PORRADA :

The meaning of PORRADA :

Porrada is a slang for a physical conflict between two or more individuals, a fight.

Example:

Se não parar de me irritar, vou te encher de porrada!

If you don't stop annoying me, I'll beat the crap out of you!

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IMPERFECT PAST TENSE - VERBS ENDING IN -AR, -ER, IR ( PART 1 ) :

The Imperfect Past Tense is used:

a. To express habitual action in the past as expressed in English by "used to":

Ele viajava muito .............. He used to travel a lot.
Eu dançava bem ............ I used to dance well.
Estudávamos pela manhã ......... We used to study in the morning

Notice the difference between the perfect past and the imperfect past tenses in the examples below :

Ontem eu visitei Petrópolis ( Yesterday I visited Petrópolis) - a completed action in the past.

Quando menino, eu viajava muito com meu pai. ( When I was a boy I used to travel with my father) - a habitual action in the past,.

Ref.: Learning Portuguese . Ed. Disal.

EXPRESSIONS WITH "ESTAR COM " :

Estar  com pressa :              to be in a hurry
Estar com fome :                 to be hungry
Estar com sede :                  to be thirsty
Estar com frio :                    to be cold
Estar com medo :                 to be afraid
Estar com pena de :             to be sorry for
Estar com sono :                  to be sleepy
Estar com febre :                  to have fever
Estar com vontade de :         to want to do something
Estar com dor de cabeça :     to have headache
Estar com dor de garganta :  to have a sore throat
Estar com dor de estomago: to  have stomachache
Estar com preguiça :             to feel lazy
Estar com calor :                   to feel hot

Example: Eu estou com sede ( I am thirsty );  Ela está com sono ( She is sleepy ) ; Nós estamos com preguiça ( We are lazy ).
ref.: Learning Portuguese ( Ed. Disal)

ADVERBS - JÁ , NUNCA AND AINDA NÃO :

Use of "já"( already ) "nunca" ( never ) and " ainda não " (not yet) with the perfect past tense:

The perfect past tense is used with the expression já, nunca and ainda não, while in English , quite often, the present perfect tense is used.

Examples:

Você já visitou o Rio de Janeiro ?

( Have you already (ever) visited Rio de Janeiro? )

Eu nunca visitei.

( I have never visited it )

Eles ainda não lavaram o carro.

(They haven't washed the car yet ).

ref.: Learning English. Ed. Disal.

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