31 Fun Facts about Portuguese People 🇵🇹
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If it is a girl they says obrigada, if it is a male we say obrigado( feminino and masculine).
We say Até logo not hasta luego
Our fav Portuguese couple right here ahah , and no , girls here dont have a mustache and are very very pretty in my opinion
Carlos Saraiva well.... you losing nothing 😀 I have opened an instagram account published a couple of posts some years ago and never logged in to checked it again 😀
Carlos Saraiva posting photos
@@tramagacity and we even say ate logo even tought "logo" (which means, later on) will not most likely be the case on when we going to meet you xD
Me, a noble and proud Portuguese man:
*sees a video of "fun facts about portuguese people*
*puts on my portuguese suit of armor so I can defend my nation's glory in the comments*
*watches the video*
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"Nah yeah, it's spot on."
Haha. You are hilarious 😆 thank for this comment ❤️
Mikas 666 having said all that. The Portuguese are the most lovely and welcoming people. I’m proud that l have Portuguese friends who regard me as family.
Totally !!!!! we are so paced hence always late hence tail driving ...
so true xD
@@oliviaperrin1146 glad to hear that, I'm really proud to be part of the most warm welcoming country, but most of you tourists visit only the seaside city's like Oporto and Lisbon or even Algarve (I'm not complaining k?♥️) but if u go to the less populated areas of the central north who we call "Trás-os-Montes" what means something like "Behind the hills" the people treat you like family at first sight, it's wonderful 20 times better than by the sea
Enjoy♥️
Fun Fact: We curse a lot and everytime we see someting about Portugal we always say "PORTUGAL CARALHO!!!".
Yup ahahah
Hmm no... Mainly uneducated people or people from the North of the country (it's a thing to curse in the North). But I fully disagree that we curse a lot. To say Fodass maybe but other than that I don't think so. Most of my friends and family do not. So I can't apply this to the Portuguese reality.
Hugo Fernandes r/woosh
@John Peters where to start with... Well first of all: Portuguese living in Luxembourg speak 4 to 5 languages and that does NOT make them educated. You should be in Luxembourg to see how far from the Portuguese reality they are. I believe that you should redefine your standards... An educated person would know that Madeira even though is torwards the south of Portugal is not considered south but Islands instead. North and South in Portugal it always refers to continental Portugal. And I wish that you could have had the opportunity of meeting Portuguese people that curse a little less - by this I mean not to say a bad word in every 3 words spoken - you would be a better person. Cheers mate. No hate!
@John Peters I believe that you need to travel more. Following Kant's theories, we learn with experience and you have definitely lack of it. Just for you to know, my country is compose for the most mixed genetics in Europe. Also, culturally speaking, we are indeed very different. So even though you prefer to continuing preaching and saying that most Portuguese curse all the time, do it. But your ignorance will probably silent you... Cheers mate
As living here for around 4 years I agree with the most of the facts. But being more positive I will say that Portuguese people are very warm and welcoming. Whenever you visit Portuguese family, you will be always treated as their family member. Especially when it comes to the food, they will always give you as much as possible food and drinks like it's your last day on earth :)
We agree but remember that we just showcased the answers that the Portuguese replied to us ❤️
Yes, but it's also because Portuguese are proud people 😃
@@joenandamalie we do like to please, but at the same time we usually don't have much. So, food is a good way to make you feel that you're welcome, part of the family.
We have a old saying that says: in a table of a Portuguese we can accommodate more 2 or 3 people.
If you like to train your Portuguese, just say so, and everyone will enjoy to point at something and say it in Portuguese. Maybe even saying in English and in Portuguese, so you can learn faster. But we will insist that you have a great pronunciation, no shortcuts in there.
"Rodriguez" is not Portuguese but rather the Spanish version of the portuguese "Rodrigues"!
It's fact #25 actually.
I was thinking about that! Made me mad!!!
She tried to say it right, its about accents, try and say any Turkish name, not gonna nail it...
Both versions are descending from the visigods "Roderich" ,it's a german name, caralho!
@@rideandsmile822 the ending in -es or -ez comes from the Arabic, to say 'son of someone' - Rodrigues means son of Rodrigo...
I found hilarious when you said that portuguese switch right back to english when tourists try to speak our language, it's so true. Because mainly, i think, we know that learning the language from a 10 second talk won't get you too far and people don't have the time neither the patience to speak the native language when, we know for sure, you won't understand a word unless we repeat it at least 5 times. So that's kinda pointless and that's why we switch back to english to get the conversation rolling and try to be helpful towards tourists.
Although, if you want to talk in portuguese to learn the language, people would be more enthusiastic about it if you do it when they are relaxing in coffees, restaurants or bars perhaps, especially if alcohol is around.
The fact regarding we talking about food when we eat at any time of the day it's really on point, maybe that's what makes us have such rich gastronomy
Portuguese people be like: *gets one leg broken* yeah I'm alright. It is just a scratch
Thats so fucking true hahahah, i remember my buddy got bitten by something while we were on the beach (i don‘t remember what exactly bit or snipped at him) but it took a chunk out of his arm and he was just like „yeah just get me a towel ill be aight“
true
How... Did you... Know?
