Brazilian

I am excited! Our flashcard app is now available on Amazon App Store. This will make it super easy for Amazon customers to download our FREE app.

For those of you who are new here, we created this app to help you speak Portuguese with confidence both socially and professionally. This first set of cards is free and contains 200 complete sentences for you to practice verb conjugation, build vocabulary, and improve your command of general grammar. The video below will show you how it works. READ MORE>

I notice an interesting difference between the way we express opinions using the verb gostar in Portuguese and to like in English. Let’s see an example: When I watch a cool video posted by a friend on Facebook, I might write this comment:

• “Gostei”

or

• “Adorei”

Notice that I say this in the past tense. In English, I’d use the present tense: READ MORE>

É isso aí, vamos conversar! Conversation group class starts November 10.

This is another great partnership between Street Smart Brazil and Abadá Capoeira Arts Center.  READ MORE>

--> Olivia Shetler

As a child, I used to be rather awful at sports; I had a hard time understanding certain rules and methodology and I found using tools in physical activities to be cumbersome. For a while, I thought I would give up on organized team sports and instead relegate my time to other studies. It wasn’t until I discovered capoeira that I found a sport I could truly fall in love with, and it isn’t necessarily because of its style, but also because of its community, and the dedication that unites so many people from various backgrounds. READ MORE>

I recently fell in love with the music of Luisa Maita. Her first album Lero-Lero is as Street Smart as it gets. Do you know what "lero-lero” means? It means a casual conversation without a goal in mind; or simply chit-chat :) How could I not love this album? READ MORE>

New beginner group class starts October 19.

You are in for a treat. This is a partnership between Street Smart Brazil and Abadá Capoeira Arts Center.  READ MORE>

Ladies and gentlemen, senhoras e senhores!

Let me introduce you to one of Brazil's most important stage artists... Cacilda Becker!

Born in 1921 in the city of Pirassununga in the state of São Paulo, raised by her mother along with 2 sisters and with very little money, Cacilda became one of the biggest names in the history of Brazil and Brazilian theater. She left us early, at age 48, while on stage: At the end of the first act of the play Waiting for Godot, Cacilda had a stroke. She had been working as an actress for 30 years.  READ MORE>

Renata and I are so pleased with the response to our first eBook: 51 Portuguese Idioms – Speak Like a Brazilian. We’d like to say a big muito obrigada to all of you who got the book! READ MORE>

 --> Feijoada

It was lunch time and I was debating if I should have a salad or if I should enfiar o pé na jaca* and go put those frozen pãezinhos de queijo in the oven. I was about to get up and go make that salad when I came across a website about nothing more nothing less than Brazilian food.

FoodSpring is a website about the culture of food. They have a section on Brazilian food culture, including a nice list of traditional Brazilian dishes with a brief description of each. Some of my favorites are there: coxinha, empadinha, farofa, churros. How could I possibly get up and make that salad? READ MORE>

The Center for Latin American Studies is teaming with the San Francisco Latino Film Festival to present a free screening of the new Brazilian film Teus Olhos Meus (Soulbound in English). I'd like to thank Beth Perry, Program Coordinator at the Center for Latin American Studies, for sending me this info. READ MORE>