Portuguese · 19 phrases
Exclamations & Reactions
Dropped your phone, saw the price, heard the gossip. Brazil's reflexes run from the saintly ("Nossa," "credo," "Ave Maria" — all ex-prayers) to the profane ("puta que pariu"). Master three or four and you'll react like a local instead of translating in your head.
Aff! AHF Ugh! / Oh please / Give me a break Ave Maria! AH-vee mah-REE-ah Oh my goodness! / Good grief! Caraca! kah-RAH-kah Whoa! / Holy cow! / No way! Caramba! kah-RAHM-bah Wow! / Geez! / Holy cow! Credo! KREH-doo Ew! / Yuck! / Heaven forbid! Droga! DROH-gah Darn! / Damn it! Eita! AY-tah Whoa! / Oops! / Uh-oh! Meu Deus! meh-oo DEH-oos Oh my God! / Good Lord! Nossa! NOH-sah Oh my! / Wow! / Geez! Putz! POOTS Darn! / Ugh! / Oh no! Que inferno! keh een-FEHR-noo What a nightmare! / For crying out loud! Vixe! VEE-shee Uh-oh! / Yikes! / Oh dear! Cacete! kah-SEH-chee Damn! / Bloody hell! — also 'a ton' as 'pra cacete' Merda! MEHR-dah Shit! / Crap! Caralho! kah-RAH-lyoo Fuck! / Hell! — exclamation and all-purpose intensifier Porra! POH-hah Damn! / Fuck! — but mostly used as pure punctuation Puta merda! POO-tah MEHR-dah Holy shit! / Goddammit! Que porra é essa? keh POH-hah eh EH-sah What the fuck is this? / What the hell is going on? Puta que pariu! POO-tah keh pah-REE-oo Holy fuck! / Motherfucker! / For fuck's sake!