Right, and sometimes we go from "its just a scratch" to "I dont even know how you didnt broke more bones" we are just hilarious 😂
escolas: bebe chá
Having many names is in fact a way to honor and remember our ancestors. My son, for example, has 5 names: one individual first name and the other 4 names are each one the last name of each one of his grandparents. Remembering where you come from is important. Having many names has another advantage: it becomes unlikely that someone else has the same exact 5 or 6 names you have, in the same sequence. So, your name becomes a true form of identification. There are millions of John Smiths, so the name is actually useless as identification, but there are probably very few João Almeida Cunha de Sousa Brito Vaz. :-)
@@rayvogensen2983 and why is that a problem?
Only know people with 3 and 4 names.
Nice custom
Ray Vogensen that’s a sign of equality between women and men...
@@raquelbulhoes4693 - Não é um problema, mas não reflectirá já uma precaução das mulheres , para o caso de se divorciarem passados alguns anos ...? É uma pergunta, mas não necessita resposta ...
Many portuguese are real cofee lovers. They enjoy it sugar free. Like myself.
Geralmente, eu diria que não. Eu sou como o senhor, mas a maioria não é.
@@duartesilva7907 , de acordo.
And myself
Falso
we aren't coffee lovers. we'rejust addicted to caffeine. If wewere coffee lovers we would spend time enjoying coffe, not drinking it almost as a shot in the morning.
#25 - the only time we forgive foreigners from speaking in spanish, is if they are, indeed, from spain or a spanish speaking country. Anything else, just speak english or french... or even chinese. Just don't go with spanish :)
The portuguese driving is like everyone have a rally driver inside of them
i saw that video too months ago, that's an american guy living here i guess. it's amazing
I'm portuguese born in germany and since my childhood i see so stupid accidents in Portugal that i never saw in germany.
I think it is just lack of civility
Some of the portuguese when it comes to driving it’s like they have an old man inside them 😂
@Justin Case And don't forget: we step aside with our cars when a ambulance arrive. I lived and france, and once i have a accident with my daughter in the car. After my car stop rotate, all the 5 french cars in front and behind me, just went away without ask if we were ok. they didn't even care. And they make a urgent ambulance wait in trafic.
I'm Portuguese and like 90% of this applies to me! Just the other day, I found myself (a Benfica fan) defending Porto on Twitter to some English idiot that was trashing them, their players and Portuguese football in general. I did this, even tho I don't like Porto, I don't like most of their players and Portuguese football has a ton of things wrong with it!
Fun fact #36: Portugal is the only country in the world that has a word that means "missing someone/something ". That word is "Saudade" and it's beautiful 👌
Haha that is very Portuguese defending a some Portuguese you don’t necessarily like. 😅 Danes are the same in many ways. We always complain about our government and tax system but then we tell the world that we think it the best in the world🤨 Hehe
We love the world saudade we even made a video about it.
Also the word "desenrascar" doesnt have english translation. Basicly means the act of disentangling yourself from a difficult situation using available means.
@@ruigouveia7494 Desenrascar is the portuguese word for MacGyver :D
Can Benfica fans do that for sporting and vice versa?
Because in the Netherlands an Ajax supporter can defend PSV, but it is almost impossible for them to defend Feyenoord
@@Yodawes a benfica fan can easily defend sporting than porto.
Iam an American, my Maternal Grandfather came here from Portugal.in 1920. And Ive noticed many Portuguese people here in the USA are red headed, they are truly the original Lusitanians/ celts. Portugal is a Great country.
@Astagos in lisbon everybody ( not all ) probably has arabic ancestry..
My grandfather was ANTÓNIO, my father was ANTÓNIO, i am ANTÓNIO, and my son is ANTÓNIO too! ✌🏻
LUCAS LIRA Chega-lhes Toni
Se soubesses as Marias que andam para aí:)
A minha família paterna conta com 26 Jorge´s. Só no meu lado também são 4. O meu avô, o meu pai, o meu irmão e o meu sobrinho.
@@CitroTeam cum crlh isso é bué gente! Eu nem 26 pessoas tenho na família ao todo XD
@@helderlourenco2011 Sim, é uma família enorme. Uma prima fez a arvore geonológica e o registo "Paixão" parou aquando das invasões francesas. Parece que sou descendente dum francês qualquer que ficou por Portugal. Quase toda a familia era cristã e nas igrejas foi possivel descobrir 80% da familia.
Credo!!! Tanto Antônio
A maioria dos portugueses que falam inglês com os estrangeiros fá-lo por simpatia, gentileza e vontade de ser agradável. Uma minoria fá-lo por vaidade pessoal, para mostrar que sabe falar inglês, pretende dessa forma destacar-se dos seus compatriotas.
Existe uma característica que não foi referida e talvez uma das mais irritantes, antigas e evidentes, que é aquilo que chamamos de provincianismo, um dos nossos melhores romancistas, o Eça de Queirós escreveu a propósito dela. E o provincianismo é a tendência da maioria dos portugueses sobrevalorizar os que vêm de fora, ou os portugueses que foram para o estrangeiro estudar ou trabalhar em empregos qualificados e regressaram são sempre mais valorizados do que os que ficaram em Portugal. Não se afere da inteligência e capacidade individual das pessoas, não, se vem do estrangeiro então é melhor do que os locais. A menos que venham das ex-colónias, porque aí a conversa já é outra.
Para os portugueses essa questão da proximidade deve ser entendida como uma expressão de afeto, não pretende ser invasiva, apenas simpática e calorosa. Tocar alguém, abraçar alguém, ou beijar alguém deve ser entendido de uma forma positiva. É um traço comum a outros povos do sul da Europa. E Amelia os beijos no rosto se não existir intimidade não são dessa forma, é apenas o encostar das faces, podendo ser acompanhada ou não de som.
Ex províncias?
Disseste tudo, meu amigo
They forgot the most important thing about us: WE SAY ALOT OF BAD WORDS AND WE ARE ALWAYS CURSING EVERYTHING, CARALHO, FODA-SE 😂😂😂😂
PORTUGAL CARALHO
No, you're not screwing up your portuguese, we just like to make things easier for you because we know our language is hard to learn. If you want us to keep talking in portuguese all you have to do is ask
Yeah we learned that after living here. I would do the same if this happened with danish. Also a Portuguese person won’t know if it just a tourist reading from a parleur or if it a person who actually wants to learn the language:)
solution for the bonus fact #4: when you are trying to improve your portuguese and we (portuguese people) switch to english , just keep talking portuguese pretending that we never switch in the first place. Eventually we will get the point and switch back but we will speak a bit slowly. (it works, persistency is the key)
yeah, just let us know. you could smile and say: "quero falar português!". then you will see someone speaking really slow, maybe on repeat, with lots of gesticulation. and then you will laugh. dears, we love to help you and we can't help it. get ready for our silliness!
We speak to you in English to make your life easier... It's a kind way to make you feel confortable i think! Great video as always ;) #100ksubscribers
thank you guys, it is HUGELY appreciated for a stupid one like myself who is slow with learning. You are awesome!
@@oleksandrdanylov6076 at least you try! We appreciate it a lot 💪🏼💪🏼 tudo a correr bem 😉
@@PedroSabido122 obrigado :)
@John Peters This what???
@John Peters ma friend you are assuming that we correct people just to annoy. But is in fact to help you to improve is more about helping rather than being picky.
As I said we like people that learn our language... That effort is highly appreciated
Divergent personal facts:
1 - I hate football
2 - I drink coffee with no sugar
3 - I hardly ever drink
4 - I don't park where I'm not supposed to
5 - I try the most to get on time or before. It's a question of respect.
6 - I'm an excellent driver (I guess everybody consider themselves so)
About this last fact. We are way better than we were, maybe, 20 or 30 years ago. Then we were bad. I've driven across some countries in Europe and in the US, and I don't think we are better or worse than the others, excluding Switzerland. They are really good at following the rules. And the Italians... I really got scared both as a driver and as a pedestrian...
Now try to enter in Italy coming from Switzerland... What a shock..
Same here
My brother was in south of Italy one week, and said how bad they drive an how they doesn't respect pedestrians. And I already read Italians commenting how good we are driving and how we respect the rules and pedestrians, so... We're not perfect in that subject, but probably we're better than italians.
João Pedro Nascimento *matter of respect
Italy has 6.3 deaths per 100,000 cars and Portugal has 7.4 per 100,000 cars-go figure !
@@desmondgood4246 , number of deaths isn't always the result of bad driving, your forgetting about meteorological conditions, streets conditions, cars quality, to many variables to prove who drives worst, lol.
The portuguese and italians are very simular in some ways
Ahahah not too much, trust me, I prefer Portuguese because they've a mentality that's more open and I'm also always on late ahah
Ray Vogensen the cultures are simillar in some ways, we are very family oriented, we are very passionate and friendly and overall very fun and laid back individuals
Miguel, eu sou Italiano, nos temos muitas diferenças, acredite em mim
Nickeenji Football acredito que sim , já agora como é sabes português
Miguel Pinto se calhar usou o tradutor
most portuguese people are very helpful. Love them :)
#32 fun fact: We love STAY CLASSY VLOG🤩
❤️❤️ and we love you and Portugal 🇵🇹
Normalmente os Portugueses não começam a falar Ingles porque vocês estão a falar mal Português! Pelo menos eu faria o mesmo simplesmente para tentar ser gentil, agradar e facilitar um estrangeiro ( os portugueses normalmente gostam de estrangeiros e são muito hospitaleiros! ) :)
Concordo... É mais para tentar ajudar o melhor possível
Eu nas férias de verão trabalhei no intermarché e por vezes havia estrangeiros que tentavam comunicar em português. Apesar de os perceber sem dificuldades, eu mudava de idioma porque não queria que eles tivessem dificuldades em dizer o que pretendiam transmitir. A minha intenção era apenas facilitar-lhes a conversação. Por outras palavras, queria promover o "costumer service". Falo 4 línguas (português, espanhol, francês e inglês). Não troco de idioma porque não tenho paciência de aturar pessoas que tentam falar em português, troco apenas pela conveniência. Btw, tive muita gente (principalmente peregrinos de Santiago de Compostela) que falava para mim em espanhol e eu não levei isso a mal, pelo contrário. São pessoas que se desviaram do seu conforto e tentaram responder num idioma parecido com o meu para tentarem fazer-se entender (a não ser os franceses, esses gajos nem tentam lol)
@@Hotknife1213 Exactly, é isso mesmo o que queria transmitir com o meu comentario!! Nao é porque nao estamos a perceber ou nao queremos ouvir português "errado" mas sim porque simplesmente queremos facilitar a situação.. ( btw props por teres ajudado os peregrinos de santiago, eu proprio ja fui 3 vezes la a pé ;) abraço )
E sempre mais fácil falar em Inglês com um estrangeiro...A não ser que seja fluente em Português
The women used to have mustaches but only in villages and places in ''the end of the world''. Nowadays women don't have mustaches, we are acctualy very worried about having hair.
