• How to say “bye” in Portuguese?

    How to say “bye” in Portuguese?

    It was mentioned on our post about how to begin a conversation in Portuguese (click on the link to read it, if you have not seen it yet), that it is important to know how to do it, when one wishes to speak a language, in this case the Portuguese one, but it is also…

  • How to begin a conversation in Portuguese?

    How to begin a conversation in Portuguese?

    When someone wishes to learn and speak a different language, it is normal to focus on gramatic topics and things like that,  and that is not even wrong, but what one should know is that to have a conversation with someone in any idiom it is necessary to know how to begin it. That is…

  • Idiom – How to say “literally” in Portuguese?

    Idiom – How to say “literally” in Portuguese?

    When someone usually wishes to mention that something should not be taken “literally” in Portuguese, there is an idiom which is used with much frequency, so it is really important for who studies or intend to learn Portuguese to know it. The expression in Portuguese is “ao pé da letra” (which in English would literally…

  • How to say “thank you” in Portuguese

    How to say “thank you” in Portuguese

    In many occasions, when someone speaks, it is important to be formal, and not only in one’ s own language, but in a foreign one as well. Thinking of it, we have decided to teach you today how say “thank you” in Portuguese. “Thank you!” in Portuguese is “obrigado!”, still as words vary in Portuguese…

  • Greetings in Portuguese

    Greetings in Portuguese

     An important aspect of a language are the greetings. By greetings, you may begin as you meet someone, and finish a conversation with a person, after one or both of you leave to different directions. Considering that, we are going to see today some greetings in Portuguese. Beginning with “Oi!”. Oi means “Hi!”, it is…

  • Idiom: “Por mãos à obra”

    Idiom: “Por mãos à obra”

     Many people know what an idiom is (do you?), but it does not mean that everyone does, for that, we will have it explained here. Idioms are expressions that have a different meaning from that they would have, if they were read literally or word by word. Like that, idioms cannot be interpreted by its…