Many great things come from Brazil, not only Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival and famous drinks such as Caipirinha. That’s why we pay homage to their gorgeous, sensual language in this Distrikt issue. Read on and remember to practice, practice, practice.
Fernanda Montenegro won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role on the film, “Central Station”. Gisele Bundchen is known not only for her spectacular modeling career but also for her past relationship with Leonardo Di Caprio. Both are proud Brazilians and so are these notorious characters:
Fernando Meirelles, director of “City of God”
João Gilberto, singer and composer
Caetano Veloso (1942-), singer and composer
Paulo Coelho (1947-), writer
Lúcio Costa(1902-1998), architect creator of Brasília
Gilberto Gil (1942-), singer and composer and Minister of Culture
Walter Salles, award-studded director of Central do Brasil.
These are a few of the popular futbol figures (remember they live for what Americans call SOCCER):Cafu, Pele, Zico, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Romario, Roberto Carlos, Garrincha and lets not forget the popular Formula 1 racers: Fittipaldi, Senna, Barrichello, and Piquet.
Portuguese is spoken in:
Brazil, Portugal, Angola,Mozambique, and several other Communities of Portuguese Language, Cape Verde, East Timor, European Union, Guinea Bissau, Macao S.A.R. of China, and São Tomé and Príncipe.
The total number of speakers is about 210 million. Portuguese (português) is an Iberian Romance language that originated in Portugal.
Learn some phrases, just read textually:
