Brazilian Portuguese→English

Translate Brazilian Portuguese to English the way locals mean it.

Brazilian Portuguese often softens requests, uses everyday idioms, and turns ordinary words into meanings a textbook reader would miss.

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474 local dialects

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What locals actually say

Pode deixar que eu resolvo isso.

Don’t worry, I’ll handle it.

“Pode deixar” literally means “you can leave it,” but it signals reassurance and willingness to take responsibility.

Você tá viajando, né?

You’re way off, aren’t you?

“Tá viajando” literally means “you’re traveling,” but colloquially says someone is mistaken or out of touch, while “né” softens the challenge.

Eu apaguei ontem e nem vi sua mensagem.

I crashed yesterday and didn’t even see your message.

“Apaguei” literally means “I erased,” but in this context it means the speaker fell asleep or passed out from tiredness.

Você consegue me mandar sua chave Pix?

Can you send me your Pix key?

Pix is Brazil’s instant payment system, and chave Pix is the local term for its payment identifier. Você marks the direct, informal register.

Pra chegar na estação, pega o ônibus 107 e desce no ponto final.

To get to the station, take bus 107 and get off at the last stop.

Ônibus is the Brazilian Portuguese word for bus. Pega and desce are colloquial commands commonly used with você in directions.

Me vê um cafezinho e um pão de queijo, por favor.

Could I get a small coffee and a pão de queijo, please?

Cafezinho uses a Brazilian Portuguese diminutive to signal a small, familiar coffee. Pão de queijo is Brazil’s distinctive cheese bread.

A gente vai almoçar na casa da vó domingo.

We’re having lunch at Grandma’s on Sunday.

A gente is the common informal Brazilian Portuguese construction for we. Vó is the affectionate shortened form of avó, meaning Grandma.

Tá chovendo pra caramba hoje.

It’s raining like crazy today.

Tá is the colloquial reduction of está, while chovendo shows the Brazilian gerund progressive. Pra caramba is a strongly informal intensifier.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How Brazilian Portuguese differs

Brazilian Portuguese. Você (+ a gente for we informally), gerund progressive (estou fazendo), ônibus, trem, celular, café da manhã, legal/massa for cool casually; direct warm register; New Orthography spelling.

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