We speak English with other people because we don't have time or we think it's better. But when you ask us to speak portuguese so you can learn, we do it.
If you ask people, that don't know enought about the world they think Portugal is part of Spain and that is why we hate when the tourists speak Spanish.
Yes, we tend to be very proud of our national identity
Another interesting thing is that we always give 2 kisses and it has an order, you always first kiss the person's right cheeck (you go to your left). If you try to start with the other cheeck it will just be awkward because you'll both lean to the same side lol.
Same in Canada (Québec) and France
I don’t do that and I’m portuguese. Maybe it’s a family thing.
@@vommir. latin culture
Most Portuguese people have 4 names. 2 given names, the mother's last name and the father's last name (keep in mind some last names include particles like de/do/dos). Having only 1 given name (3 names in total) isn't uncommon too. Now, some people choose to give their kids more than 4 names but that's not so usual.
“ fart a lot “ ??
What ! Which Portugal are we talking about ?
Hah we don’t know. We haven’t experienced it yet 😅
1° time i ever heard that too
Above Douro we fart a lot. It's true
I'm fart a lot... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Eu adoro café, mas sem açúcar :) Café é um dos vícios dos Portugueses
Como é possível beber café sem açucar? ;))) Eu carrego tudo com açucar!
@@MSilva-wg8qh Hahah, eu pergunto como é possível encher de açúcar. Um dia destes, ofereceram-me um café já com açúcar, e não o consegui beber ;)
@susana reis Faz bem, o açúcar não é nada saudável. Vou morrer mais cedo, lá terá que ser ;). Bons vídeos!
quando era pequena não conseguia comer iogurtes sem açúcar.
Café sem açúcar não dá
In my opinion
We portuguese (at least the „new and modern generation“)
Are very open to everything, honestly.
If youre with our group at the praia and you tell us that you are gay, or lesbian or something were just like „aight, whos your crush“ and i just love it lmaoo
You think we speak loud?! Pay a visit to Spain or Italy, lol
😅😂🤣 as a Mexican I can say Italians and Spanish are loud, Spanish can be specially loud I remember taking a plane from Prague to Madrid and thinking would they shut up? 😅
I think us Portuguese can be louder.
Most of the facts are true. No one should speak bad about a Country unless you are a Citizen . That ladies with moustache was a stereotype its like saying French Ladies dont shave her arm pits or take a bath, or all the Nordic women are tall , blond with blue eyes. Portuguese are bad drivers for two reasons : they all get a license (and some of them should not get one, ever!) second since cars are very expensive anyone with a Fiat or a Renault think it is a Ferrari . Here everything is for next week, take your time, relax, work is for the Nordics :) Portuguese football is a love / hate relation, you love your club but you hate even more the other teams (specially the major ones) , so if you change club you are a traitor and traitors should be killed ( Check Viriathus History and what the Romans did )
Of course the moustache thing is a total lie but I've lived in Lisboa for 12 years-I love the city and its people but I'm as entitled to voice my complaints just as I did of Dublin where I was raised-every place on earth has a few downsides to it-a basic fact of life.
Congrats. You ve nailed it. You can consider your selves as Portuguese people. Keep up the good work.
Thank you 🙏
I believe#16 was a rumour spread by the Brazilian about Portuguese emmigrants
There is a book "O Que é Que os Portugueses Têm na Cabeça?
" from Marisa Moura that explains all that pointed out 😊👌
Thank you 🙏 that would be funny to read 🇵🇹
I deal with a lot of tourists and now when they try to speak Portuguese I answer back in Portuguese (talking a bit slower, separating the words more, without making it obvious), even though the very automatic reaction is switching to english...I think that happens almost everywhere, no? Even when the line is long with customers, I'll make the effort. I think I've changed my attitude since I heard you guys talking about that in earlier videos. I'm also learning another european language and I would like to be given that time when talking to a native. I like to see people learning Portuguese and I'll support that! I'll teach what I can.
That’s really cool of you!!. I think it is natural to swop to English because it comes more easy to both parts but for me I always get super happy if a Portuguese person continues in Portuguese :)
Thank you 🙏
put my portuguese army suit on* lets watch now.
Drinks are ordered second in portugal as you need to combine your meal with the drink. First the meal then the drink to go with it
Haha... that’s so funny!
My parents are Portuguese and most of my family members lives in Portugal. I was born in Brazil and can say that this video could also be about Brazilians. We do most of the same things, except that we say “Alô” when answering the phone.
I think that the person who said that Portuguese women have mustache is Brazilian, as this is pretty much a myth that Brazilians made up to make fun of Portuguese and some of them actually believe that. Portuguese women are gorgeous and have no mustache at all!
