Comments on: Pagar Mico http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/pagar-mico/ Language and Culture of the Portuguese-Speaking World Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:49:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carla http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/pagar-mico/comment-page-1/#comment-2169 Carla Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:08:22 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/pagar-mico/#comment-2169 That's right, Carol! To make a faux pas is the suitable expression. Excellent post. Thank you That’s right, Carol! To make a faux pas is the suitable expression. Excellent post.
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]]> By: Carol http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/pagar-mico/comment-page-1/#comment-2168 Carol Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:29:11 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/pagar-mico/#comment-2168 'Pagar mico' means 'to make a faux pas' in English. It happens whenever you are involved in embarassing situations such as that that follows, "You've been invited to a friend's party, but you haven't been introduced to his kins yet, you may happen to look at an old lady and say to your friend, 'Can you see that woman over there? She's ugly, isn't she?', and surprisingly your friend answers 'She's my mom!', and then you try to fix everything up by continuing, 'not that woman, that one sitting on the sofa', and angrily your friend replies, 'That's my sister.' ‘Pagar mico’ means ‘to make a faux pas’ in English. It happens whenever you are involved in embarassing situations such as that that follows, “You’ve been invited to a friend’s party, but you haven’t been introduced to his kins yet, you may happen to look at an old lady and say to your friend, ‘Can you see that woman over there? She’s ugly, isn’t she?’, and surprisingly your friend answers ‘She’s my mom!’, and then you try to fix everything up by continuing, ‘not that woman, that one sitting on the sofa’, and angrily your friend replies, ‘That’s my sister.’

]]> By: Johnny http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/pagar-mico/comment-page-1/#comment-2167 Johnny Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:10:45 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/pagar-mico/#comment-2167 Sorry, in portuguese: Em São Paulo se diz "quebrar a cara" quando algo DÁ errado - Jonas apostou tudo e quebrou a cara (perdeu). Dirceu tentou levar vantagem e quebrou a cara (não conseguiu). Não confundir com "brigar" (fight) - Vou te quebrar a cara! (vou bater em você). "Pisar na bola" ou "pisar no tomate" é FAZER errado, dar "mancada" - Jonas disse que ia me pagar hoje e não pagou; ele pisou na bola comigo. Dirceu pisou no tomate, falou mau da Ana. Já "pagar mico" é passar por uma situação embaraçosa, muitas vezes engraçada (para os outros) - Jonas tem uma voz horrível, pagou o maior mico no karaokê. Sorry, in portuguese:
Em São Paulo se diz “quebrar a cara” quando algo DÁ errado – Jonas apostou tudo e quebrou a cara (perdeu). Dirceu tentou levar vantagem e quebrou a cara (não conseguiu). Não confundir com “brigar” (fight) – Vou te quebrar a cara! (vou bater em você).
“Pisar na bola” ou “pisar no tomate” é FAZER errado, dar “mancada” – Jonas disse que ia me pagar hoje e não pagou; ele pisou na bola comigo. Dirceu pisou no tomate, falou mau da Ana.
Já “pagar mico” é passar por uma situação embaraçosa, muitas vezes engraçada (para os outros) – Jonas tem uma voz horrível, pagou o maior mico no karaokê.

]]> By: Coperçúcar http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/pagar-mico/comment-page-1/#comment-2166 Coperçúcar Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:45:45 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/pagar-mico/#comment-2166 The original meaning of this expression stems from a game of cards called "mico". Each card has an animal in it and everyone discards or passes one card around (I don't remember it exactly). Whoever is left with the monkey at the end of the game is the loser and has to "pay" a penalty. A very common penalty is getting black spots stamped on the face with a slightly burned bottle cork. The original meaning of this expression stems from a game of cards called “mico”. Each card has an animal in it and everyone discards or passes one card around (I don’t remember it exactly). Whoever is left with the monkey at the end of the game is the loser and has to “pay” a penalty. A very common penalty is getting black spots stamped on the face with a slightly burned bottle cork.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/pagar-mico/comment-page-1/#comment-2165 Andrew Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:56:23 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/pagar-mico/#comment-2165 the word FIASCO is used in brazil portuguese. the word FIASCO is used in USA as well both means "something that went down...collapsed" like "the police, in pursuit of a thug, crashed the police car into a barber-shop; what a FIASCO" the word FIASCO is used in brazil portuguese.

the word FIASCO is used in USA as well

both means “something that went down…collapsed”

like “the police, in pursuit of a thug, crashed the police car into a barber-shop; what a FIASCO”

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