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Expressions from Belo Horizonte

Barango: something tasteless, unfashionable, tacky


Bololô: scuffle


Boto fé: I believe in this


Breguete: something, some object


Conversa fiada: chatter


De vera: it's true


Ê Trem bão: something good


Esgandaiado: shaggy, disheveled


Falatório: gabble


Foi pro o beleléu / Foi pro brejo: something went wrong


Lavar a égua: take advantage


Paia: something bad

 

Quitanda: snack, usually homemade


Trem: besides of meaning train, this word can mean "thing"

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