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Fica à Vontade

Posted By jhall on August 5th, 2010

ficar a vontade

‘Remain to your will‘ is the literal translation but, não pegar o pé da letra – you can’t take this one literally!

I first heard this from a stewardess on-route to Brazil: “fica à vontade” – she said after I had asked if I could see what newspapers they had.

Be my guest, make yourself at home, feel free to… > do what you need to do, don’t worry about me.

Can also mean “Relax, unwind” for example, after getting home from work you change into more comfortable clothes in order to “FICAR À VONTADE” .. entendeu?

> ‘Entra, senta e fica à vontade’ *as the saying goes.

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2 Responses to “Fica à Vontade”

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June 14, 2010 at 7:54 pm

Incrível blog. Parabéns. Realmente um dos melhores para quem quer aprender brasileiro… o que digo? O Portugês falado no Brasil. Anteriormente fiz um comentario sobre os flascards y sobre Anki, um aplicativo gratuito. Eu falo Espanhol, Ingles. Gostaria de falar com brasilerios pelo Skype. Algum site? Alguma dica?
jhall says:

June 15, 2010 at 5:11 am

Valeu! … this looks primissing: http://www.exchangealanguage.com/

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