Gírias - Slang Flashcards by Noah Green

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agregado

A

self-interested, apple polisher

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amarradão

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stoked, gung-ho (lit. all tied up)

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amarrão

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staller

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animal

A

beast (tough, technical player)

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bombado

A

juiced, on steroids

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casca-grossa

A

tough player (lit. thick-skinned)

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cavalo

A

spaz, rough player (lit. a horse)

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chora-mulato

A

slap (lit. cry-mulato)

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churriado

A

tired; feeble, gaunt

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corrido

A

coward (lit. runaway); (see mutuca)

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creonte

A

a disloyal student

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crocodilagem

A

dirty play (lit. “crocodile-ness”)

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duro

A

tough or technical (lit. hard)

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ensaboado

A

slippery (lit. lathered, soaped up)

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mole, molinho

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sloppy, weak (lit. soft)

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escamoteado

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sneaky

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esqui-jitsu

A

weird jiu-jitsu (esquisito means weird)

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fera

A

beast, someone extremely skilled or strong; (variants: fera solta, fera braba, feroz)

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ferrado

A

messed up, injured (lit. iron-banded)

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frango d’agua

A

skinny (lit. water chicken)

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galo branco

A

coward (lit. white rooster) (see mutaca)

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gato

A

sandbagger (lit. cat)

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geral

A

everybody (lit. general)

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jegue

A

heavy, pressure-player (lit. ass – the animal)

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mamaezada

A

weak training

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marombado

A

ripped, jacked; on steroids

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monstro

A

super good, beast (lit. monster)

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mutuca

A

someone who runs from the fight

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pangaré

A

weak in technique (lit. an old horse)

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pavio curto

A

short-fused (lit. short-wicked)

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pau-pereira

A

tough training (lit. a kind of hard wood)

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pedreira

A

tough training (lit. a stone quarry)

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pianinho

A

calm; calmly (from musical nomenclature)

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pulo do gato

A

the secret to a move (lit. the jump of the cat)

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rato

A

untrustworthy, dirty player (lit. rat)

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selva

A

rough and tough (lit. jungle)

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sinistro

A

mad skilled (lit. sinister)

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soltinho

A

light rolling (lit. loose)

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ter garrafa pra vender

A

to be tough (lit. having bottles for sale)

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treino de compadre

A

friendly sparring (compadre is what a father and a godfather are to each other)

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turista

A

student that barely shows up (lit. tourist)