Your Weekly Word # 3

Your word today is beer:

• Cerveja

Cerveja is a feminine noun: 

• a cerveja

In Brazil, we like our beer very cold. So you commonly hear Brazilians ordering beer like this:

• Uma cerveja bem gelada, por favor. (A very cold beer, please.)

And here is how you order one more beer:

• Mais uma cerveja, por favor. (One more beer, please.)

If you hang out with Brazilians, you certainly have noticed that we use a lot of diminutives. Here is how we invite friends to drink beer:

• Que tal uma cervejinha bem gelada? (How about a very cold "little" beer?)

Watch the video to learn the universal Brazilian gesture to order a beer: