{"id":21157,"date":"2020-11-13T11:38:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T16:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pimsleur.com\/?p=21157"},"modified":"2026-03-13T11:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:32:35","slug":"brazilian-food-idioms-slang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pimsleur.com\/blog\/brazilian-food-idioms-slang\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian Slang: 8 Food Idioms Every Portuguese Learner Must Learn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brazilian Portuguese is jam-packed with idioms and expressions that reflect their culture. As you may have guessed, the most common Brazilian sayings are about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pimsleur.com\/blog\/soccer-expressions-and-phrases-that-brazilians-use-every-day\/\">soccer<\/a>, religion, and food!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, we will go over 8 Brazilian food idioms that you simply cannot miss!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.8ti0xjxkzz26\"><strong>8 Brazilian Food Idioms that You Can Use Every Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this section, we break down 9 Brazilian sayings about food that you can incorporate into your daily vocabulary, along with some Brazilian history and fun facts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.gnovy09r9evr\"><strong><em>1. Colocar a m\u00e3o na massa<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Literally:&nbsp;<strong>To put your hand in the dough.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brazilians use this expression to mean work, or \u201cget your hands dirty\u201d, since working with dough is usually a messy, sticky process. It can also be a call to action to change someone\u2019s behavior, similar to \u201cget to work\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEst\u00e1 na hora de mudar esse pa\u00eds. Vamos todos colocar a m\u00e3o na massa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is time to change this country. Let us all get to work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.peze0ftelvj\"><strong><em>2. Panela velha \u00e9 que faz comida boa<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Literally:&nbsp;<strong>An old pan makes good food.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It means the older you get, the better you get. It is similar to the English saying \u201cyou age like fine wine\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.c815h2aabcgp\"><strong><em>3. P\u00e3o duro<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Literally:&nbsp;<strong>Hard bread<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use the Brazilian saying <em>p\u00e3o duro<\/em> to express someone who is stingy, cheap, or tight-fisted (also see&nbsp;<em>m\u00e3o-fechada<\/em>, or &#8220;closed hand&#8221;). The legend goes that there was a Brazilian beggar who asked for food every day. He would accept anything to eat, even stale bread. When he died, everyone found out that he was actually a very wealthy man &#8211; he just so happened to be a stingy one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.rq83k1q795ff\"><strong><em>4. O ganha-p\u00e3o<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Literally:&nbsp;<strong>The<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>breadwinner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brazilians also have this same saying to designate the main provider of a household.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Minha m\u00e3e \u00e9 o ganha-p\u00e3o.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy mom is the breadwinner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.8g01mxt44zpr\"><strong><em>5. Reclamar de barriga cheia<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Literally:&nbsp;<strong>To complain on a full stomach.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Brazilian expression is used to describe someone who is fortunate or has a lot of money but spends all of his\/her time complaining. It would appear that someone who complains on a full stomach has nothing to complain about (or in English, is expressing a first-world problem).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BONUS TIP:<\/strong>&nbsp;To sound more fluent when speaking Portuguese, when conjugating the verb&nbsp;<em>estar,&nbsp;<\/em>remove the&nbsp;<em>es<\/em>&nbsp;at the beginning. For example, <em>ela est\u00e1 reclamando de barriga cheia<\/em> = <em>ela&nbsp;<\/em><strong><em>t\u00e1<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;reclamando de barriga cheia<\/em>. See how it plays out in the informal example below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A menina t\u00e1 triste porque queria o iPhone 12 e o pai comprou o iPhone 11 para ela. E eu aqui com iPhone 8. T\u00e1 reclamando de barriga cheia.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe girl is sad because she wanted the iPhone 12 and her dad bought her the iPhone 11. And I\u2019m over here with the iPhone 8. She has nothing to complain about!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.82i9pctlcg3\"><em><strong>6. Ser criado a leite com p\u00eara<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Literally:&nbsp;<strong>To be raised with milk and pear.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Brazil, there is a&nbsp;<em>vitamina<\/em>&nbsp;(smoothie) that can be made by mixing milk and pear in a blender. In the past, this particular delicacy was typically reserved for children of the upper class. Thus, we can assume that someone who was brought up drinking milk and pear smoothies had a very comfortable life (a.k.a spoiled).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Brazil is a much wealthier nation than it was a few decades ago. Many families have increased their purchasing power and kids have more access to technology than ever before, thus creating a new generation called&nbsp;<em>gera\u00e7\u00e3o leite com p\u00eara<\/em>&nbsp;(generation milk with pear). It is widely used to describe millennial children who grew up with great affluence and is often used to refer to someone who has been extremely sheltered and would not know much about violence, pain, poverty, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Na Vila Madalena s\u00f3 mora quem foi criado a leite com p\u00eara.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOnly rich kids live in Vila Madalena.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.1q7mdlojlf8e\"><strong><em>7. Encher a lingui\u00e7a<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Literally:&nbsp;<strong>To stuff the sausage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The Brazilian saying&nbsp;<em>encher a<\/em>&nbsp;<em>lingui\u00e7a<\/em>, also known as&nbsp;<em>enrolar&nbsp;<\/em>(to prolong or to stall)&nbsp;means to spout irrelevant or meaningless information. In English we might say \u201cfull of hot air\u201d. Back in the day, only nobility and the upper class had access to fresh high-quality meat. If they wanted meat on their table, everyone else would literally&nbsp;<strong>stuff sausages&nbsp;<\/strong>with low-quality cuts and fillers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>O senador n\u00e3o falou nada, so encheu a&nbsp;lingui\u00e7a<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe senator didn\u2019t say anything, he was full of hot air.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.relhf89jkr5r\"><strong><em>8. Sem sal sem&nbsp;a\u00e7\u00facar<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Literally:&nbsp;<strong>Without salt without sugar.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Something that is lackluster, boring, or dull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A nova namorada do meu irmao \u00e9 muito sem sal sem a\u00e7\u00facar.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy brother\u2019s new girlfriend is really nothing special.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.tlwkqv7dmgpk\"><strong>Learning Portuguese with Idioms Helps You Sound More Native<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the idioms above to sound more like a native and avoid sounding robotic! Need to learn Portuguese quickly on the go? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.pimsleur.com\/users\/login\/freelesson\/\">Try a free week<\/a> of our proven Pimsleur method. Or test-drive a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pimsleur.com\/free-lesson\/\">Free Lesson<\/a> right now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilian Portuguese is jam-packed with idioms and expressions that reflect their culture. As you may have guessed, the most common Brazilian sayings are about&nbsp;soccer, religion, and food! 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