10 Things You Don't (and Should) Know About Brazil

10 things you don’t (and should) know about Brazil

By Fernanda Santos

1. We speak PORTUGUESE, not Spanish!!!

2. We don’t ride monkeys, elephants, tigers and anything like that.

3. Yes, we know American shows. We do have television and internet and cellphones in Brazil.

4^th- We spell it Brasil with an “S” NOT with “z”.

5^th- Our traditional dish is rice, beans, French fries and meat (we eat a bunch of meat).

6^th- “Chow” is how you say “bye” in Portuguese and it is written tchau.

7^th- We hug a lot for no reason, so if I am hugging you that does not mean I am in love with you.

8^th- We love soccer, the carnival and the beach, but that isn’t everything we think about.

9^th-Everytime we run into someone we give two kisses on the cheek, and we ALWAYS say goodbye when we are leaving a place.

10^th-We love the American culture, and we love tourists so come visit us!