The Best Ever Book of Portuguese Jokes: Lots and Lots of Jokes Specially Repurposed for You-Know-Who

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Oliveira and Santos asked an environmentalist friend who volunteered for GLAN to speak with their children. The friend then introduced them to four young Portuguese who lived in central Portugal near the forest of Leiria, which went up in flames during the 2017 heatwave. Why did the Portuguese soccer player bring string to the game? In case they needed to tie the score!

Needless to say, if you know a Romance language, it will be easier for you to learn Portuguese. However, if you who know a little Spanishdon’t make the mistake of assuming that Portuguese is close enough that it doesn’t need t be studied separately. While you might be able to figure out the meaning of some signage, items on a menu, etc.,understanding of verbal communication will be very low to nothing . Words such as “gente” (people) are pronounced so differently in either variant of Portuguese, that you would hardly recognise them. Also, some personal names such as “Jorge Ramos,” for example, will be pronounced quite differently as well. If you are told to go comb monkeys or to go bother Camões, you are being politely asked to go and bother someone else and leave the person speaking to you alone! In case you don’t know, Camões was a very well-known Portuguese poetry writer from the 16 thcentury that wrote the Portuguese famous book called “Os Lusíadas”, which tells the story of Portugal.Especially if you’re sitting in a café with your friends. If you are talking loudly about things you don’t like about Portugal or the Portuguese, you may be asked to politely go home! Apparently, the expression originated to describe beggars who would hide an arm underneath their coats to pass themselves off as disabled war veterans. 16. Dor de cotovelo In this case, though, you may think locals have a point. If you ever drive through a residential neighborhood in Brazil, notice how speed bumps are all over the place and are often poorly marked. Chances are you’ll eventually speed through one and almost hit your head against the ceiling of your car. 11. Dedo-duro

You were told to go with the pigs? You were basically asked to go anddie far away. But do not worry! We don’t mean it literally, we say thisa lot between friends when someone is being annoying or upsetting us for some reason. If used in the past tense, it means someone got themselves in big trouble. Portuguese people have a dark sense of humour, don’t you think? Do you agree with our list? Do you have any others to share? Leave a comment below as we’d love to hear from you, The media attention has sometimes been too much, because we have to so much to do at school and work," says Mota. "We try to do what we can because we really want to win. It is our future." Der Richter zum Angeklagten: “Sie sind beschuldigt, Ihren Nachbarn unter Schimpfworten in den Wald getrieben und dort ganz fürchterlich verprügelt zu haben. Sind Sie da nicht ein bisschen zu weit gegangen, Angeklagter?” Antwort: “Ja, das stimmt, Herr Richter! Ich hätte es schon vorher auf der Wiese tun sollen!” 6. Papa needs his medicine The Portuguese have a long love affair with coffee and are proud of their product. The espresso is part of their culture. They drink it morning, noon and night so you should probably just acquire a taste for it.The German teacher asks Bini: “What case is it, if you say “Learning brings me joy?” Bini considers briefly: “A rare one, Mr. Teacher.” Which of these Portuguese expressions is your favourite? Do you know any other funny Portuguese expressions?

One of them has shiny bodyhair and smells like cod, the other one is a mammal that lives in the sea. Procurar pelo em ovo, or “to look for hair on an egg”, has roughly the same usage. 3. Nem que a vaca tussa An old Portuguese lady kept repeating, “I’m so thirsty! I’m so thirsty! Oh, how thirsty I am.” A passerby saw her and gave her a bottle of water, which she gulped down. Instead of thanking him, she simply changed her refrain: “I was so thirsty! I was so thirsty! Oh, how thirsty I was.” When the Portuguese language was born a few centuries later, it ended up adopting weird Christianized names for all weekdays throughout the year. Still more confusing is the fact that in modern Portuguese feira means “fair” (as in “trade fair”) instead of “day off”. 10. Quebra-molas Manon Museux, 22, works as an intern with the quality control of the fish coming into the port in Peniche, Portugal.

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If you have a thing or two to say about it or you want to be a critic of their history, you should choose your words very carefully. I believe it might beunpleasant to swallow a frog, which is probably why this saying is used when you have to shut up and accept unpleasant things with no other choice. Forget everything you know about Portuguese, it’s time to “burn the eyelashes”. Here are some colourful everyday Portuguese idioms and expressions used in Portugal and Brazil. Why did the Portuguese football team bring a ladder to the game? Because they heard the match was in the “top” corner!