Sandra- A Boa Esperança foi construída em 1990, no estaleiro de Vila do Conde, no norte de Portugal. The "Boa Esperança" (Good Hope) was built in 1990 in the shipyard of Vila do Conde, in northern Portugal.
- É uma réplica autêntica dos navios, chamados "caravelas", It's an authentic replica of the ships, called "caravels".
- que foram utilizados nas explorações portuguesas dos mares, no século XV. that were used on the Portuguese explorations of the seas, in the 15th century.
- Em 2001, o Turismo do Algarve adquiriu a caravela para promover a cultura e história do Algarve In 2001, the Algarve Tourist Board acquired the caravel to promote the culture and history of the Algarve
- e a sua importância nos Descobrimentos Portugueses. and its importance in the Portuguese Discoveries.
- Embora pareça uma simples embarcação balançando tranquilamente nas águas da Marina de Lagos, Although it looks like a simple boat bobbing peacefully in the waters of the Lagos Marina,
- as suas antecessoras foram lançadas em perigosas viagens de exploração que mudaram o mundo. its predecessors were launched on dangerous voyages of exploration that changed the world.
Premium Members get access to this episode's entire transcription, as well as hundreds more!
Vocabulary
AberturaOpening alcançarto reach, achieve as antecessoraspredecessors fem. AustralSouthern AutênticaAuthentic BalançandoBalancing o cabocable, handle CaravelasCaravels ContornandoBypassing os descobrimentosdiscoveries EmbarcaçãoVessel, ship emboraalthough A esperançaHope EstaleiroShipyard Extremo OrienteFar East LançadasLaunched MastrosMasts a navegaçãonavigation o navioThe ship OtimismoOptimism a passagemtransition, passage renomearto rename o séculocentury TormentasStorms TranquilamenteQuietly, peacefully velasSails o ventowind a ÍndiaIndia
Expressions
Premium Feature: Smart Review
With a Premium Subscription, you can save these phrases to Smart Review, and use spaced repetition to commit them to long-term memory.
Premium Feature: Episode Quizzes
With a Premium Subscription, you can take episode quizzes to challenge your comprehension skills and track your progress!
Comments
Enfrentar os oceanos nestas embarcações modestas. Que coragem e competência tiverem esses marinheiros naquela época!
The English translation for o Cabo in this shortie shows “the cable”. But it also means cape, right? The country Cabo Verde in English is Cape Verde, meaning Green Cape, not Green Cable, right? Or could be both? Same for O Cabo da Boa Esperança in South Africa, in English it’s Cape of Good Hope.
Thank you.
Exactly! Cabo actually has several different meanings in Portuguese! Just for itself has at least 3 different meanings: Cable, Cape and also Handle. Actually it’s also a rank in the military hierarchy. I’d risk to say it’s a rank similar to a corporal. Someone correct me if I’m wrong!
There are also expressions such as “levar a cabo” which means “getting something done”. It makes sense if you think of Cabo as the end of something (like in Cape, the point tail of land).
So, Cabo is a very special word indeed.
Thank you for your explanation. The Portuguese “levar a cabo ” is almost the same as the Spanish “llevar a cabo “.
WOW I didn’t know there was a similar expression in Spanish! Thank you for the enlightenment.
Also, there are two other expressions with “Cabo” in our translator! Feel free to check them out if you haven’t already. 🙂