Follow a chilly morning near Christmas in Portugal, from bundling up against the cold to an evening of Indian food with friends. This A2 reading builds vocabulary for winter clothing, gift shopping, and the connectors that hold a story together.
What you’ll learn
- Christmas and winter vocabulary in Portuguese
- how Portuguese families celebrate Natal
- connectors such as por isso and como
Texto
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Hoje é feriado e, por isso, não trabalho.Today is a public holiday, so I am not working. Quero sair para a rua e passear com a minha namorada.I want to go out and go for a walk with my girlfriend. Está frio e preciso de vestir muita roupa, porque não quero ficar constipado.It is cold and I need to put on a lot of clothes, because I do not want to catch a cold. Vou pôr também um gorro e um cachecol.I am also going to put on a beanie and a scarf. Sou friorento.I feel the cold easily.
A minha namorada não gosta de vestir muita roupa: ela é calorenta.My girlfriend does not like wearing a lot of clothes. She feels the heat easily.
Como estamos perto do Natal, precisamos de passar por algumas lojas para comprar os presentes para os nossos amigos e família e vamos aproveitar para fazer isso hoje.Since we are close to Christmas, we need to stop by a few shops to buy presents for our friends and family, and we are going to take the chance to do that today.
Os nossos amigos e a nossa família não são muito exigentes, então, queremos apenas comprar uma lembrança para cada um.Our friends and family are not very demanding, so we just want to buy a small gift for each one. O Natal é um período muito importante para os portugueses e para toda a minha família e toda a gente em Portugal está empolgada.Christmas is a very important time for the Portuguese, and for my whole family, and everyone in Portugal is excited.
Hoje, nós pensamos sair de casa por volta das três da tarde e passar o dia fora.Today, we are thinking of leaving the house around three in the afternoon and spending the day out. Ainda são 9 da manhã, então ainda temos bastante tempo para relaxar.It is still nine in the morning, so we still have plenty of time to relax.
Este dia promete.This day looks promising. Está frio mas não está a chover e vai ser bom caminhar ao som de músicas de Natal e ver as ruas cheias de luzes de Natal.It is cold but it is not raining, and it will be nice to walk to the sound of Christmas songs and see the streets full of Christmas lights.
À noite acho que vamos jantar num restaurante perto da nossa casa.In the evening I think we are going to have dinner at a restaurant near our house. Eles têm boa comida indiana e são muito simpáticos.They have good Indian food and they are very friendly.
Vocabulário
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- o feriado
- the public holiday
- passear
- to go for a walk
- ficar constipado
- to catch a cold (not "constipated")
- friorento, friorenta
- someone who feels the cold easily
- calorento, calorenta
- someone who feels the heat easily
- o gorro
- the beanie, the wool hat
- o cachecol
- the scarf
- exigente
- demanding, fussy
- a lembrança
- the small gift, the keepsake
- empolgado, empolgada
- excited
Perguntas
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