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I just bought some of these the other day. Everyone has them in their apartment or house. What are they ???

enjoo = nausea

This topic might seem a bit strange, but it is not exclusively for me.

It is to share any Portuguese words you might find unusual, worthy of sharing, funny, or wacky.

It might seem too personal, because a word new to me might not be new to anybody else, but all words are welcome! For me in particular, any nordestismos are always good.

Anybody have any words to share?

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

07/11/26 @alexanderstephenlange.聽 I don't know how far it extends into the rest of the Northeast, but my favorite "falar sergipano" is "ximar", meaning "to be envious of someone else's food", especially being obvious enough to hopefully convince them to share:

"Deixa de ximar o doce da tua irm茫, Z茅! Voc锚 j谩 teve.

@alexanderstephenlange

The champion paraibano of the topic is Jessier Quirino, originally from Campina Grande but lives in Itabaiana.

Here's his 11 page list of northeastern (mostly RN, PB & PB) terms:

He also has a YouTube channel and a video titled "Express玫es populares" (but his list will be a better aid).

I point out Jessier's YT channel because, well, he's funny!

mberigan

@abthree

Kkkkkkkkk, I'll have to remember this!

@mberigan

Thanks, dude! Now that I have enough words in his PDF, I won't have to post anymore :-)

I lied :-) Another word of the day, with no connection to any personal experience:

补蝉蝉茅诲颈辞听 = harassment

@alexanderstephenlange

I don鈥檛 have a phrase like your but I have words to suggest which are very hard to translate the nuances:

Saudades

Jeito

Jeitinho

Malandro

!!!!!

@CariocaNY

Thanks, CariocaNY, we can also add:

jeitoso

@CariocaNY

I also want to point out that many people think that "jeitinho" (ele deu um jeitinho) is the same as "gambiarra" (ele fez uma gambiarra). People like to think of them both as some kind of adapted "skunkworks" - an agile and talented strike force to accomplish something with a lasting positive influence.

I could be wrong but I think of jeitinho as being more experience based and gambiarra is something done haphazardly and almost guaranteed to fail.

Jeitinho is more "heuristic jump" as in cognitive shortcut or logical leap while gambiarra is more a case of Dunning-Kruger effect - attempts well beyong the person's competence.

Looking forever for appropriate translations of:

awkward - dictionaries suggest "canhestro" but this is an anti-left-hand bias

entitled (as in entitled people) - being above and beyond what is expected of average people.

mberigan

Awkward = desajeitado or atrapalhado.聽 In Minas we can also say "mal-amanhado", but I guess this would not be understood in most places. :-)

entitled = "metido 脿 besta" .聽 It makes me laugh just writing it down, because there is something disparaging in this suggested translation.

@CariocaNY

awkward - dictionaries suggest "canhestro" but this is an anti-left-hand bias
- @mberigan

Google translates as desajeitado, which seems to me in keeping with the theme of jeito.