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False friends: oi

Posted on July 27th, 2007 in Language

The moment you set foot on Brazil people will greet you with the word oi! Do not panic, they are not trying to attract your attention because they are angry. Oi! means simply hi!

If you want to render the English oi! into Portuguese, go for something like ei!

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This post has 3 comments

Brandon Watts
July 28th, 2007
That’s good to know!

Brandon Watts
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Aaron
July 29th, 2007
Very good to know! I plan on making the trip to Sao Paulo this winter in NYC – your summer Looks like this site will be one of my many references before I go.

I found your site on the Blogger’s Choice Awards where it’s up for Best Travel Blog. I’m glad I did! I gave you a vote.
Tony
July 30th, 2007
Thanks for your comments and your vote, Aaron. In case you read Spanish, I’ve just started a blog on São Paulo: Blog de São Paulo – might be helpful for your forthcoming trip as well. I’d love to have a version in English too but as I have no financial support this is as far as I can go for the time being.