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🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro & Brazil Slang Dictionary

Master local expressions, street dialect, and authentic street talk spoken in Rio de Janeiro & Brazil. Select a term below to see definitions and example usage sentences.

cara Dude / man / guy (extremely common address). maneiro Cool, awesome, or nice ('Que festa maneira!'). mermĂŁo Brother / bro (contraction of 'meu irmĂŁo'). pra caramba A lot / extremely / like crazy. valeu Thanks! / Bye! / Cheers! (Universal casual Carioca sign-off).