Brazilian Slang
A slang word from São Paulo to define when a planned activity is no longer happening or went wrong.
What is "moiô"?
"Aí veinho, o rolê de sexta-feira moiô por conta da correria no trampo."
Titanic, The Departed, Inception and The Wolf of Wall Street.
Who is Leonardo DiCaprio?
This classic joke has the following punch line:
"To get to the other side."
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Launched in 1999 by Microsoft and ceased operations in 2013, this messenger application was one of the main ways of communicating with friends on the internet.
What is MSN Messenger?
This energy drink has a popular branding and commercials where their tagline is "it gives you wings".
What is Red Bull?
This slang word is used to define bread in Rio Grande do Sul, whereas in other states it's called "Pão Francês".
What is "Cacetinho"?
"Bah, o cacetinho do guri da padaria é tri-bom!
Pulp Fiction, Star Wars: Phantom Menace, Django Unchained and the Avengers.
Who is Samuel L. Jackson?
This common pun if often thrown around by unfunny uncles at family dinners whenever pavê is served.
(a Brazilian dessert consisting of alternating layers of biscuits and a cream made using condensed milk)
É pavê ou pá comê?
One of the biggest social media platforms back in 2008, this website was closed down by Google in 2014.
Along it's many features, participating in "Communities" about several topics was one of it's most popular appeals.
What is Orkut?
This french luxury sports fashion company and brand became very popular in Brazil and is represented by it's crocodile logo.
What is Lacoste?
Expression in portuguese often used to define indignation of someones behavior in a place where that action does not belong to that space.
Do you think this is Mother Joanne's house?
(Você acha que aqui é casa da mãe Joana?)
The Pursuit of Happiness, Men in Black, Bad Boys and Independence Day.
Who is Will Smith?
What is Uberlândia?
Launched back in 2003 and arguably the first social network to reach global audience, this social media website was infamous for having a "Friend Space" where you could highlight only 8 people.
What is MySpace?
This web browser usually is a third option for users that dislike using Google's Chrome or Microsoft's Edge softwares.
What is Firefox?
Expression often used to mention or hold someone accountable for their own problems and tribulations.
What is to hold your police reports?
(O que é "segura seus B.O.?)
007 - Casino Royale, 007 - Skyfall, Cowboys & Aliens and Knives Out.
Who is Daniel Craig?
Definition for a can opener that doesn't work.
What is a can't opener?
In 2013, this social media popularized short-form content in a maximum 10 second looping clip format. Bought by Twitter, the company completely shut down its services in 2017.
What is Vine?
What is Puma?
Expression often described to name an action of searching for a problem in a place there is no such thing. It's English version goes as follows:
"Barking the wrong tree".
What is "procurando pelo em ovo"?
Queen's Gambit, Peaky Blinders, Super Mario Bros. Movie, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.
Who is Anya Taylor-Joy?
A name one might refer to an alligator in a vest.
What is an in-vest-igator?
This network owned by Google was launched in 2011. Although being among many other successful products like Youtube and Google Drive, it was still generally unknown to the main user and ceased operations in 2019.
What is Google +?
This french brand of automobiles has a lion figure in it's logo.
What is Peugeot?