I've thought the same as you, I would never imagine we Brazilians have so many things in common with Portuguese people, it's unbelievable. And I'm sorry for the mustache woman joke, I have never done It. ✌🏼
Cleiton Moraes
Como meu inglês escrito é um desastre ,apesar de ter uma nora professora de inglês , respondo-lhe em português. Se a piada do bigode é dolorosa aos portugueses, infelizmente não fica por aí, estereótipos perniciosos e deletérios acerca de Portugal,são mais que muitos.É uma dor atroz.
@@cn446 Lamento por isso ,mas, não é só Portugal que sofre com esteriótipos, isso também acontece com o Brasil e vários outros países, é algo quase inevitável, a partir que a pessoa vai conhecendo o lugar , ela percebe que os esteriótipos são falsos. Tudo é questão de tempo e informação, tente levar isso numa boa.
Cleiton Moraes.
Caro Cleiton muito obrigado por me responder e pelas amáveis palavras. Sim eu compreendo.O pior é que muitas pessoas nunca conhecerão o lugar. Maldosamente interesses inconfessáveis se podem aproveitar disso para tornar doutrina afim de manipular, fazendo de um mito realidade, deixando esse lugar e suas gentes com uma reputação muito má. Naturalmente que não tenho meu sono virando pesadelo. Certamente conhecerá o provérbio que diz"Não se sente, só quem não é filho de boa gente". Muito obrigado do fundo do coração pela sua gentiliza.Bem haja.Como sinal de paz e amizade lhe deixo fotos da bonita baía da minha cidade.Até sempre.
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Excepting the fact that the Portuguese wouldn't tolerate a Bolsonara in 2020.
It’s not really that they don’t know personal space it’s that they don’t know the boundaries.. portuguese people are so talktive & have such a sense of unity that they forget that there are people that are more reserved
I agree, I have difficult times with my partner's family as I just feel that the individual does not exist in Portugal only the sense of a big group, hard to be accepted as a foreigner and of an introvert. I have heard so many times that nothing else is good other than their bica or portuguese beaches. All great and amazing, but seriously there are so many beutiful places in the world, I dont like when people keep saying theirs is the best, because it really just depends on the individuals preference. Some people love mountaines, or a nice latte rather than a bica, noons should give you hard feelings because you love sthing else other than their own preference. Still Portugal is beautiful but clearly not perfect and not the most open minded nation according to my experience.
@@laurakrupanszki693 I know what you’re talking about it’s a bit of the mentality of: we can talk shit about our country but don’t you dare talk shit about our country. Portuguese people have a long way to go to become open minded especially old people living in rural areas. We are very proud, opiniated and stubborn people. It’s not easy.
Well, old ladies from the oldest parts of town, like downtown, or country villages, those are the ones that have a mustache 😂
Funny you mentioned leaving someone hanging on the second kiss on the cheek: we have that as well! It's usually done between the upper class, and it's common in more expensive areas: They only kiss one cheek! When someone from the middle class meets someone from the upper class, it's very common for the middle class person to be left hanging when going for the second kiss. When you do it on accident among friends, people tend to laugh a bit and (friendly) call a snob or, more specifically, a "Tia de Cascais", which translates to "Cascais' Aunt", because Cascais is a very rich area near the beach in the District of Lisbon and older people from there (thus the aunt part) tend to look down on the "poor" population of Portugal!
Love your vids, be very welcome in Portugal, stay forever! :)
Haha oh no 🤦🏼♀️ I am a tia cascais 😂 thanks for educating us ❤️
To be honest, in Lisbon even portuguese people that are not from Lisbon are afraid of driving in there. It's a different kind of driving there.
About the language, I think we "shich"? because we want to welcome foreigners and we think we are helping you by talking in Inglês. But keep on trying! And don't give up on our language. It's beautiful.
First of all, we are the best drivers in the world, it's amazing that with so many mistakes we don't have much more accidents 🙄
If you want to dinner at eight, do it half a hour earlier, we don't have that concern, if you don't have dinner at eight with your friends you will have it half an hour later, no one will die and you have time to drink a beer, but, we will never get late to a football match 😁
brdsb1 He never visit India or Sri Lanka, for sure
In Ireland and Germany there's 4.1 deaths per 100,000 cars-in Portugal the figure is 7.4 per 100,000-a big difference.
@@desmondgood4246 Do you realizes he is being sarcastic don't you?
Guys, Rodriguez exists but it's an archaic name... It's common in Spain. Not here. Here, the usual one is Rodrigues.
Crazy drivers! That´s one of the most accurate things about us and I´m one of them. Oh and second one is that we´re always late #facts
Thank you soooo much! I'm considering moving to Portugal and knowing these kinds of facts is crucial to making that decision. I can't tell you how grateful I am for this. Thank you!
Glad I could contribute, haha! ;) So spot on on MANY of them, particularly the football- and food-related ones. It's SO TRUE that we talk about dinner while were EATING lunch!!!). Also the "goodbye" part... imagine when that happens on the phone!! But I have to say that regarding the "personal space", Portuguese are pretty respectful of that , if compared to other people (French, for example). Really great idea this type of vlog! Waiting for the next one!
We thought it was a super funny vlog to make even though we didn’t agree with all the assumptions 😅 we could definitely recognize most of them and it was super funny seeing all you replies 🙌 thanks for participating
Us women do have what is called LIGHT FUZZ not full moustaches. Amalie your wash & set new style is right on! That style is what I sported for years nothing like full curls.
