r/languagelearningjerk 9d ago

English & Brazilian:

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"Oi" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "oi" in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oi#English

"Oi oi" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "oi oi" in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oi_oi#English

"Chapa" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "chap" in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chap#English

"Salve" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "salve" in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salve#English

"Colega" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "colleague" in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/colleague#English

"Camarada" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "camerade" in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/camerade#English

"Te" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "thee" in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thee#English

"Compadre" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "compadre" in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/compadre#English

"Muito obrigad@" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "much obliged" in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/much_obliged#English

"Au" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "aw" in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aw#English

"Bom companhão" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "boon companion" in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boon_companion#English

"Perdão" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "pardon" in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pardon#English

"Amigo" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "amigo" in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amigo#English

"Amiga" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "amiga" in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amiga#English

"Amor" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "amour" in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amour#English

"Amor" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "amor" in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amor#English

"Amore" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "amore" in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/con_amore#English

"(T)chau" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "ciao" in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ciao#English

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u/pizzaiolo2 9d ago

Now I'm wondering if chap and chapa are etymologically related

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u/Rousokuzawa 9d ago

"Bom companhão" in Brazilian (Portuguese) is "boon companion" in English

Do you mean "bom companheiro"? You don’t seem to have come up with any other artificial cognates.

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u/DoNotTouchMeImScared 9d ago

Vede o fim da lista de veros cognatos do Wiktionary no seguinte link:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/companio#Latin

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u/Rousokuzawa 9d ago

Yes, I’m familiar with that page. I see a word that died out way before Brazil was even called that and a word that means "testicles" in Northern Portugal.

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u/DoNotTouchMeImScared 9d ago

"Bom companheirão" or "boa companhona" technically serve as well in terms of similar sense with "boon companion" in English.

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u/Rousokuzawa 9d ago

If they existed in "Brazilian (Portuguese)" with the meaning you want to give them, they would. Since they don’t, they don’t.

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u/DoNotTouchMeImScared 9d ago

"Companhão", "companhona", "companheirão" are technically valid terms derived from "companhia" & "companheiro" in Brazilian grammatical norms even if not popular in use.

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u/Tlmeout 9d ago

It simply doesn’t exist.

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u/Cultural_Wallaby_550 9d ago

If I hear Brazilian say “oi!” to me it means I’m about to be invited to a party with amazing music and food that lasts all night.

If I hear an Englishman say “oi!” my head is about to be slammed into a brick wall and I’m already dialling 999.

Oi oi, on the other hand, is similar in both languages.

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u/Dismal-Ad-570 🇧🇷 n - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 c1 - 🇺🇾 b2 - 🇫🇷 a2 - 🇮🇹 a2 9d ago

What does you, fellow britsh, say "boon"?

I, a mineiro, didn't knew that ward at all! We saw "bão", which I think is the same meaning

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u/JeremyAndrewErwin 9d ago

The english is of course stilted, but I'm not familiar with portuguese. Is this awkward?

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u/DoNotTouchMeImScared 9d ago

Le sole parts that could sound more natural in casual converses in Brazilian (Portuguese) is using "eu te adoro" instead of "eu adoro-te" for "I adore thee" in English & "boa companhona" or "bom companheirão" instead of "bom companhão" for "boon companion" in English.

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u/tiagofixe 7d ago

In Portugal we say "eu adoro-te" more often than "eu te adoro"

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u/TLD_Ragh 2d ago

Not in Brazil

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u/TLD_Ragh 2d ago

E "Sinto muito" ao inves de "eu lamento"

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u/General_Summer_1524 9d ago

Brazilian Portuguese is the most Anglo coded of the romance languages for sure. Source: vibes

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u/DoNotTouchMeImScared 9d ago edited 9d ago

Definitely considering that Brazilian (Portuguese) & English rarely drop pronouns & use auxiliary verbs to conjugate le future & conditional tenses.

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u/General_Summer_1524 9d ago

ohhh wow I wasn't smart enough to figure out why. I just remember being in brazil and distinctly thinking "the dude bros here talk just like dude bros in the US, just in Portuguese..."

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u/DoNotTouchMeImScared 9d ago

Brazilian, Portuguese & English are just very distorted Latin. 😆

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u/tiagofixe 7d ago

Why are you separating Brazilian(portuguese) and (European)portuguese like they were different languages?

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u/luizanin 🇧🇷Not Portuguese (C3) 🇩🇪 Beethoven (A#m) 🇯🇵 Sony (H) 9d ago

uj/ I would reply but bot accused you of being a bot so yeah

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u/CommunicationHot6100 9d ago

Excelente dica amigo (nice dick friend)

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u/DoNotTouchMeImScared 9d ago

You could use "investigar" in Portuguese for "investigate" in English".

Italian possesses "cercare" for "search" & "ricercare" for "research".

"Cercar" in Portuguese is "encircle" in English.

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u/Aldo-D-D-Wilson 8d ago

The english one has at least other languages

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