10 Brazilian Portuguese Slang Words You Should Know

Published 2023-03-13
Brazilians are world-renowned for being welcoming, laid back, and casual. Given this tendency to informality, it’s no surprise that they love using slang in their conversations. In fact, it’s such an integral part of communication in Brazil that you may not even be able to fully understand a conversation if you’re not aware of the most commonly used expressions. Whether talking with strangers or chatting with long-time friends, in a business environment, or in the bar drinking sugarcane juice and listening to some Bossa Nova, you’ll hear slang being used left and right. The prevalence of informal speech among brasileiros makes learning and understanding these expressions absolutely important if you wish to fully understand Portuguese. So if you want to start learning some of them right away, check out this list of 10 common slang words and expressions used in Brazilian Portuguese.

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All Comments (21)
  • @HerbertLandei
    "Putz" is a German word, it can be either the imperative of "putzen" ("to clean"): "Putz deine Zähne!" ("Brush your teeth!"), or it can be the plaster on a wall (which makes kind of sense, as it makes a raw wall smooth and "clean")
  • Valheu mermão, tu é féra. Me ajudo a ter coisa pra fazer algumas outras expressões: Vai catar coquinho (Go find something to do) Pereréco(when something goes wrong, a mistake) Muleke (Boy) Locão (It means you're funny, you do things that most people don't do) Pilantra (rascal) Migo (friend) Muié(kind of funny way to say woman, but it's normal to say it between friends) Hope this helps
  • Valeu! Just, ask that the subtitles stay on screen longer after telling each word. ✨
  • @jsphat81
    Great lesson. I knew only about half of these. I’ll have to rewatch this video to memorize these expressions. Valeu, meu irmão!
  • @Elena-tr7rd
    omg, Brazilian Ryan Gosling :) pls, dont take it wrong, :) great content btw
  • @errone.8544
    You need more subscribers mano😂Cê ensina bem🫶🤝
  • @chrisbunka
    Muito obrigado pelo vídeo. Eu gostei.
  • @denial1004
    Aqui no DF as girias mais comuns são: - Véi (guy) - massa (cool) - parceiro (bro) - tu é doido / ta doido (used to express surprise or when a situation is too crazy) - dona (girl) - baú (bus) - rala peito (get out) - dos tempo (when something happened some time ago) - oxi (to express surprise) Tem outras que eu nao consigo lembrar agora 😅
  • @user-vu7ls6nz4n
    Good video man, thnx. There's a few words he said, I think in English, but have no idea what they are or maybe they're British English, dunno. But otherwise good.
  • @cjeccher8128
    Would be nice to show the expressions in a sentence much more slowly
  • @patfromamboy
    I can’t understand him when he’s speaking Portuguese at a normal speed. It sounds like gibberish to me. I’ve visited Brasil 18 times but I still can’t understand spoken Portuguese except for an occasional word. I have to translate everything into English to understand. It’s preventing me from conversing. After studying Portuguese for 9.5 years now it’s frustrating not to be able to read or converse. I practice every day with my girlfriend who only speaks Portuguese but after 6.5 years I still can’t understand her except for an occasional word. I have her speak slowly so I can translate everything. That can’t be fun for her. My ex Brasilian girlfriend spoke English with me for 4 years because I couldn’t understand her. I need to find a way to learn and understand Portuguese without translating everything into English.