As Bernardo and Jaime discuss a tennis tournament, keep an eye/ear out for Portuguese-English cognates. Can you guess the meaning of some words without turning the translation on?

Things get heated and insults are exchanged in this dialogue between a rude customer, a sassy waitress, and a snarky restaurant owner.

Follow along to hear plenty of examples of diminutives and augmentatives.

Please note: This episode contains some rude language. 🙉

Pedro and Rita make plans to go to a concert.

João and Miguel catch up and compare their work-life balance. Take note of how compound tenses are used throughout the dialogue.

Learn more about the structure of Portugal's government and the different political parties.

 

*Quick lesson on the word 'chato': This word has a lighthearted connotation, similar to annoying/boring/pesky/unpleasant. If the grocery store doesn't have your favourite brand of cereal, that's 'chato', but a dictatorship is obviously much worse than 'chato'. When we use this word in the first line, it comes with a hefty dose of irony.

Maria and Felipe have a simplified conversation about some of their likes and dislikes.

José and Diogo watch the game together. Keep an eye (or ear) out for irregular verbs in the present tense, such as ter, poder, querer, and ir, plus many common conversational phrases.

Filipe's flirting skills might just be cheesy enough to work!

Four punishments in one day?!

Note: pôr de castigo basically means to punish (someone). In this Shorty, the phrase takes on a few different meanings given the different contexts (detention, time-out, grounded, etc.).

Zé throws a fit after realizing he forgot to buy parsley.

Pay attention to the false cognates (a.k.a. falsos amigos - false friends) throughout the dialogue.