Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish · 5 days agoWhat’s something you thought everyone did growing up, but later realized was just your family?message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up149
arrow-up149message-squareWhat’s something you thought everyone did growing up, but later realized was just your family?Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·5 days agoMy family has some really weird vocab, stuff other Portuguese speakers don’t use: picopato - pot rest (actual name: descanso de panela) cupesca - wooden spoon (actual name: colher de pau) fuéun - a measurement unit, between a level and a full tablespoon levar aqui - to bring, literally “to send here”. (actual verb: trazer) curica - the household cats, when you either don’t know which one did something or you’re talking about both at the same time aguete - when you ask what’s for lunch, my folks typically answer “aguete!” to convey “shoo, let me cook”.
My family has some really weird vocab, stuff other Portuguese speakers don’t use: