Strange story involving Gordon Brown
July 30, 2008
I read this last week and it made me laugh – a strange story involving a protestor and Gordon Brown, the British PM. It contains lots of unusual vocabulary which are tested in the quiz below. Click here to read the story in Portuguese.
If the level of Portugese in the article is too high for you, I recommend reading the same story in English first. Click here for the English version.
Quiz questions
What do you think these words and phrases mean in English?
Be careful! Some words are homonyms – that is, they appear to be the same as other Portuguese words but have different meanings. (For example, a homonym in English is match - football match, light a match).
Click Answers above to check your results.
1) arrancou
2) bolso
3) doeu bastante
4) deu umas risadinhas
5) fontes
6) grades do portão
7) grudar
8 ) manga do terno
9) terceira pista
10) tubo de cola
Entry Filed under: Body and Health, Crime and Punishment, Famous People, Other stuff, Politics, Reading, Reading - not so easy, Reading - not so short. Tags: Brasil, Brazilian Portuguese, Gordon Brown, homonyms, Learning Portuguese, Portugues, protestor, Reading.
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