Intermediate Portuguese With Portuguese With Eli

10 Favorite Words — An Interview with Jenice


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An interview with Jenice Régis, one of the best people I've met and a language lover :-)

Jenice's ten favorite words:

1. Saudade: nossa palavra mestre: uma nostalgia.

2. treta: confusão, discórdia

3. casuístico: (aqui) minucioso.

4. agnóstico: partidário do agnosticismo.

5. perfeccionista: (precisa mesmo?)

6. super sincero: pessoa grosseira.

7. moringa: vasilha de água.

8. perereca: um tipo de batráquio (sapo) pequenininho. (it does have some informal, vulgar meanings; that's why I laughed)

9. chegar chegando: be noted when getting somewhere, really make a difference.

10. canoa furada (barca furada)

Extra words:

A mutreta: a artimanha.

A desavença: discórdia, quebra de boas relações.

O desentendimento: uma confusão ou falta de entendimento, geralmente levando a uma briga.

O chavão: um cliché, uma frase batida.

Detalhista: que se atém aos detalhes.

Cricri: exageradamente exigente e minucioso.

Debruçar-se sobre algo: analisar ou estudar pacientemente algo (ação momentânea).

Degustar (um lugar): passar pouco tempo, não conhecer a fundo.

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