estar ➜ to be (temporary)

Use estar to talk about temporary, passing things. present indicativeestar to beeuestouvocê, ele, elaestánósestamosvocês, eles, elasestão Complete conjugation.

Tô chegando in Portuguese

We all have a specific vocabulary stack for setting up and managing our time. Scheduling our lives is a top priority, right? In Portuguese, it’s no different. They have a core of really common verbs & vocab that they use again and again. But there are a few tricks to staying within the standards. Encontros…

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9: Faxineira 3 ➜ dialog

* New 3rd part will begin right after a replay the first two segments 🤞 This really is how this would play out in Brazil. Not that the maids here cover up the inevitable accidents, but just that things do_break. All 3 of these chapters happened to me, personally. Having a housekeeper is a real…

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8: Faxineira 2 ➜ dialog

*The new chapter will begin right after a review of the first one 🤞. ARTUR Ô Lívia? This Ô is just like oh. Você pode usar a escada, tá? A perfect example of how Brazilians really say está. FAXINEIRA Tudo bem. Não preciso não, o patrão. Here you can hear her say the o patrão….

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9: É mesmo! ➜ dialog

GAROTA 1 Tá maluca! Tá = Está. This is the way Brazilians usually say está. Uma MALUCA is a crazy person. You can say LOUCO/LOUCA, or MALUCO/MALUCA which is basically bad + crazy. GAROTA 2 Nossa senhora! Ele passou muito perto. GAROTA 1 Muito perto. Muito perto mesmo! A good review of how to use…

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1: Onde tem? ➜ dialoig

GAROTA Ai, droga! Perdi meu tenîs. “Ai, droga” is like saying “oh, hell”. Droga literally means drug. But I doubt anyone says, “oh, drug!”. I’d guess that the word drug used to mean anything bad. GAROTA Dá licença. “Dá” is the verb dar. This is how Brazilians say, excuse me. They literally say, “give license”….

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Você está atualizado?

ATUALIZAR is a really great verb that you can use to say things like, Eu preciso atualizar omeusoftware. âžœ I need to update my software. and the past participle, atualizado (a): O seu currículo está atualizado? âžœ Is your CV (resumé) up-to-date? and in the form of an adjective, atual: Ele comprou o sistema mais…

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