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The Real Brazilian Slang

One day when I was whipping together some garlic bread bruchetta that the kids in the NGO of Rocinha (largest favela in Rio) would wrinkle their noses at, a kid decided I needed to know more Brazilian slang. He stepped forward and methodically taught me how to tell people I…

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