Portuguese/Contents/Slang (Brazil)

General Slang Bagulho (bah-GOO-lyo) Thing, drug (very rude) Beleza? (beh-LEH-zah) Wassup? (Positive way.) Cê (between SEH and SAY) Short for "você" (you) Zueira, zuera, zoeira (zoo-AY-rah - zoo-E-rah ["E" sounds like "E" in "trend"]) Prank, joke Chapado (shah-PAH-do) Drunk, stoned Baseado (bah-zeh-A-doo) Joint, marijuana cigarette Gata, gatinha (GAH-tah - gah-CHEEN-yah) Babe, hot girl Gato, gatinho (GAH-to - gat-CHEEN-yo) Babe, hot boy Grana (GRAHN-nah) Money Gringo (GREEN-go) Foreigner Legal (leh-GOW ["OW" sounds like "OW" in "NOW"]) Cool Mana (MAHN-nah) Sister Mano (MAHN-no) Brother Massa (MAH-sah) Same as "legal": cool Muito louco (MOO-een-to LOE-co) Cool (or funny) Nossa (NOH-sah) Exclamation like Wow Os homi (OOZ OHM-mee) The cops Parceira (par-SAY-rah) sis, mate, buddy (female) Parceiro (par-SAY-ro) Bro, mate, dude, buddy (male) Perua (pee-ROO-ah) Rich Women (Negative), Station wagon car Playba, playboy (PLAY-bah - play-BOY) Playboy, rake Puxa, puxa vida) (POO-shah - POO-shah VEE-dah) Whoa, Geez, gosh Qualé? (kwal-EH) Wassup? X-9 (SHEES NOH-vee) Snitch P-T, Perda Total (pee-tee - pee-er-DUH toh-TOW ["OW" sounds like "OW" in "NOW"]) Passed out, Puking, Wasted, from drinking The above list of expressions can be understood all over the country, but it doesn't mean you'll hear people speaking this all around. 'Legal', for instance, is far less used in the Northeast region. There, 'massa' is much more used. Northeast region (Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe) Cabra (CAH-brah) Same as "meu" from São Paulo, but, like "cara", it is used only when you're talking to a male person Eita, eita pega (AY-tah - AY-tah PAY-gah) Gosh, as in "Gosh! what have done!" Oxe, oxente (OSH - osh-EHN-tee) Why, as in "why! that's strange" Vixe, vixe Maria (VEESH - VEESH mah-REE-ah) Holy mother! (comes from Virgem Maria -- the Virgin Mary) Vôti (VOE-tee) Same as "eita" or "vixe" Rio de Janeiro Sangue bom (SAHN-ghee BOHM) "Nice man", someone trustable, means "Good blood". You can also say only "Sangue" Mermao (MEH-MOUN) Brother, brodah Caraca (cah-RAH-cah) Exclamation, like "Holy" Or "What the..." Rio Grande do Sul Tri (TREE) Cool (in many contexts) Tri-legal (TREE leh-GOW) Very cool São Paulo Note: If you talk in slangs with the young ones, be careful because they are divided in "tribos"(meaning: groups) like skaters, surfers, etc. The slang spoken by a certain group may sound senseless to another one. Mano (MAHN-no) Boy, dude, guy Mina (MEEN-nah) Girl Rolé (hol-EH) "A ride." (e.g. Vamos dar um rolé. - Let´s go for a ride.) Sampa (SAHM-pah) São Paulo Truta (TROO-tah) Friend Brother, brodi, brou (same pronoun as in english) Friend, dude Cara (CAH-rah) Dude Meu (MEH-o) Dude Minas Gerais Trem (TREIN) Stuff Sô (between SOH and SOE) Emphasis per se, it´s an early alitheration for SENHOR(Sir). E.g. O quê que é isso, sô? - What is this *sô* !!;Trem (TREHM-eem) Used as a substitute for "this" (e.g.: "Que TREM que é esse?" - What is this? ) Arreda Chegar pra lá, dar licença Uai (like the letter "Y") Doubt Exclamation (Used also as an emphasis.) Goiás Vish (VEESH) Used for surprise, like "Wow". (abreviation for "virgem Maria" (virgin Mary)) Nem (NAIM) Demonstration of disapproval (something like "no way"). Anem (ah-NAIM) Demonstration of disapproval (same as "nem"), or pity (like "oh no, I can't believe"). Moço (MOLSS) dude Moço do céu (MOLLS-doo-cell) vocative used to start a tragic story or to indicate surprise. (translates literally as "heaven's man") Véi de Deus (VAIGH-dee-deaous) alternative "moço do céu" (other alternation is "véu do céu" or "moço de Deus" - translates literally as "god's old man") Cê pira? (say-PEE-rah?) "Do you believe?" or used to begin unlikely stories: "do you believe (that) ______ ?". "Cê pira?" literally means "you go crazy?". Desgreta (jees-GRAY-tah) shit Esparrado (espa-RAH-doh) suspicious Brasilia (DF) Vei (vaigh) dude Sinistro (SEE-NIS-Through) sometimes cool, sometimes awesome, sometimes unbelievable (depends on context) Pega leve (Pague a lav) take it easy Vaza (vah zah) go away Carai, Vei! (Car i, vaigh) whadda fuck, dude! Pô (Pow) Oh, what? OR Fuck! Sacanagem (SAH-CAH-NAH-jin) (lots of meanings - also bad word) could be prank, mean