I think that you can find that light fuzz in all of the Mediterranean countries actually. Even in Germany and east Europe. So who cares right 😅
We actually haven’t meet anyone with a harry lip yet :)
I am glad you like it. I just got a new iron and I actually made these curls by mistake but now I like them 😅
Marcia E
O bigode é noutras partes :)
This is so spot on. I can relate to all these facts having lived in Porto for over ten years. Thanks for the phone fact. I didn’t know what was meant by the grunt . I’m here. 😂😂xx
Hahaha 😂 glad you liked it ❤️ thank you 🙏
And you never asked????
10 years!!! You could have asked :)
Phone fact: When they say: to!!! (short for estou= I'm here!) I answer: Eu tambem! = me too! :) From a port. guy who lived in Brazil! The word "hello" was created by Mr. Bell.
Ri muito a ouvir os vossos factos! O único que não concordo completamente é o facto bónus nº2. Sim, os portugueses são meios tolos a conduzir, mas não somos piores que o italianos. Por aquilo que experenciei, os italianos e os franceses são completamente malucos a conduzir!
Quanto aos bigodes: todas as mulheres do mundo têm bigode (que em português dizemos buço, porque bigode têm os homens), mas tal como a maioria, tirámos com cera, ou algo do género.
- Pus em português para praticarem a língua como pediram :) Qualquer dúvida, deixo a tradução em baixo para quem não perceber
I laughed a lot hearing your facts. The only one I don't fully agree is the bonus fact no.2. Yes, portuguese people are crazy drivers, but we're not worst than the italians. For what I have experienced, the italian and french people are really out of their minds while driving!
About the moustache: every single woman around the world has a moustache, but like most of us we wax it, or something like that.
Italianos malucos dirigindo? Coitada nem sabe o que é Itália..vai ver que venho aqui uma vez para visitar roma ou Milão e acha que conhece o modo das pessoas dirigir!
Fica bom assim falando na sua língua? Assim aprende! Tenha mais cultura
Good one!
You just totally forgot EGGS! Portuguese need their eggs! most sweets are made of eggs and sugar! Most meals will come with an egg (boiled, sunny side up, mixed, omelete.. ) eggs are life!
It’s really Portuguese Portuguese problems
It’s good someone here is trying to open our minds a bit :))
Haha Well it was actually assumptions made by the Portuguese so they know it ❤️
Love to see these fun facts from your perspective! Bom video! 😀
We only made four of them 😅 the rest was actually from our followers. We think it’s a fun ways of including you guys 🙏
Every single animal name is a way to insult.
Like, call someone vaca, cabra, porca.
I have not come across any animal that don't also have a meaning for people. So be careful when you speak about animals in Portugese you might insult someone. There is a fun song about this:
Quim Barreiros - Os bichos da fazenda
Haha. We wish we had that one to include in the video. :)
@@joenandamalie so true HAHAHA
erik wretman Passarinha ; rata; garanhão; Giboia; cação; leoa; cabrita; coelhinha; raposa (dá para os 2 lados); gazela.... não são insultos
Leonardo moreira rata é mais década de 80... mas só quando se tem intimidade :)
Leonardo moreira mas não se chama rata à pessoa né? hehe
In many of these things, not to say everything, Mexico and Portugal are so alike
Latinos in the house 😂
Lol as a Portuguese in Canada, even if you are born here it’s more like “so where you from?” And we reply “my parents are from Portugal and I grew up Portuguese” to which a standard white Canadian looks at us confused as hell.
Got more fun facts? Give us your best!
You nailed my biggest painstake. Nothing is EVER urgent! Now that's struggle for someone like me who now lives in the hustle and bustle NYC metro area. I have to relearn how to slow things down....I guess it's refreshing and bad lol.
I'd say that instead of talking about money, we talk about the lack of it. Also, to break the ice while first talking with someone, we usually talk about the weather.
There’s one fun thing. Up north people swear a lot! But in a good way. I remember when i started to work/live in Lisbon 8 years a go i would compliment my friends from Porto with a “how are you ass face?” and he would reply in the same way. But all others arround us looked at us chocked like we were from a different planet! 😂
So if your ear someone say “DASSSEEEE”, means “fodasse” (fuck) but...in a good way 🤣
it's really difficult for us to say "amo-te". we simply don't like that word, how it sounds.
mira gaia maia yes! And we only say that word when we really really feel it. Is not something that we say very often
adoro Portugal e adoro ser português.
I’m so glad you made this video! My boyfriend and I are moving to Portugal in 4 weeks and this information to me is more important than actually learning the language first.
Totally agree with your Fact #1 We do park everywhere and just switch on the car warning lights while going to a store, café, shop etc... no respect whatsoever for other cars on the road. This really pisses me off, and I'm portuguese.
I'm portuguese, I don't eat bread and I hate alcohol!!!😧😧😧🙈I'm keto, you know!🍀🌹
Haha.. you sound very healthy. We wish we could live like you 😅 but we love everything unhealthy 🙈😂
@@joenandamalieI know!😂😂😂😂I'm your fan!❤🍀🌹 @silvinha.rosa
Ah hi beautiful 🙌🙌
I love bread and alcohol hehehe and women!!!!!!!!!!!!shit my wife...!!!
