When you want to say, it’s time to or, the time has come to… Use chegou a hora. Literally, the hour arrived. It’s always followed by “de”. Like this:
Chegou a hora de dormir. (It's time to go to sleep.)
Chegou a hora de mudar. (It's time to change.)
Chegou a hora de pagar. (It's time to pay.)
Chegou a hora de partir. (It's time to leave.)
Note the verb following the “de” is always in the infinitive. When you say de dormir, for example – you are saying: to sleep.
Brazilians often call people by their physical attributes — even if it’s potentially unflattering or offensive to our ears!
Você quer dizer o baixinho? (You mean the short one?)
Ela é a loira. (She's the blonde.)
Aquela novinha ali. (That young girl.)
This expression using the verb FALTAR (to lack, run out of) means, to be out of. Use it to say things like:
A camisa branca está em falta. (We're out of the white shirts.)
Está em falta! (We're out of it!)
ENCHER o saco = to fill the sack: to annoy, piss someone off.
Para de encher meu saco. (Stop annoying me.)
“The sack” is this:
The phrase vamos embora evolved from the old time phrase Vamos em boa hora. Say it fast! Meaning, let’s go at a good time (while spirits are high!). It’s current meaning is roughly: go away, leave.
Vamos embora logo. (Let's go soon.)
It’s often used with the verb ir like this:
Eu preciso ir embora. (I need to leave.)
Ele vai embora. (He's leaving.)
Ela foi embora. (She left.)
Já volto means, I’ll be right back. Literally, already, I’m back. You just need to remember that já means, already. Volto is from the verb, voltar.
jeito = way, manner
Several important expressions use this word:
Literally, to give a way.
Use it to say: We will find a way (to fix something, solve a problem).
Vou dar um jeito nesse cabelo! (I'm going to fix this hair!)
Ele vai dar um jeito para resolver. (He's going to find a way to solve it.)
There is no way.
No way! / Absolutely not!
Simplesmente não tem jeito. (There's simply no way.)
De jeito nenhum! (Absolutely not!)
The proper way to say this is, muito prazer em conhecer você ➜➜ very pleased to meet you. The literal translation is more like: lot’s of pleasure in knowing you.
But, that’s a mouthful. Brazilians usually shorten this to, muito prazer or even, prazer.
What about saying, how do you do? Brazilians don’t say that! You can say, como vai? or, tudo bem? instead.
normal ➜ Muito prazer! (It's a great pleasure!)
formal ➜ Muito prazer em conhecer você. (Great to meet you.)
Use this to express: nothing to do (with).
The cost has nothing to do with it. > O custo tem nada a ver com isso.
Tem nada a ver com o custo. (It has nothing to do with the price.)
BATER papo = to chat (literally: to hit chat). O papo = the chat.
O papo dele é muito bom. (He's good at chatting.)
Vamos bater papo! (Let's chat.)
This translates to “to mean”.
Quer dizer que você está sem dinheiro? (You mean you have no money?)
Eu quero dizer que eu gostei! (I mean that I liked it!)
Literally: to want to say.
Use saudade to express longing and missing. It can be of a person or a place or anything. You can use it with ESTAR + com, TENHO or SENTIR.
You can say either saudade or, saudades (plural).
estar com » Eu estou com saudades dela. (I miss her.)
ter » Ele tem saudades do Brasil. (He misses Brazil.)
sentir » Eu sinto saudade da minha casa. (I miss my home.)
This a common expression used to say: your thing (as in, something one likes). Use it like this:
Golf não é minha praia. (I don't really like golf.)
Esse filme não é sua praia, não é? (This film isn't your thing, is it?)
tudo bem = everything fine or, everything ok. It can be a question as well as an answer. Brazilians will also say, tudo bom. It’s the same thing, though it translates to literally: everything good.
Tudo bem? (Everything ok?)
Está tudo bem! (Everything is fine!)
Use chato to call something or someone annoying, boring, stupid.
Ele é muito chato. (He's very annoying.)
Que coisa chata! (What an annoying thing!)
Literally: more early, more late.
Use this to say: sooner or later.