É mais barato viajar na TAP

Vigo - Street scene

É mais barato viajar na TAP a partir de Vigo que do Porto

ENGLISH (According to Google Translator)

“It is cheaper to travel in TAP from Vigo Port”

However I’m inclined to think it should read, “It is cheaper to travel by TAP (The Portuguese airline) from Vigo rather than from Porto"

Words/Phrases

Viajar/To travel

É mais barato/It is cheaper

NB

Vigo, Spain is 154km north of Porto, Portugal

The difference in TAP costs may vary between 100 and 600 euros on long journeys

Link to dn.pt

Princesa Diana vai ter uma estátua

Princesa Diana vai ter uma estátua em Londres

ENGLISH

Princess Diana will have a statue in London

Today’s phrase

Vai ter/Will have

Link to cmjornal.pt

Um fim de semana em Lisboa

Lisboa

Um fim de semana em Lisboa, a “nova cidade mais cool da Europa”

ENGLISH

A weekend in Lisbon, the "coolest new city in Europe"

Words/Phrases

Um fim de semana/A weekend

Nova cidade mais cool/Literally new city most cool

Link to observador.pt

Porto restringe transporte turístico

Porto electrico

Porto restringe transporte turístico e impõe normas ambientais

ENGLISH

Porto restricts tourist transportation and imposes environmental standards

Today’s Words/Phrases

Impõe/Imposes

Normas ambientais/Environmental standards

Link to cmjornal.pt

Os portuenses

Porto tram

“Os portuenses que gostam mais da sua cidade”

ENGLISH

"The Porto people are the ones who like their city better"

Today’s Words/Phrases

Os portuenses/The people who live in Porto

São aqueles/Are the ones

Gostam/From the verb gostar

Note

I think portuenses should have had a capital P

Link to tobservador.pt

Surpresa: Portugal tem os melhores

Lounge - Lisboa Poets Hostel

Surpresa: Portugal tem os melhores hostels do-mundo

ENGLISH

Surprise: Portugal has the best hostels of the world

Today’s Words/Phrases

Surpresa/Surprise

Tem os melhores/Has the best

Do mundo/In the world

Note

For some inexplicable reason the Poets Hostel was not included in the survey therefore I have rectified the matter by including a photograph of their very comfortable lounge.

Link to observador.pt

Como começar a ler Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa

Como começar a ler Fernando Pessoa e seus outros Eus

ENGLISH

How to start reading Fernando Pessoa and his other Egos

Today’s Words/Phrases

Começar/Start

A ler/Reading

E seus outros Eus/And his other egos

Pessoa was a prolific writer, and not only under his own name, for he dreamed up approximately seventy-five others. He did not call them pseudonyms because he felt that did not capture their true independent intellectual life and instead called them heteronyms. These imaginary figures sometimes held unpopular or extreme views. - Wikipedia

Note

Começar a fazer

To begin or start to do

Link to Nexojornal

Bicicletas e uso obrigatório de capacete

Bicicletas e uso obrigatório de capacete

ENGLISH

Bicycles and mandatory helmet use

Today’s Words/Phrases

Bicicletas/Bicycles

Capacete/Helmet

Uso obrigatório/Mandatory

Note the photograph is a construction helmet but I thought it looked quite appropriate.

Uso is from the Portuguese verb usar

Link to obervador

Rivoli do Porto celebra o seu 85º aniversário

Rivoli theatre - Porto

The headline at cmjornal.pt/ actually reads

 Rivoli do Porto celebra 85 anos em festa 

ENGLISH

Rivoli do Porto celebrates 85 years in celebration

Comment

Rivoli do Porto celebra o seu 85º aniversário

Sounds so much simpler than using celebra then em festa

Back story

O Teatro Municipal abre este sábado as suas portas para 15 horas de atividades de entrada gratuita.

ENGLISH

The Municipal Theater opens this Saturday its doors for 15 hours of free entry activities.

‘Brexit’ não vai afetar relações com Portugal

‘Brexit’ não vai afetar relações com Portugal

ENGLISH

'Brexit' will not affect relations with Portugal

Back story 

Ministra britânica da Cultura diz que ‘Brexit’ não vai afetar relações com Portugal

ENGLISH

British Minister of Culture says 'Brexit' will not affect relations with Portugal

Today’s words/phrases

Não vai/Will not

Afetar/Affect

Link to observador.pt 

Fã do pequeno-almoço?

Fã do pequeno-almoço de hotel? Vai adorar o brunch

ENGLISH

Fan of hotel breakfast? You'll love brunch.

Today’s words/phrases

Fã/Fan

Pequeno-almoço/Breakfast

Vai adorar/You’ll love

Note

The use of adorar is worth noting because amar is the Portuguese verb for love as we know it in English

Link to observador.pt 

Melhor cidade do ano

Lisbon - Best City

Lisboa eleita a melhor cidade do ano

ENGLISH

Lisbon elected the best city of the year

Words/Phrases

Eleita/Elected

Do ano/Of the year

Back story

It is the prize of the prizes, at least for Wallpaper magazine: Lisbon was considered the "Best City" of the year following the Wallpaper Design Awards, thus dethroning competing destinations like San Francisco in the United States and Vienna in Austria.