The Portuguese people are the result of a HUGE mixage of people from all Europe and from Mediterranean coasts. That's why we love everybody! The 1st, were the Iberians and the Celts. But even the Vikings used to come here. To take salt. And they intruduced here ... bacalhau! That's why it is a nacional dish but, we don't have the fish.
However, the true story is not so simple as this. It is really complex.
As a Portuguese man I can say that we are very proud of our cousine. The best food in the world 😂 and our dinners can take hours 😂 and coffee our expresso that's the way to drink it 😂 one of the best night life's in Europe... Also very welcoming ppl... And yeah we are not some city in Spain 😂 and Portugal was born in a multicultural principle..... After 100 years was all lost again 😂
I actually do that talking about food while I’m eating. When I am having lunch and ask my grandma what it’s dinner she says “you are eating now, are u already thinking about the dinner?” And I told her that I need to know what is dinner because if it is a food that I don’t appreciate I need to eat more at lunch!!
About switching to English, as a Portuguese in Denmark, I can tell you it is the same. Danes also change to English right away if they notice that you have a different accent or that you don't know a word.
When we talk we tend to touch your arm or shoulder. Actually, when we talk we tend to approach you. It may seem intimidating to a foreigner, but it means we want you to be a part of our personal circle.
This is nice. I also have big name but just for your knowledge is normal in Portugal for someone to have 2 names, then you have the last name of your mum and the last name of your dad. This was you carry both family names always and we have 2 given names because either it's because the parents like both names together for example "Ana Maria" or you usually is for example the dad gives one name and mum the other, the kid later on in life can choose how he wants to be called. It gives you choice.
About the 15min after giving you the menu is for you to take your time chosing/ not pressure you to feel rushed. In a way of saving time, they would then take the chance to serve others in the meantime as well. I like it lol I usually need my time to check the entire menu even if at the end I decide to order just a coffee! Lmao xD
I dont even saw the video but already dropped that Like.
Thank you then ❤️
I adore portugal , spain , italy and greece ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I spoke Spanish when I was in Portugal and they all were extremely kind to me. In fact, when I tried to speak Portuguese they usually said I could speak Spanish
Hej Amalie and Joen! I am a portuguese living in Copenhagen, originally from Lisbon therefore I always watch your videos and it's really funny for me to see how you guys experience life there, and compare it with the way we are experiencing it here in Cph. And also compare stereotypes. I would like to mention that it happens the same here about practicing the language: Everybody speaks really good english and they switch to english the moment they understand we're not fluent. Another funny thing is that we also came to the conclusion that danes are crazy drivers, not so much in the city center but in high ways, they get insane! And don't get me started on bike drivers xD Also, it is really strange for us that here is totaly normal to make plans on being wasted 'this weekend' and refer that you've been completely drunk like it was a good thing, absolutely no shame on that. I would have a lot of other interesting comparisons to add.. Let me know if you'd like my input on those :) Love your videos
Lina Silveira I would like your input about those things.
Plans for a buba... mmmh that sounds a bite teenager... but it's up to them
You MUST go to Guimarães and see for yourself the 32nd fun fact !
We don't fart that much but the rest of the facts are true ahah
Looks like you don't know me, i farted 2 times while watching this video
Não dá para falarem de factos sobre portugueses sem ainda terem visitado o Minho...
Fun fact, a expresso is called a bica, wich is an acronym that means Beba Isto Com Açucar, meaning drink this with sugar, because before people didnt like coffe since it was so bitter, but then after the sugar people started drinking it more
Last name it’s of the father, first one it’s the one they choose to call you, the middle ones are from the grandparents included the grammas last name as well
A lot of Portuguese people have 6 names, (the most traditional) the first one its like the one the parents choose, the second one its usually Maria (old catholic tradition) the next two are the family names of your mother side and the last two the family names from your father side . Wen i talk to my dad about my friends he sometimes asks me their family names and he can tell me about their families, he knows their history maybe somo of them personally. One time wen i was young i invited a friend from school, wille we were having dinner my dad asked his family name and we found out that i was like my friends oncle, her mother is my cousin. (3rth or 4rth generation cousin). In my group of close friends in high school, my father new personally some of the family members of 3 of my friends and new about the family of almost every other. But that is because we are neighbors and hower parents were neighbors or from lisbon too.
😊Até logo, obrigada por verem o vídeo 🥂
Thank you for helping out. I will make sure to say it right next ❤️
As Mexican I felt you were describing Mexico for most of the facts I really want to go to Portugal now.
😂😂😂 Guys... Greeks living in Copenhagen... 6 years we are trying to practice our Danish but everyone switches to English. 😂😂😂
You do exactly the same!!!!
True. It’s so annoying
About bonus fact 3: that's because we see eating out as an event so we want to take as long as we can and e enjoy having coffee and drinks after the meal
Women don´t have mustache :) And btw, if you wanna be more confortable here just take it all easy, don´t be afraid of nothing, talk your mind because we´re all friendly (sometimes) :)
The comment about parking the car everywhere mainly applies to big cities, like Lisbon and Porto, for example (but especially Lisbon). That doesn't happen in the rest of the country. I live in an average size city and people properly respect parking spaces. That's one of the reasons I hate big cities (especially Lisbon), I find their parking habits disrespectful and chaotic.
