brazilianism: Super Interessante made an interesting article on...

brazilianism:

Super Interessante made an interesting article on Asexuality, one of the very first times I see the topic talked about in Brazil! 

Thank you, Lê, for the Scans!

Game Changers: Brazilian Game Names #7

Detetive 

Both the name of the boardgame Clue/Cluedo and the name for the party game Murder Mystery.

Literally translates as “Detective”.

Brazilian Colloquialisms, Sayings, and Slang #100

Fulano, Sicrano, & Beltrano

All three are name fillers for when you don’t know a person’s name (or when it doesn’t matter what they’re called).

Kind of like the equivalents of “So-and-So” and “What’s-His-Face” in English.

Usually if you’re only “naming” one person you use Fulano, if you need two you add Sicrano, and if you need three you add Beltrano.

Brazilian Colloquialisms, Sayings, and Slang #99

Saideira

The last round of drinks at the bar/restaurant/pub before you go home.

The word’s not really translatable in and of itself, but its root words are saída (exit) and sair (in this context, to exit/leave).

brazilwonders: Salvador - Bahia (by @germanmoldonado)

brazilwonders:

Salvador - Bahia (by @germanmoldonado)

Brazilian Colloquialisms, Sayings, and Slang #98

Doença de primeiro mundo  - First World illness/disease

Allergies.

Literally, "Illness/disease of [the] First World"

"I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to..."

“I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. They thought nobody can make a living from being a writer in Brazil. They were not wrong.”

-

Paulo Coelho

No, dear. You can’t live off of your writing in Brazil because everyone back home knows you’re a phony. There’s plenty of people able to make a living off of being writers in Brazil. In fact, according to my mom (who’s a writer/poet/lexicographer/editor/journalist who has won the highest national award for writing), it’s easier than in North America, because the competition isn’t as fierce.