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[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

My 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".

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