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

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Change takes decades," he says. "For example, it can take 200 years to see full-grown Mediterranean forests from the bare soil after a fire." Elbow pain”, the literal translation of dor de cotovelo, may sound pointless. It’s used to describe that lingering sinking heart feeling you get over unrequited love or a dramatic breakup. 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.

This one is slightly off-color, only in a sort of dadlike way. Tirar (uma) água do joelho literally means “to get (some) water off one’s knees”, which under normal circumstances shouldn’t be possible. If you are told to go comb monkeys or to go bother Camões, you are being politely asked to go and bother someone else and leave the person speaking to you alone! In case you don’t know, Camões was a very well-known Portuguese poetry writer from the 16 thcentury that wrote the Portuguese famous book called “Os Lusíadas”, which tells the story of Portugal. Second-day-off”, “third-day-off”, “fourth-day-off”, fifth-day-off”, and “sixth-day-off”: I wish my plans for this week were this exciting. Yet surprisingly, that’s just the literal translation of Portuguese weekday names. Oliveira and Santos asked an environmentalist friend who volunteered for GLAN to speak with their children. The friend then introduced them to four young Portuguese who lived in central Portugal near the forest of Leiria, which went up in flames during the 2017 heatwave.The Portuguese believe every region of Portugal is unique and you can’t know Portugal just by visiting a few cities. It’s definitely worth it to explore just a little bit more and soak up the cultures and diversity. 10. Never say the Portuguese are lazy

Procurar pelo em ovo, or “to look for hair on an egg”, has roughly the same usage. 3. Nem que a vaca tussa

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The word pernilongo derives from the standard spelling of the phrase “long leg”, perna longa, which oddly is Bugs Bunny’s name in Portuguese. 13. Bate-boca Dutch husband to Dutch wife: “Put your coat on, dear.” “Why, darling, are we going out?” “No, I am. So I’ll just turn the heating off.” But when lawyers at GLAN suggested suing governments via the European Court of Human Rights, he hesitated. He wasn't sure what a lawsuit was, only that it was "something adults did to each other." You may be aware of how beautiful and poetic Portuguese sounds most of the time. But today I want to show you another side of the language that flies under most learners’ radar: Portuguese can be so freaking hilarious too! 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

I’ve had all the tests, and the doctor tells me there’s no question, I’m xenophobic. That’s another bloody illness the Hungarians have given me.” Another simply couldn't choose between them all - and why should Ruth have to? She can just 'entertain' her colleagues with the lot: 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. While the origin of this phrase is controversial, some folks argue it references the very real physical pain you’ll feel on your elbows after a night spent drowning your sorrows at the bar. 17. Botar a boca no trombone The Portuguese have a long love affair with coffee and are proud of their product. The espresso is part of their culture. They drink it morning, noon and night so you should probably just acquire a taste for it.

6. Papa needs his medicine

Ok, I am happy to say this one does not involve any bad words. It is a common word pun, involving a proverb.