# Portuguese/Contents/Slang (Brazil)
## General Slang
### Bagulho (bah-GOO-lyo)

    Thing, drug (very rude)

### Beleza? (beh-LEH-zah)

    Wassup? (Positive way.)

### Cê (between SEH and SAY)

    Short for "você" (you)

### Zueira, zuera, zoeira (zoo-AY-rah - zoo-E-rah ["E" sounds like "E" in "trend"])

    Prank, joke

### Chapado (shah-PAH-do)

    Drunk, stoned

### Baseado (bah-zeh-A-doo)

    Joint, marijuana cigarette

### Gata, gatinha (GAH-tah - gah-CHEEN-yah)

    Babe, hot girl

### Gato, gatinho (GAH-to - gat-CHEEN-yo)

    Babe, hot boy

### Grana (GRAHN-nah)

    Money

### Gringo (GREEN-go)

    Foreigner

### Legal (leh-GOW ["OW" sounds like "OW" in "NOW"])

    Cool

### Mana (MAHN-nah)

    Sister

### Mano (MAHN-no)

    Brother

### Massa (MAH-sah)

    Same as "legal": cool

### Muito louco (MOO-een-to LOE-co)

    Cool (or funny)

### Nossa (NOH-sah)

    Exclamation like Wow

### Os homi (OOZ OHM-mee)

    The cops

### Parceira (par-SAY-rah)

    sis, mate, buddy (female)

### Parceiro (par-SAY-ro)

    Bro, mate, dude, buddy (male)

### Perua (pee-ROO-ah)

    Rich Women (Negative), Station wagon car

### Playba, playboy (PLAY-bah - play-BOY)

    Playboy, rake

### Puxa, puxa vida) (POO-shah - POO-shah VEE-dah)

    Whoa, Geez, gosh

### Qualé? (kwal-EH)

    Wassup?

### X-9 (SHEES NOH-vee)

    Snitch

### P-T, Perda Total (pee-tee - pee-er-DUH toh-TOW ["OW" sounds like "OW" in "NOW"])

    Passed out, Puking, Wasted, from drinking
The above list of expressions can be understood all over the country, but it doesn't mean you'll hear people speaking this all around. 'Legal', for instance, is far less used in the Northeast region. There, 'massa' is much more used.

## Northeast region (Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe)
### Cabra (CAH-brah)

    Same as "meu" from São Paulo, but, like "cara", it is used only when you're talking to a male person

### Eita, eita pega (AY-tah - AY-tah PAY-gah)

    Gosh, as in "Gosh! what have done!"

### Oxe, oxente (OSH - osh-EHN-tee)

    Why, as in "why! that's strange"

### Vixe, vixe Maria (VEESH - VEESH mah-REE-ah)

    Holy mother! (comes from Virgem Maria -- the Virgin Mary)

### Vôti (VOE-tee)

    Same as "eita" or "vixe"

## Rio de Janeiro
### Sangue bom (SAHN-ghee BOHM)

    "Nice man", someone trustable, means "Good blood". You can also say only "Sangue"

### Mermao (MEH-MOUN)

    Brother, brodah

### Caraca (cah-RAH-cah)

    Exclamation, like "Holy" Or "What the..."

## Rio Grande do Sul
### Tri (TREE)

    Cool (in many contexts)

### Tri-legal (TREE leh-GOW)

    Very cool

## São Paulo

Note: If you talk in slangs with the young ones, be careful because they are divided in "tribos"(meaning: groups) like skaters, surfers, etc. The slang spoken by a certain group may sound senseless to another one.

### Mano (MAHN-no)

    Boy, dude, guy

### Mina (MEEN-nah)

    Girl

### Rolé (hol-EH)

    "A ride." (e.g. Vamos dar um rolé. - Let´s go for a ride.)

### Sampa (SAHM-pah)

    São Paulo

### Truta (TROO-tah)

    Friend

### Brother, brodi, brou (same pronoun as in english)

    Friend, dude

### Cara (CAH-rah)

    Dude

### Meu (MEH-o)

    Dude

## Minas Gerais
### Trem (TREIN)

    Stuff

### Sô (between SOH and SOE)

    Emphasis per se, it´s an early alitheration for SENHOR(Sir). E.g. O quê que é isso, sô? - What is this *sô* !!;Trem (TREHM-eem)
    Used as a substitute for "this" (e.g.: "Que TREM que é esse?" - What is this? )

### Arreda

    Chegar pra lá, dar licença

### Uai (like the letter "Y")

    Doubt Exclamation (Used also as an emphasis.)

## Goiás
### Vish (VEESH)

    Used for surprise, like "Wow". (abreviation for "virgem Maria" (virgin Mary))

### Nem (NAIM)

    Demonstration of disapproval (something like "no way").

### Anem (ah-NAIM)

    Demonstration of disapproval (same as "nem"), or pity (like "oh no, I can't believe").

### Moço (MOLSS)

    dude

### Moço do céu (MOLLS-doo-cell)

    vocative used to start a tragic story or to indicate surprise. (translates literally as "heaven's man")

### Véi de Deus (VAIGH-dee-deaous)

    alternative "moço do céu" (other alternation is "véu do céu" or "moço de Deus" - translates literally as "god's old man")

### Cê pira? (say-PEE-rah?)

    "Do you believe?" or used to begin unlikely stories: "do you believe (that) ______ ?". "Cê pira?" literally means "you go crazy?".

### Desgreta (jees-GRAY-tah)

    shit

### Esparrado (espa-RAH-doh)

    suspicious

## Brasilia (DF)
### Vei (vaigh)

    dude

### Sinistro (SEE-NIS-Through)

    sometimes cool, sometimes awesome, sometimes unbelievable (depends on context)

### Pega leve (Pague a lav)

    take it easy

### Vaza (vah zah)

    go away

### Carai, Vei! (Car i, vaigh)

    whadda fuck, dude!

### Pô (Pow)

    Oh, what? OR Fuck!

### Sacanagem (SAH-CAH-NAH-jin)

    (lots of meanings - also bad word) could be prank, mean