Brazilianisms

Episode 31: Christmas

We tried to do a show about Brazilian holidays and ended up just talking about Christmas.

Word of the Week: namorar (because we thought we were going to cover Valentine's Day)

Links:

• Christmas traditions in Brazil  -- the most thorough description I could find online
• The Names of Santa's Reindeer in Portuguese: Rodolfo, Corredora, Dançarina, Empinadora, Raposa, Cometa, Cupido, Trovão e Relâmpago
• Festivus -- Wikipedia (nothing to do with Brazil)

The promo was for the Polarbear Podcast.

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Episode 30: News, Vocabulary and Mosquitoes

In this episode we talk about some interesting Portuguese vocabulary and then move on to some of the major Brazilian news stories of the past several months.

Vocabulary: saudade, cara de pau, gostoso, mosquito, sacanagem

News:

• Murder of Isabella Nardoni
• Lindemberg Alves Hostage Situation
• News Footage of the Flooding in Southern Brazil

The intro was from the cast of Buffy Between the Lines, and the promo was for the Weird Show.

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