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