Brazilian Portuguese Expressions
Learn Portuguese Idioms from D to E

Welcome to Brazilian Portuguese Expressions. Here you will learn how to dot your I's and cross your T's!

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Brazilian Portuguese Expressions - D

Dá licença?	May I come in?
daí a pouco	in a short while
daqui a pouco	in a little while
daqui a um ano	a year form now
daqui em diante	from now on
dar à luz	to give birth to
dar as boas vindas	to welcome, to extend welcome
dar as cartas	to deal cards
dar as horas	to strike hours (a clock)
dar bom dia	to say good morning
dar cabo	to put an end to, finish up a job
dar certo	to turn out right
dar com alguém	to unexpectedly run into someone
dar com	to encounter, run into
dar em nada	to have no results
dar gosto	to be pleasing
dar gritos	to shout, cry out
dar no rádio, TV	to be broadcast
dar o braço a torcer	to admit your own fault
dar o fora	to sneak out, walk out, get out
dar para	to look out upon, to face
dar para (música, etc)	to be gifted in (music, etc)
dar parte de	to report
dar por si	to be aware of
dar por vencido	to give up
dar pulos	to jump
dar um jeito	to find a way (to do something)
dar um passeio	to take a walk, ride
dar um passo	to take a step
dar um pulo	to visit someone
dar um pulo	to jump, to drop in, by
dar um trote	to kid someone, to trick
dar uma olhada	to take a look at
dar uma volta na chave	to turn the key
dar uma volta por	to go through
dar uma volta	to take a walk
dar-se bem com	to get along well with a person
dar-se conta de	to realize
dar-se mal em	to fail
dar-se por vencido	to admit one’s defeat
de duas em duas horas	every two hours
de três em três dias	every three days
de acordo com	according to
de boa vontade	willingly, gladly
de bom grado	willingly, gladly
de bruços	face down
de cama	to be (sick) in bed
de cór e salteado	to know backwards and forwards
de cór	by heart
de costas para	with one’s back to
de dia	by day, during the day
de graça	free, free of charge
de hoje a oito	a week from today
de hoje em diante	from today on
de jeito nenhum	no way
de luto	to be in mourning
de madrugada	at dawn
de mal a pior	from bad to worse
de maneira que	so that
de manhã (cedinho)	in the morning (early)
de modo algum	not al all
de modo que	so that
de noite	at night, in the evening
de novo	again
de outro modo	otherwise
de ouvido	by hearsay, by ear
de pé	standing
de propósito	on purpose
de repente	suddenly
de sorte que	so that
de tarde	in the afternoon
de trem	by train
de uma vez por todas	once for all
de verdade	real, really
de vez em quando	from time to time
de volta	to be back
deitar-se	to go to bed, lie down
deixar de fazer	to quit, to stop (doing)
deixar passar em brancas nuvens	to ignore something, to forgive
dentro em pouco	in a short while
depois de amanhã	the day after tomorrow
descascar um abacaxi	to solve a problem
desligar a luz	to turn off the light
despedir-se	to say one’s goodbye
desta vez	this time
dia útil	working day (non-holiday)
dirigido a	addressed, directed to
dirigir-se a	to speak to, go toward
divertir-se	to have a good time
dizem as más línguas	everybody is talking about it
do outro mundo	extraordinary
dobrar a esquina	to turn the corner
doidinho da Silva	raving mad, completely crazy
dormir como anjo	to sleep soundly
dormir como uma pedra	to sleep soundly

Brazilian Portuguese Expressions - E

é canja de galinha	it’s a piece of cake, very easy
E daí...?	And so...?
E daí?	So what?
é mesmo	that’s (exactly) it
em breve	soon, briefly
em casa	at home
em dia com	to be up-to-date
em pauta	on the agenda
em pé	upright, standing up
em pleno verão	in the middle of Summer
em seguida	afterwards, right away
em toda parte	everywhere
em todo caso	in any case
em vez de	instead of
em volta de	around (about) that’s all right
encontrar com	to meet (by chance)
enquanto	while
está bem	all right
está me quebrando a cabeça	is driving me crazy
estar bem	to be well (off)
estar certo	to be sure, right
estar certo, ter razão	to be right
estar cheio de dedos	to be all thumbs
estar com boa aparência	to look well
estar com calor	to be warm (of a person)
estar com ciúmes	to be jealous
estar com dor de cabeça	to have a headache
estar com fome	to be hungry
estar com frio	to be cold (a person)
estar com frio	to be cold (person)
estar com pressa	to be in a hurry
estar com raiva	to be angry
estar com sede	to be thirsty
estar com sede	to be thirsty
estar com sono	to be sleepy
estar com sono	to be sleepy
estar com sorte	to be in luck; to be lucky
estar com sorte	to be lucky
estar com saudades de	to miss, long for, be homesick for
estar com vergonha	to be ashamed
estar com vontade de	to feel like doing something
estar de joelhos	to be down in your knees
estar duro	to be broke (money)
estar fora	to be out
estar mal	to be in a bad day
estar morrendo de dor de cabeça	to have a splitting headache
estar na hora de	to be on time
estar passado	to be overripe, past one’s prime
estar pela hora da morte	to be exorbitant in price
estar por + infinitive	still to be + past participle
estar prestes a	to be about doing something
estar quites com	to be even with someone
esticar a canela, bater as botas	to die, kick the bucket
Estimo as suas melhoras...	I hope you’ll get better...
Eu mal conheço esta pessoa!	I hardly know this person!
Eu sei lá?	How should I know?

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