The Best Ever Book of Portuguese Jokes: Lots and Lots of Jokes Specially Repurposed for You-Know-Who

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So they may enjoy the sun and seem to stroll around as if they don’t have a care in the world. Ok, and maybe they have trouble keeping an appointment exactly on time but that doesn’t mean they are lazy, by any means. Portuguese people speak Portuguese, which is an entirely different language from Spanish. Unless you are a Spaniard, don’t try speaking in Spanish to a Portuguese person, they find it somewhat offensive and don’t like to be confused with Spain. Don’t mistake one for the other! Portuguese evolved slowly from Spanish for almost a thousand years. We took it to Brazil in the 15th century and it evolved separately when the Portuguese colonizers left. 200 years have passed and the differences are evident. We’re proud of them. They’re both the same language, but Brazilian grew in a different direction. Before the 🤡 emoji made things a lot simpler, Portuguese speakers had an awesome expression to let someone know their attempt at a joke was either inappropriate or had merely fallen flat. It’s the delightful engolir um palhaço — or “to swallow a clown” in English.

Paying lip service or simply doing something just for the sake of appearances is doing it “so the Brits can see it”, or para inglês ver in Portuguese. Ok, again, be aware of the bad words! You know that bacalhau is our main dish here in Portugal, right? Probably you have tasted it and you like it. You might also know that many of our conversations revolve about bacalhau and how to cook it..all the 1001 ways of cooking cod!

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Der Deutschlehrer fragt Bini: “Was ist das für ein Fall, wenn du sagst: Das Lernen macht mir Freude?” Bini überlegt nicht lange: “Ein seltener, Herr Lehrer.” 4. Husbands hate shopping in every language, apparently These days folks normally favor less polite phrases to express the same idea, but you’re guaranteed to make a native speaker laugh if you use it. Ok, I am happy to say this one does not involve any bad words. It is a common word pun, involving a proverb. I told you it was a tad crude! That said, you’d only be judged for using this phrase in a business or otherwise formal environment. 19. Com o pé nas costas The English equivalent of paneleiro would be something like fag or queer. It’s not a very nice or politically correct term, but one that you might come across.

Every language has its own traditional sayings. But if you ever visit Portuguese and start tounderstand our language, you will probably find some of the most typical Portuguese sayings very funny indeed. For that reason, we recently asked you for the finest book jokes available to humanity - and by Jeeves, you delivered. Sometimes, an argument escalates so badly that it becomes almost as violent as an actual fight. That’s basically the idea behind the word Portuguese bate-boca, which translates as “mouth-hitting” or something along these lines. One of them has shiny bodyhair and smells like cod, the other one is a mammal that lives in the sea. The Portuguese people are immensely proud of their history so they don’t appreciate jokes about their history.These two Portuguese sayings are generally used when someone wakes up in a bad mood or is being snappy for some reason. OK, I’m getting away from playground standards a little bit here, so let’s try some spicy foreign stuff. Portuguese Wordplay If someone tells you that they have little monkeys in their head or that you have them, either one of you is having strange and suspicious thoughts or being insecure and anxious about some situation. Despite appearances, the expression isn’t as surreal as it may sound. The verb pregar can also mean “to preach” or, in this case, “to fold”. This definition, however, is all but archaic these days. All of this made the regime wage a brutal Colonial War against the colonial peoples who were trying to get their independence.

After that, the country never became the great power it once was. It lost several colonies (including its largest one, Brazil) and trade routes, it saw its capital being destroyed by an earthquake in 1755 and it was occupied during the Napoleonic Wars. And pretty much all their neighbours finds the Belgians a tiny bit slow: “Why do Belgians have pommes frites, while the Arab world has oil? Because the Belgians got to choose first.” And “What do Belgian mothers do when the baby’s bathwater is too hot? Put on a pair of gloves.”Another thing you should avoid in this sibling quarrel is to call Saramago Spanish. He went into exile for being censored in Portugal, a fact that still shames most of us, but he remains Portuguese. Instead of mentioning Mourinho, try endearing yourself by saying “José? José Saramago?” You’ll make a Portuguese friend. Assume Portuguese from Portugal is the same as Portuguese from Brazil. Can you picture somebody squeezing themself into the piping? That sounds painful to the very least! So I guess entrar pelo cano is illustrative and straightforward: it means “to get screwed”. 26. Engolir um palhaço Herr Doktor, Herr Doktor, ich hab jeden Morgen um 7 Uhr Stuhlgang!”–“Ja, das ist doch sehr gut!”–“Aber ich steh erst um halb acht auf!” 8. Nothing like a little divorce humor

Climate change entails a current impact upon and risk to the lives and health of the applicants," the suit says. "This interference will progressively intensify over the course of their lifetime." There's broad support in Portugal for action on climate changeDe Qui Se Moque-t-On (Who do we make fun of?) features 345 jokes, many contributed by readers of Seignovert’s blog, Europeisnotdead. A 29-year-old Frenchman who studied in Spain and Germany and now lives in Brussels, Seignovert said the jokes underlined the adage that “teasing is a sign of affection. Some of them are pretty crude and unsubtle, but they’re rarely downright nasty”. Otherwise, though, the Belgians love nothing better than teasing the penny-pinching Dutch: (“How do all Dutch recipes begin? Borrow six eggs, 200g of flour, half a litre of milk …” or “Why do the Dutch make so many jokes about the Belgians? Because they’re cheap”) This is a great expression because it sheds a light on the sense of sarcasm of Portuguese speakers. It was originally used to describe a set of unenforced laws that officially banned the slave trade across the Portuguese Empire in the early 19th century. A brand new car is being launched in Portugal, which includes space in the boot for a child. It's called the Renault McCann Portuguese humor is as diverse and entertaining as the culture itself. In this article, we’ve gathered a selection of funny one-liners and jokes that celebrate the spirit of Portugal.