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Passa-se Cá um Briol

It's Very Cold in Here

Passa-se Cá um Briol

It's Very Cold in Here

Rodrigo complains to Adelaide about how cold their home is. Familiarize yourself with a number of reflexive verbs throughout the dialogue.

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  • 00:00:03Rodrigo: Pá, passa-se tanto frio nesta casa! Não se devia ter arrendado isto! Rodrigo: Man, it's so cold in this house! We shouldn't have rented this!
  • 00:00:08Adelaide: É uma casa portuguesa, amor. Já se sabia que ia ser assim. Adelaide: It's a Portuguese house, love. You already knew it would be like this.
  • 00:00:13De certeza que não se encontra uma casa portuguesa com aquecimento central. You certainly can't find a Portuguese house with central heating.
  • 00:00:18Rodrigo: Ok, mas há limites! Rodrigo: Ok, but there are limits!
  • 00:00:21Eu visto-me sempre com camisolas grossas e, mesmo assim, estou a morrer de frio! I always dress myself in thick sweaters and even still I'm freezing to death!
  • 00:00:25Adelaide: Liga-se um aquecedor e já se aquece a casa. Adelaide: Turn on a heater and the house will warm up.
  • 00:00:29Rodrigo: Não tolero isto, pá! Sou um membro útil da sociedade! Rodrigo: I can't stand this, man! I'm a useful member of society!
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De certezaSurely CarambaBoy, Gee, Gosh, Jeez, Holy moly Man, dude, well, um Used for emphasis or as a filler word
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  • This segment is so true-to-life funny. My husband doesn’t even speak Portuguese, but I must make him listen to this. Thanks for injecting these dialogues with not only instruction, but humor as well.

    Your shorties make doing household chores a pleasure. As ever, kudos, to Joel and Rui (or to whomever wrote this segment!).

  • Love the story because it’s me and my namorado (I am the freezing part😆) …but I don’t understand th meaning of the title🤔

    • Olá Gabriele! It’s a very relatable story. 😄
      The title is slang for “It’s freezing!”. You could also say “Está um briol!”. 🥶

      • Ok! obrigada!
        But what is the literal translation for the word Briol?
        Is it a name or a place … ?
        To learn meanings I need try to understand the literal meaning of expressions😆

        • Olá Gabriele!
          Actually, looking up on the dictionary, the main definition of briol is: the ropes/cables of boat sails (it comes from the Catalan word briol meaning “thick rope”). Also there are two popular expressions for briol: 1. Intense cold (the most common definition as we’ve seen) and 2. Poor quality wine (for this we usually say “carrascão”). It may also be associated to being drunk.
          So, as you can see, briol is actually those boat sails’ ropes, but I believe that – nowadays – no one knows the true meaning of the word briol, except when talking about freezing cold.
          Cheers,
          Luís

          • Hello Luís!
            Thanks a lot! Muito obrigada!
            With this background information I will never forget the meaning. And by the way it’s very interesting, too! Don’t ask me – my brain works like that!😆

          • Gabriele,
            Trust me, my brain works exactly the same way! 😀
            Cheers,
            Luís

  • hi a couple of questions. Why are não es devia, já se sabia and não encontra all in the 3rd person when they are translated as we shouldn’t, you knew and you don’t find? Also why is ai used when he’s talking about their old house as it’s far away from both of them? Thanks

    • “Não se devia” = “we shouldn’t” can be seen as “one shouldn’t”, in this case WE! The translation is the most common form in english.
      Same for “já se sabia” = “You already knew” (Could also be “we”) = “One already knew” = “It was known”.
      “Não se encontra” = “You can’t find” = “It can’t be found”.
      “Não se devia”, ” Já se sabia” and “Não se encontra” are general affirmations that don’t specifically determine a subject or which subject you can imply in context. It’s common in Portuguese and not so common in English, so the translation indicates either “we” or “you”.

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