Natalia- O Famoso Carnaval de Torres Vedras The Famous Carnival of Torres Vedras
- Pois bem, Carnaval e festa com gostinho a Brasil, Well, Carnival and celebrations with Brazilian flair
- existe em Portugal sim. do exist in Portugal.
- Mas esquece o samba brasileiro, porque em Portugal temos um Carnaval cheio de personalidade But forget the Brazilian samba, because in Portugal we have a Carnival full of personality
- e o bom português não perde uma festa. and the good Portuguese do not miss a party.
- O Carnaval de Torres Vedras é o Carnaval mais português de Portugal. The Torres Vedras Carnival is the most Portuguese Carnival in Portugal.
- E afinal, quem não gosta de uma boa desculpa para se mascarar? And after all, who doesn't like a good excuse to masquerade?
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Vocabulary
AcompanhadosAccompanied aindastill, yet, even animadaanimated, lively sing.,fem. AnimaçãoAnimation, entertainment, fun Bar em barFrom one bar to another Boa desculpaGood excuse Boa disposiçãoGood mood bomgood sing.,masc. o bombobass drum BonecosDolls, puppets o BrasilBrazil BrasileiroBrazilian Cada umEach one CarnavalCarnival (holiday) Carros alegóricosFloats o centrocentre cheioFull a cidadecity CincoFive conta comhas, counts on a decoraçãodecoration o desfileparade os diasthe days Dias de festaDays of celebration diferentedifferent sing. E afinalAnd after all, anyway E claroOf course EnormesHuge, enormous enquantowhile, as long as, whereas EventoEvent ExisteThere exists, There is famosofamous festaparty friocold masc. sing. GigantesGiant HistóricoHistorical os homensmen InternacionalInternational o invernowinter LocalizadoLocated Mais deMore than masbut mascararto masquerade Mesmo noRight in Metros de alturaMeters high a mulherwoman, wife a músicamusic Música “Pimba”Portuguese popular music Ou entãoOr alternatively PalcosStages a personalidadepersonality Pois bemwell Por issoSo, Therefore QuarentaForty os quilómetroskilometers a regiãoregion a ruastreet SambaA musical genre from Rio de Janeiro segunda-feiraMonday sexta-feiraFriday SimYes sinceramentesincerely, honestly sábadoSaturday tantasuch, so much, that much fem. TrezeThirteen váriosseveral, many masc.
Expressions
A não perderNot to be missed Carnaval de Torres VedrasOne of the few Carnival festivities that remains faithful to the tradition of celebrating Carnival in Portugal Com gostinhoTaste of, something similiar to Mais português de PortugalAn expression used to describe something authentically Portuguese de morrer a rirto die laughing figuratively MatrafonasAn expression for men dressed up as women CabeçudosGiant puppets Zé PereirasOne or several revelers playing drums and marching in the parade
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Comments
Good shortie and not too difficult to follow.
Olá,. Are the verbs “aproveita”, “circula” e “prepara-te” congugations for imperative second-person singular?
Yes, they are 🙂