10 Brazilian Expressions With Numbers You Need to Know
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This document lists and defines 10 common Brazilian expressions that use numbers. The expressions include "zero à esquerda" meaning an unsuccessful person, "duas cabeças pensam melhor que uma" meaning two heads are better than one, and "171" which is slang referring to a dishonest person based on a section of the Brazilian Criminal Code.
10 Brazilian Expressions With Numbers You Need to Know
- 1. 10 Brazilian Expressions With Numbers You Need to Know
- 2. Zero à esquerda Literally: zero on the left Meaning: unsuccessful person
- 3. Duas cabeças pensam melhor que uma Two heads are better than one
- 4. Trocar seis por meia dúzia Six of one and half a dozen of the other
- 5. Matar dois coelhos com uma cajadada só Literally: kill two rabbits with one blow Meaning: kill two birds with one stone
- 6. (Ser o/a) número um The best, the number one
- 7. Ser 8 ou 80 Literally: to be 8 or 80 Meaning: black and white. Absolutely right or wrong, good or bad.
- 8. Um é pouco, dois é bom, três é demais Two’s company, three’s a crowd
- 9. Aos quatro ventos To be scattered to the four winds
- 10. Quando um não quer dois não brigam Literally: when one doesn’t want two won’t argue Meaning: it takes two to tango
- 11. 171 Slang associated with the 171 section of the Brazilian Criminal Code which refers to fraud. It’s used to describe a dishonest person.