Tuesday, 31 January 2017

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


Monday, 30 January 2017

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


Saturday, 28 January 2017

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


Friday, 27 January 2017

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

Thursday, 26 January 2017

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


Tuesday, 24 January 2017

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

Monday, 23 January 2017

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