Expressões idiomáticas, calão, abreviaturas

Question 1

Recomendo vivamente

Answer 1

Highly recommended

Question 2

Trinca-bilhetes

Answer 2

Ticket taker (eg on the train)

Question 3

Passou-bem?

Answer 3

Handshake (have you been well?)

Question 4

Xi-coração (xi)

Answer 4

Hug

Question 5

(Fazer) batota

Answer 5

To cheat

Question 6

Corrimão

Answer 6

Handrail

Question 7

Santinho/a

Answer 7

Bless you! (“little saint”, said after a sneeze)

Question 8

Desenrascar-se

Answer 8

To manage / get by / sort it out

Question 9

Lusco-fusco

Answer 9

Dusk

Question 10

Rasca

Answer 10

Cheap, trashy, trouble

Question 11

Desmancha-prazeres

Answer 11

Spoilsport / one who “tears pleasures apart”

Question 12

Lá (“Vem lá à festa!”)

Answer 12

(softens commands)

Question 13

T.P.C. [tarefas/trabalho para casa]

Answer 13

homework (tarefas: tasks)

Question 14

Escanifobético

Answer 14

Lacking elegance, unconventional

Question 15

SFF [se faz favor]

Answer 15

If you please

Question 16

Bjs [bejinhos]

Answer 16

Kisses

Question 17

tb [tambem]

Answer 17

also

Question 18

PFF [por favor]

Answer 18

Please

Question 19

Balúrdio (muito caro)

Answer 19

Expensive

Question 20

Camelo, burro

Answer 20

Idiot

Question 21

Cobra

Answer 21

Mean (person)

Question 22

Gajo, tipo/a, bacano (cool)

Answer 22

Guy

Question 23

Caramelo

Answer 23

Smarty-pants guy (derogatory)

Question 24

Fixe, porreiro, abril, altamente

Answer 24

Cool

Question 25

Briol

Answer 25

Cold

Question 26

De borla, de graça

Answer 26

Free

Question 27

Seca

Answer 27

Boring

Question 28

Cena

Answer 28

Thingy/situation

Question 29

(Estou) farto

Answer 29

I’m fed up

Question 30

mp [mensagem privada/direta]

Answer 30

PM/DM [private/direct message]

Question 31

Sócio

Answer 31

Member

Question 32

Taxa Anual Nominal Bruta (TANB), Taxa Anual Nominal Líquida (TANL)

Answer 32

Interest rates

Question 33

Pedaço de mau caminho

Answer 33

Guilty pleasure; a temptation [piece of a bad path]

Question 34

Vale a pena

Answer 34

It’s worth it

Question 35

Meia dose e buue

Answer 35

Half a dose is a lot

Question 36

Sei lá

Answer 36

I don’t know [and don’t care]

Question 37

IRS

Answer 37

Imposto sobre o Rendimento [income tax]

Question 38

TSU

Answer 38

Taxa social unidade? Single SS tax

Question 39

Não a minha cena

Answer 39

Not my scene [cup of tea?]

Question 40

LGP, DP, DO

Answer 40

Língua gestual Portuguesa [sign language], diálogo Portuguese, diálogo original

Question 41

em calda*, em lata

Answer 41

Canned (*fruit: in juice)

Question 42

Vai correr [tudo] bem

Answer 42

It’s going to be all right

Question 43

Deixa estar

Answer 43

Let it be, don’t worry about it, etc.

Question 44

é um pena

Answer 44

it’s a shame

Question 45

Deitar tudo fora

Answer 45

Throw it all away

Question 46

É isso?

Answer 46

Is that why?

Question 47

Trago já

Answer 47

[I’ll bring it] right away

Question 48

pk [por que]

Answer 48

Why?

Question 49

gota fria

Answer 49

cold front/snap [sudden temp change]

Question 50

Pisco de olhos

Answer 50

(In the) blink of an eye

Question 51

Pisca-pisca

Answer 51

Flashing (lights)

Question 52

Não dá

Answer 52

No way

Question 53

TPM

Answer 53

PMS

Question 54

TPM

Answer 54

PMS

Question 55

PVP[R]: preco de venda ao publico [recomendado]

Answer 55

[recommended] retail price (akin to RRP or MSRP in English)