It doesn't happen in the rest of the country? Go watch some of my videos and see for yourself the "jungle" that parking is here in Torres Novas. And it's not occasional, it's every single day!
@@Module79L I saw just one of your videos and I didn't see one single example of bad parking, which was what was mentioned here. Bad driving is not bad parking. Maybe I didn't see enough of your videos but, sorry to say, I didn't have patience to watch a video of someone simply driving around. Anyway, of course that if you search deep enough you'll find examples of whatever anywhere. We're talking about typical behavior, not 1 case in 10000.
@@arturrosa3166 - I have 271 videos, over a 5 year span, and each of them has several examples of bad parking. In each video, after the bad driving section there's a bad parking section, with situations that occur repeatedly in the same places, many times featuring the same drivers. If that's not typical behavior, I don't know what is.
Oh, and I'm not "simply driving around", each and every clip I include in my videos is captured during my daily drivings and show bad driving in general and all sorts of traffic violations that go unpunished.
@@Module79L What a strange activity you have... I wonder if there aren't more interesting things to do... Anyway, if you search deep enough, and only show what you want, you can prove whatever you want. You even say yourself that you capture the same places and same drivers... so, you're just proving that some guys are bad, you're not proving any trend or doing any "great revelation". What you're doing is called "cherry picking". I saw already twice bicycles on a highway and even 3 or 4 times pedestrians. If I had filmed it and shown it to the world, omitting all the other times I didn't see any of this, I could argument that our highways are full of bicycles and pedestrians. I googled some statistics of bad parking and saw that, for example, according to some studies, Stockholm, Madrid or London have worse parking habits that even Lisbon (which is the worse in Portugal). Are these studies valid? I don't know but probably they have a wider statistic coverage than yours.
@@arturrosa3166 - Strange? Not really. There are thousands of people exposing bad driving all over the world, including here in Portugal. The large majority are motorcyclists but there are a few dashcammers too.
Great job guys, Joen bro you are the best this should be your 500th video and you always say "ate lego" ahahahah
It's até logo bro!!!
Parto-me sempre a rir com esta :)
Yes the names is Family names or combination of people that got married and they combine the names of there families..
Absolutely, spot on!
About the way we cut a Portuguese conversation with foreigners, it is only a matter of priorities. We love a good chat. Sometimes talking Portuguese with someone who don't control our language is very problematic. Also, many times the other thinks that one thing was understood but, it was really another thing. Portuguese is maybe the richest language in the world, where you can find a very specific word for a very unique situation. I always recommend foreigners to have Portuguese lessons in an institute.
Portugal was called" Lusitania" by the Roman Empire, and in time it was a part of "Hispania", Now a dais it is nown as " Iberian Peninsula".
Bonus Fact nº 4 its because we want to make you CONFORTABLE, we understand you struggle and want to make it easier for you, make you feel more at ease. Its just us trying to be as much helpful as possible!!
The red-haired or blond Portuguese are from the North of Portugal. With the fall of the Roman Empire the Germanic tribe of the Suevos invaded the North of Portugal and settled in Braga and surrounding areas. Many Portuguese explorers such as Fernão de Magalhães from the region of Ponte da Barca and Raposo Tavares (tall and red), Portuguese explorer in Brazil, as well as others, were of Nordic origin.
From Spain Never Come Good Marriages
My brother wouldn't agree with you 😃
de Espanha, nem bom vento, nem bom casamento! é um ditado que vem daquela mixórdia dos reis...
@@miragaiamaia8966 de espanha nem bons ventos nem bons casamentos, ditado que vem dos nossos quase 900 anos de história como nação independente...mixórdia merdosa é a república
@@MrClassicfever República das bananas maçons!
Carlos Duarte Há quantos anos ele é casado?
Com Galegas não vale
About fact 25. There is an historic rivalry beetween Portugal and Spain. And, due to that we don't like people speaking spanish to us. we have our own language and identity. I
That one about talking english instead of portuguese with foreign it's because i wanna make you confortable
French en Ducht people kis more. And driving in France is a rollercoaster. Just stay with the portueguese as crazy as we are.
😂 the kissing thing! My wife's Brazilian, I've got loads of Italian and Spanish friends but I'm the most awkward dude in the world for greeting people lol. Once I kissed my wife's best friend on the lips by accident, when going for the second kiss on the cheek. ...so embarrassing
Hahaha. That’s hilarious 😅😅😂
@@joenandamalie I've had prouder moments! 😂 BTW just started watching your content, it's really good, might be moving to Portugal for work and found your vids funny and helpful! Keep up the good work, boa sorte com tudo!
Thank you so much Joe ❤️ and welcome to our little stay classy fam 🇵🇹
Some times happen to kiss the liss if you change the cheek side order. The french liss 4 times, left cheek, right cheek then repeat again
It's ok if your wife didn't spot it!
Even with all the negatives you mentioned, I can still hear and feel your love for Portugal in your voice and comments.
Guys I love your videos! I think we talk in English to try and help out some times but its not that authentic for tourists and you're so right. Devíamos ajudar-vos a aprender a língua Portuguesa sempre sem deixar-vos desencorajar. Adorava um video com expressões comuns em Danish e algumas Portuguesas que tenham aprendido ! P.s O vosso Português já está muito bom :)
Portuguese people love to eat well to cook well to celebrate to party to dance and to socialise.