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Os Tons do Português

Shades of Portuguese

We all have moments where we need some colourful language to express ourselves. (No, we’re not talking about swear words, that’s for another episode). Today we go through the whole colour spectrum while featuring the Shorty, “Um Lindo Bebé“. Do you know how to say your favourite colour in Portuguese?

  • 00:00:00Intro - English
  • 00:03:52Intro - Portuguese
  • 00:04:43Shorty - Um Lindo Bebé
  • 00:06:28Discussion
  • 00:21:02Final Comments and Outro

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  • 00:00:01Joel: Boa tarde, Rui!
  • 00:00:03Rui: Olá, Joel! Como é que me chamaste?
  • 00:00:05J: Rui [rolled], que é uma forma 'que' [como] algumas pessoas pronunciam os Rs.
  • 00:00:10R: Só o meu avô é que dizia isso.
  • 00:00:12J: E algumas pessoas fora de Lisboa.
  • 00:00:16R: OK, mas agora diz o meu nome corretamente.
  • 00:00:18J: Olá... Rui [guttural].
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Acordo OrtográficoSpelling reform AdjetivosAdjectives amarelo-torradoyellow-brown, auburn, toasted yellow a amigafriend fem. avôgrandfather BronzeadaTanned BêbadosDrinkers, drunks Cinzento, cinzagray cocópoop slang a comidafood ConfusoConfusing CopinhoLittle glass as corescolours o cérebrobrain DecorarTo memorize o desafiochallenge devagarslowly DouradoGolden o efeitoeffect Encarnadored hojetoday HífenHyphen, dash o leitemilk LocuçõesPhrases Louro, loiroBlond Louça, loiçadishes MaravilhosoMarvelous, wonderful MariscoSeafood, shellfish a mentemind o mistériomystery morenobrunette, dark-haired Negro (pessoa) Person with very dark skin, black skin (e.g. of African descent) OralidadeSpeech Ouro, oirogold a ovelhasheep as personagenscharacters os pintorespainters A pinturaThe painting os pormenoresdetails a praiabeach prateadosilver colored, argent sing. masc. PumFart (slang) queijoCheese rebentarto burst, blow up, pop repararto notice, realize, observe, repair roxopurple a ruastreet substantivosnouns, substantives TonsShades o tourobull verde-azeitonaolive green verde-escurodark green Verde-musgoMoss green verde-tropaarmy green vermelhored violetaviolet a vozvoice VómitoPuke
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O fogoThe fire Quem nunca?Who hasn't [ever done it]? Na alturaAt the time, back then Granda bronzeWhat a tan, Slang for "Grande" Isso não valeThat doesn't count Que vergonhaHow embarrassing, What a shame De propósitoOn purpose, intentionally Não interessaIt doesn't matter, Whatever
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Comments

  • Muito obrigada, Rui e Joel! Fiquei feliz ouvir um novo podcast! Desfrutem cada minuto com a Clarinha ❤️

  • Negro is not a bad word in English, Joel. But n***** is!
    Lovely to hear you two have converstional Portuguese!
    I’m looking forward to Practice Portuguese lessons; obrigada!

    • I’m not sure about elsewhere, but in the U.S., using the word to talk about a historical context is fine, but calling someone a ‘Negro’ is almost always considered offensive.

  • Lovely podcast, thank you. Could I vote for having more Portuguese from the beginning, please?
    Best wishes,
    Debbie

  • Muito obrigada,, Rui & Joel! Sempre fico feliz quando vejo (e ouço) um novo podcast! Gosto de vos ouvir falar em inglês assim como em português :). E sim, concordo que a Clara é a bebe mais bonita que todas!

  • I dont think this is A1. Very fast conversation. More or less impossible to understand, atleast for me that only passed half A1

    • Thanks, we’ll continue to gauge feedback on this! In general, most natural language is not at an A1 level, but we went with A1 for this episode because a lot of the grammar comes up somewhere within A1, and because colours are a topic that are often of interest to someone at the A1 level.

      But you’re right, we wouldn’t expect you to understand a whole dialogue when you’re halfway (or even the whole way) through the A1 Units, so don’t be afraid to use the Translate button, and to adjust the speedometer icon to a lower speed. In the early stages of learning, it’s still important to get lots of listening practice, but don’t worry if you can’t make sense of it yet. The A1 Shorties may be better if you want to really dive in and analyze it more.

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