Food 2

Meal deals
In Brazil and Portugal, o almoço is a very important meal. Most people eat it around noon and usually like to do it in the company of coworkers, friends or family.
o almoço
lunch
If you just grab something quick or light like a sandwich, that’s um lanche.
um lanche​
a snack​
If life gives you lemons...
In English, lemon is a yellow fruit, and a lime is green.
In Portugal these fruits have similar names and color: the limão is yellow and the lima is green.
limão
lemon
But in Brazil it is the opposite! The limão is usually green, so don't be surprised if someone offers you a green limonada.
Talk through your nose
You might have noticed little wavy marks on some letters in Portuguese, like in ã.
This mark over a letter means you need to speak it through your nose.
maçã
maçã, limão, refeição
As ung in sung but a little stronger and nasal.

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