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The Verb “Dar” And Its Many Meanings

Did you know the verb “dar” has at least 60 different meanings in Portuguese? 😱 The simplest translation is “to give”, but it also has many idiomatic meanings, which depend on the context. Today, Joel and Rui take a deep dive into “dar”, with some help from one of our Shorty episodes: Dar Uma Mãozinha. Joel also shows off his own study routine for vocabulary building, using Practice Portuguese’s latest “Smart Review” enhancements.

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  • 00:00:03Joel: Boa tarde, Rui.
  • 00:00:04Rui: Boa tarde, Joel!
  • 00:00:06Nem sei para qual câmara...
  • 00:00:08Aquela é a minha câmara?
  • 00:00:09J: Yeah.
  • 00:00:10R: Ah, mas aquele não é o meu melhor ângulo. Posso falar com esta?
  • 00:00:14J: No!
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antigamentein the past, previously, in the old days barulhonoise chatearto annoy corrigirto correct darto give dar-se bemto get along well Dar-se pintaTo make yourself look cool Dar-se por vencidaTo give up descerto go down, descend distraídodistracted sing.,masc. entediadoBored a frasesentence, phrase guardarto put away, keep, store, save habituar-seto get used to, habituate oneself minimamenteminimally a mãohand mãozinhahand diminutive recuarto recede, pull back o significadomeaning, significance TraduçãoTranslation vencerto win, overcome vencidodefeated, won over
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Quem me dera!I wish! Oxalá!Hopefully! dar parato allow for, to be enough for, to give value to outra vezagain, another time Dar uma mãozinhaTo give a hand, to help out. dar conta do recadoto handle it, get the job done, take care of things dar um passeioto take a walk dar conta deto handle, keep up with Por acasoBy chance, Incidentally, Actually, As a matter of fact dar conta queto realize that dar comto come across, notice, realize, find out Eu dou-me por vencidoI give up Não me vou dar ao trabalhoI won't bother dar entradato check in, enter data dar uma entradato make a down payment dar parabénscongratulate Não da para fazerIt can't be done dar de sito give in, give out, give of oneself dar emto end up, result in dar para trásto give back, back off, push away, put behind dar tudo por tudoto give it your all, pull out all the stops Tanto dáWhatever Tanto fazWhatever
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Comments

  • Wow! Great, guys, but I still have a lot to learn and I am struggling to keep up! I’m a bit more than a beginner but not really intermediate yet! I will PRACTICE PORTUGUÊS!!

  • It drives me f!@#ng crazy when I click stop/pause and suddenly the subtitles disappear behind a pop-up. I read slowly. When I’m feeling rushed my ability to read is thwarted, so I click stop in order to read, but…
    Argh!
    LOL!!!

    • I’m sorry! Unfortunately as of September 2018, YouTube no longer allows removal of the More Videos area. 😕 On my end, after I close it with the X the first time, it is staying closed for the rest of that video, so I only have to do it once per video. Is that happening for you, or do you have to close it every time you pause?

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