Eduardo
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- Manuel: Então, António, o que é que tens planeado para o Natal deste ano? Manuel: So, António, what do you have planned for Christmas this year?
- António: Este Natal vai ser um pouco diferente. Estou a pensar fazer uma surpresa à minha família. António: This Christmas is going to be a bit different. I'm thinking of surprising my family.
- Vou tentar preparar bacalhau à Brás. I'm going to try to prepare bacalhau à Brás (a popular codfish dish).
- Manuel: A sério? Manuel: Really?
- António: A sério. Estou nervoso. Nunca o fiz antes. António: Really. I'm nervous. I've never made it before.
- E, sinceramente, não sou muito bom cozinheiro. And, honestly, I'm not a very good cook.
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Vocabulary
adivinharto guess, predict, figure out a brincadeirajoke, game o centro comercialshopping centre, mall congeladofrozen contribuirto contribute a cozinheiracook fem. o cozinheirocook masc. cómicocomical emocionanteexciting mandarto send, order, command, call the shots o NatalChristmas recairto fall back on, relapse a receitarecipe sinceramentesincerely, honestly sérioSerious
Expressions
Até láSee you then Até jáSee you very soon pelo menosat least Dar uma vista de olhosTo take a look, to check something out A sério?Really?, Seriously? Por volta dearound a certain time Tens a certeza?Are yousing.,inf. sure? Literal: Do you have certainty? Vamos a isso!Let's do it! Envio-te uma mensagemI'll send yousing.,inf. a message, I'll text you
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Comments
Thanks again for another great Shortie.
Why do they say ‘Mas queres encontrar-te lá por volta da hora do almoço’ rather than ‘queres encontrar-nos lá’ or ‘queres que nos encontremos lá’?
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Obrigado pelo comentário!
The implied phrase is “…queres encontrar-te [comigo] lá…”, where the omission of ‘comigo’ is idiomatic. “Queres que nos encontremos lá?” is also a perfectly correct option, but a bit wordier 🙂 “Queres encontrar-nos lá?” is not an option, because it doesn’t have the proper reflexive use that is needed to convey the sense of meeting up with someone, rather than finding something (which is the default meaning of ‘encontrar’).