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legal
🇧🇷 Portuguese slang from Brazil
What does “legal” mean?
cool, nice
Example
“Que legal que você veio!”
How cool that you came!
Good to know
Literally "legal" (lawful), but in everyday Brazilian speech it just means cool or nice.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
☕ Everyday
The textbook way to say it: muito bom
😎 How other countries say “cool”
- 🇵🇹 fixePortugal
- 🇦🇴 fixeAngola · Same word as in Portugal.
More from Brazil
- valeuthanks, cheers
- móreally, super
- massaawesome, great
- topgreat, excellent
- boralet's go
- tá ligado?you know?, get it?
- de boachill, fine, no worries
- suavechill, all good
Songs from Brazil
- Ai Se Eu Te Pego · Michel TelóLevel A1
- Mas Que Nada · Jorge Ben JorLevel A2
- Ainda Bem · Marisa MonteLevel A2
- Não Quero Dinheiro · Tim MaiaLevel A2
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