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boda
🇦🇴 Portuguese slang from Angola
What does “boda” mean?
party
Example
“Sábado vai ter boda lá em casa.”
There's a party at my place on Saturday.
Good to know
In standard Portuguese "boda" is a wedding; in Angola any party.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
🎉 Going out
The textbook way to say it: festa
Heard in a conversation
Planning a surprise party
Telma Mauro, sábado é aniversário do Nelson, vamos fazer uma festa surpresa na casa dele?
mauro, saturday is nelson's birthday, shall we throw a surprise party at his place? 🎉
Mauro Sim, vamos! Mas não tenho muito dinheiro esta semana.
yeah let's!! but I don't have much cash this week 😅
🎉 How other countries say “a party, a night out”
- 🇧🇷 baladaBrazil
- 🇵🇹 borgaPortugal · "Ir para a borga" = to go out partying.
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