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Dirty Portuguese, Dirty Everyday Slang

Learn cool slang, funny insults and all the words they didn’t teach you in class with this comprehensive guide to dirty Portuguese.

You’ve taken Portuguese lessons and learned all kinds of useful phrases. You know how to order dinner, get directions, and ask for the bathroom. But what happens when it’s time to drop the textbook formality? To really know a language, you need to know its bad words, too. You need Dirty Portuguese.

From common slang and insulting curses to explicit sexual expressions, this volume teaches the kind of Portuguese heard every day on the streets of Brazil. Learn to sound like a native speaker with phrases like:

What’s up? — Tudo bem?

Are those fake boobs? — Você tem silicone no peito?

I need to take a piss. — Preciso mijar.

That goalie is so weak. — Esse goleiro é uma mãe.

Shit’s about to go down! — O coro vai comer!

I’m smashed. — Tô bebum.

Let’s fuck like animals. — Vamos trepar como animais.

Alice Rose, Nati Vale, Pedro A Cabral

Nati Vale is a native of Puerto Rico with a Bahian swing in her step. She currently lives in Berkeley, California, where she attempts to finish her dissertation one paragraph at a time.Alice Rose is a Brazil enthusiast who, while she is not working on her Bahian accent, is digging for dinosaur bones in her backyard in Oakland, California.Pedro A. Cabral discovered Brazil in 1500. He spent most of his life in Salvador, Brazil. Due to GPS technology and Google Maps, Cabral has been forced to give up his love for exploration and has retired to the tame Oakland, California, where he has dedicated himself to the art of capoeira.

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