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The Dirty Portuguese: The Ultimate Soccer Fan's Guide to Slang, Music, Fun and Futebol - Paperback
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by Alice Rose (Author), Nati Vale (Author), Pedro A. Cabral (Author)
Learn to speak like a local before you hit the streets of Sao Paulo or beaches of Rio de Janeiro with this pocket-sized Brazilian Portuguese-English phrasebook.
With this book in hand you can get off the sideline and join the local Brazilians as they party from the pitch to the beach. Chock-full of up-to-date slang phrases, after-hours expressions and insider information on futebol, this book will have you cheering, dancing, drinking and celebrating with the die-hard fans of the beautiful game.
What's up, man?
Iaí, cara?
Can I join your pickup game?
Posso bater uma pelada com vocês?
Where is a cool bar to watch the game?
Onde tem um barzinho legal pra assitir o jogo?
Next round's on me.
A proxima rodada é minha.
We're all going to an underground dance club, wanna join?
A gente vai pra um baile funk, tá afim?
That girl in the VIP section is super hot.
Aquela mina no camarote é muito gostosa.
Let's sleep off our hangovers at the beach.
Vamos curar a ressaca na praia.
Author Biography
Alice Rose is an editor and writer who has studied and lived in Bahia. She has been practicing capoeira for 14 years and assists her husband and coauthor, Jadson Caçador, teach the martial art in Oakland, California. Alice also practices Brazilian jiu-jitsu, loves to cook, and occasionally teaches kids about the wonders of paleontology.
Nati Vale is an educator and writer with a Ph.D. in Latin American Literature. She has studied and traveled in Brazil and Portugal, and has played capoeira for 14 years. If she is not at school or at capoeira, you can find her in the kitchen, at the ballet studio, or hiding behind a book.
Jadson Caçador was born and raised in the land of futebol, and through his passion for his state team, Bahia, he learned how to love the beautiful game of soccer. He currently lives in Berkeley, California, where he dedicates most of his time to the art of capoeira with his wife, Piu Piu.
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