Link to observador.pt 

Ginja é um licor de cereja doce

Ginjinha bar

Ginja é um licor de cereja doce que se originou em Lisboa

English
Ginja is a sweet cherry liqueur that originated in Lisbon

Today's words/phrases
Licor/Liqueur   Doce/Sweet

Sound/The G in Ginja sounds like the sound of G in "Gee whiz!"
Last night I recalled a sweet liqueur I was given to taste while in Lisboa.
And this is what I found.

Ginjinha Bar Lisbon and the Ginja Drink
Ginja is a sweet cherry liqueur that originated in Lisbon, and the small A Ginjinha bar is the traditional home of the drink. The A Ginjinha bar, also known as Ginjinha Espinheira bar, provides visitors with the opportunity to sample this wonderfully strong and sweet alcoholic drink. Ginja is based upon a fortified wine that has been infused with Ginja cherries and combined with vast amounts of sugar.

Link to Lisbon Portugal Guide

Vamos lá! Por Portugal

Carnival masks at Podence Tras Os Montes

Vamos lá! Por Portugal. Um guia que reúne o melhor do interior do país

ENGLISH

Come on! By Portugal. A guide that brings together the best of the interior of the country.

Today's words phrases

Vamos lá!/Come on/And from what I've learned so far 

it can also mean let's go in the context of the party is over so let's go.

Que reúne/brings together

In the context of the background to the picture.

A festa dos caretos de Podence é uma das recomendações obrigatórias.

ENGLISH

The Feast of the Carthesians of Podence is one of the obligatory recommendations.

Link to observador.pt 

Gosto de mulheres

Casino de Lisboa

Ana Dias mostra, no Casino de Lisboa, 19 fotografias da sua autoria publicadas em edições internacionais da revista Playboy. “Gosto de mulheres que amem o seu corpo", afirma.

ENGLISH

Ana Dias shows, at the Casino de Lisboa, 19 photographs of her own published in international editions of Playboy magazine. "I like women who love your body," he says.

Today's words/phrases   I like women...Gosto de mulheres

Gostar is an important verb to learn and is luckily fairly easy to use. It means “to like,” but is used in various contexts. Unlike the Spanish gustar, which is a bit tricky for English-speakers to learn, gostar is a completely regular verb.

Link to observador.pt

Sara Sampaio em férias

Sara Sampaio em férias de sonho Modelo já passou por três países. 

ENGLISH

Sara Sampaio on Dream Vacation Model has already gone through three countries.

Today's words/phrases

Sonho/Dream

Passou/From the verb passar

Férias de sonho/Dream vacation

Passou por três países/Gone through three countries

Link to Correio da Manhã

Portugal mantém oitavo lugar no ranking da FIFA

Portugal mantém oitavo lugar no ranking da FIFA

ENGLISH
Portugal maintains eighth place in the FIFA ranking

Mantém from the verb manter
Oitavo/eigth
Lugar/place

Note
Looks like lugar has two uses. Place as in the above and also it is used for seat

Ele é do Porto, não do Oporto

Evening in Porto

Today's phrases Ele é do/He is from        Não do/Not from

Google Translator got it wrong with 'He is from Oporto, not from Oporto.'
And by the way this remark  Ele é do Porto, não do Oporto was made on Reddit in response to the question'

"I'm going on my first ever date tonight, and the guy I'm meeting is from Oporto, Portugal, but living in England. Any advice or things I should know? I'm 18 f and he's 21, if that helps. Thanks :)

As far as I am aware only the Poms/Brits call it Oporto.

Link to Reddit comments

Crianças da Revolução dos Cravos

Image courtesy of warisacrime.org

Today's words Crianças/Children  Revolução/Revolution/  Cravos/Carnations

With the news that the former President of the Portuguese Republic and prime-minister Mário Soares has died, mention of the Carnation Revolution was made and it brought to mind my visit to Lisbon and meeting a lass who was proud of being one of the 'Children of the Carnation Revolution' where the revolutionaries didn't turn to violence but instead stuck a carnation in the armed force's gun barrels.

Ronaldo é o melhor jogador do Mundo

Today's words melhor/best  jogador/player  Mundo/World

Ronaldo é o melhor jogador do Mundo

Ronaldo is the best player in the world

Dardos no Porto - Darts in Porto

Porto from Gaia

Today's words are: Dardos/Darts Bilhares/Billiards and Setas which is arrows and in the case of the question related to darts

The question was Cafés no Porto que tenham dardos/setas?
One answer was;
Café Coqueluche, na Rua da Boavista.
Café Whooping Cough, at Rua da Boavista.
and the other
Tens o Bilhares, em Gaia, perto do El Corte Inglês.
You have the Billiards in Gaia, close to El Corte Inglês.

Link to RedditPortugal