I can hardly wait.

There are 3 ways that Brazilians use to say that something hard to wait for. The most common is with “mal posso esperar” – “badly able to wait” (literally). We usually say “I can hardly wait” and Brazilians say, “Eu mal posso esperar”.

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Portuguese adverbs of manner

In English we say for example, “Get yourself ready, quickly” or – “He explained the rules to me, rudely.” These are called Adverbs of Manner because they express the manner in which something happened. Just as with other Portuguese Adverbs these always ad emphasis and emotion. They are usually trailer-hitched onto the end of a…

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