tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592697585915916071.post431901482390461566..comments2023-08-28T17:02:27.341-05:00Comments on Go Goiano: Brazilian Slang - ShowAmaris in Wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10709934116485026384noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592697585915916071.post-23206236538075154242017-01-21T08:00:59.630-06:002017-01-21T08:00:59.630-06:00Hmm, I think the English word "show" cam...Hmm, I think the English word "show" came into Brazilian Portuguese not via anything related to sports, but for a meaning which probably comes all the way from the '70s or '80s, or even earlier: a band's concert. It's more or less the sense you initially mentioned: a public exhibition, and I figure it probably might have been current in English by that same time (otherwise it wouldn't have been "imported" in the first place, right?). We actually use "concerto" to mean an orchestra's concert, which makes the English "concert" for e.g. pop singers sound quite weird when one first learns of it.<br /><br />The expression "show de bola" probably arose in sports TV shows, certainly meaning "a great display of skill with the soccer ball", but I believe it only got popular, to the point of becoming a major part of Brazilian slang, through overuse by variety TV host Luciano Huck, who constantly used/uses it as an interjection intended to mean "awesome!" or "cool!". I also believe just saying "show!" for short eventually evolved from it.<br /><br />Sorry for necro'ing your old post, I was googling for observations of foreigners on our home-made use of the word "show".Aydian Archyronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577909951936789979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592697585915916071.post-43508654119974957612012-10-17T07:48:00.114-05:002012-10-17T07:48:00.114-05:00Aw, thanks! I hope this little blog is something a...Aw, thanks! I hope this little blog is something along the lines of the CliffsNotes i never had. :] <br /><br /><i>You know, <b>back when</b> i arrived... i had to walk uphill — both ways.</i> ;)Amaris in Wonderlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10709934116485026384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592697585915916071.post-16680481346754199752012-10-15T12:03:27.926-05:002012-10-15T12:03:27.926-05:00I love the way you teach and inform. Sure wish mo...I love the way you teach and inform. Sure wish more of my teachers had been like you.<br /><br />You really should write a guidebook. Alisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12602342692297028015noreply@blogger.com