Hi, I'm Carina and this is English in Brazil.
So now you're gonna guess some Brazilian gestures.
Do you talk a lot with your hands?
Oh my gosh! I'm overly animated. I can't go like a day without...
All over the place.
So what does this mean?
There's a sound?
Yeah, can't you do this?
How do you do that?
It's magic!
I'm late.
Or someone's late. Like, you're annoyed because
someone's late. Like, that's what I would do.
If someone was, like, running late, and I was waiting for them,
and I was annoyed I'd be...
That's perfect!
Yeah, it's something like "hurry up!"
"Fast!"
That's what we need.
How do you smack your hands together?
I don't know, it's natural. I don't know how you do it.
-You can't? it doesn't work? - I can't do it!
That's weird, I can do it.
I know this.
I do this too.
Yeah, but what does it mean?
So...
When I do it, it's like, "Ohh, that was like amazing!"
-Like, "this party is mazing!" -Really?
-We have a different meaning. -Really?
Yeah, it means "fast", "go quickly!". That's what we do.
Run! Run!
Like, "a lot of things" or means "numerous", no?
Like, I don't know. If I see one French guy saying like this,
This is like...
There's a lot of things, you know, like, it means numerous.
It could be, but actually I think it's more used for...
Go! Quickly!
Does that mean "okay"?
-No. -That you're excited?
It could be, but no.
I'm angry now.
Okay, was that you're annoyed?
Leave you alone?
-I've never seen that gesture. -Never?
-No! -Can you do it?
-You can do it! -Like that?
Not many people can do it with the finger.
Like that sound...
People here just do it to kinda like, see if you can make the sound
with your finger. It's done in fun, but what does it mean?
Yeah, it means "hurry up!" "We're late!"
I got you! Okay!
That's what we do. "Hey, hurry up!"
Okay, you have to start with a difficult one.
Can you do that again?
-No idea? -Give me some money!
-No. -No? Give up, I give up.
You give up? It means, "hey, hurry up!"
"We're late!"
-Hurry up! -Yeah.
Okay, that makes sense.
Faster!
Yeah! That's right!
Did you know it before?
-No! -That was amazing!
I was just guessing, like, because it sounds like,
"Hey! Faster! Faster!"
"Hurry up!" Yeah, that's what it means.
-Congrats, gimme five. -I'm good.
-You're so good. -I'm good.
What about this one?
That makes me think of like, a bully at school.
He's like ready to like, threaten someone,
-intimidate someone. -I think it would be like this.
That's right! That would be this.
So this...
Looks like a turkey, right? Like the little turkey thing?
Oh! My God! Yes.
Have you ever seen that? When we make a turkey
with our hands? It's like that.
-I haven't thought about it. -So, I don't know.
So, actually it's a bad word, a bad gesture, it's like
I'm #$@&%*!
That's what it really means.
I like that!
-I think it would be... -Angry!
No, it means, I'm sorry for the word,
I'm #$@&%*!
You're #$@&%*!
As in like a verb or adjective?
It's like an expression to say...
I'm #$@&%*!
-Okay! Like... -That's terrible!
I got an F, I'm #$@&%*!
-Exactly that! -Like that?
That's it!
Like, you're trying to like, open a jar of mayo?
-No! -No?
Wait, wait! Let me think, let me think...
I would say...
That was a close one? Like, "oh, so close!" No?
I'll give you an example then.
So, how did you do in your test?
Nailed it!
No, the contrary.
In France this is not a good meaning.
It's not really polite, but it's a way to say like,
having sex with someone.
-Like this? -Yeah!
Okay, but you know what it means?
I'm #$@&%*!
That's what it means!
So, more or less, it's the same in France.
It's basically the same.
Stop!
It could be, but no.
You can also repeat it, like...
You're mad! Pissed off!
I'm #$@&%*!
I definitely wouldn't've guess that one!
I don't like that?
How did you do in your test?
You did bad!
-Yeah! -Really?
Actually it has a bad meaning, it's like I'm #$@&%*!
-Really? Really. -I'm sorry about the bad word.
That reminds me of what I do when I'm cleaning my hands off
after I do the dishes.
But, maybe like...
You've been working all day, like, "how was your day?"
"Busy! I was working."
Yeah, no, actually it means "I don't care".
-You use lots of hands in Brazil. -I know! We do!
Not interesting.
Yeah. Or it means "I don't care". "Whatever!"
"I don't care!" "Whatever!"
Yeah, this does "whatever".
Yeah, this is "whatever".
Easy, peasy!
Super... No?
No, it's not! You were so certain about it!
Yeah, I was like, no big deal...
-Yeah! -...don't worry.
Actually it means "I don't care".
Can you do it?
I don't care.
It's not my problem, I don't care.
I don't know.
Like, something not good, but... Like, also fair, no?
Or like... No?
No, actually it means "I don't care".
"I don't care." "Whatever. "
You're done with it. You're over it.
No, actually it means "I don't care".
I can kind of see that!
In America it's like, you know, you're done with, you're over it.
-Let me think. -No.
-No? Give me the check. -No.
It means "I don't care".
-I don't care? -Yeah!
-Really? Wow! -Whatever!
-Whatever, I don't care! -Whatever...
This one.
Like that?
You're looking for someone?
Where did they go? Where did they go?
But actually is...
What does that mean?
I'm fed up!
I can't stand it anymore!
I've had enough!
If you were really mad, Go...
And then like that...
That would be what I mean.
This.
This!
I got it!
No, it actually means...
I'm fed up.
I'm done. It's over.
-It's over. -I'm tired.
It's over, over.
I've had enough.
That's like, "top o' the mornin' to ya!"
"Good morning, sailor!"
No, exactly it's something negative.
Oh, I've had it up to here.
Yes, that's it!
I think we have that too.
-You do? -We're like...
Like, we're like this...
I'm fed up.
I'm fed up. Like, I've had it up here.
Exactly!
What about this one?
I'm fed up.
-Yeah, that's good! -Okay,
So we use the same!
Oh my God!
Like, I'm fed up, I cannot...
...bear it anymore. Like, yeah...
We have similar gestures, oh my God!
I'm angry
Is that I'm over it? I'm done with it?
Yeah! That was a good guess!
I finally got one right.
But you use this one here? No?
-No really... -You just guessed.
Yeah, I guessed 'cuz you just went like this, like,
in America you might do like this if you're tired, you know,
wipe, of course, wipe the sweat off kind of thing...
Yes, same in Brazil.
-Oh, I'm so tired... -What! Okay...
I'm fed up!
What about this one?
It's like...
Shoo! I'm safe!
Actually, I think it would be like this...
With your hand like this, like, more relaxed.
-Okay. -But this one is like...
I'll cut your head off!
That would be here.
-I'll cut your head off. -Cut your head off...
I'm doing really bad, I don't know.
It means...
"I am fed up!" "I can't stand it anymore!"
Exactly! Perfect!
I'm doing so bad with this.
And now the last one.
Hurry up! Again.
-No? -Do it again!
It could be, could be...
But actually, try to imagine this situation.
One second!
Give me a second, I'm on the phone?
-Could be, but it's like... -Speak up?
Call me later?
Oh "later"!
-Later. -Later.
You don't have this gesture?
No! So are these really common gestures?
All over Brazil you'll see people...
Yeah, not all the time, you know!
Like, we don't talk like...
But if you do that people will understand what you mean?
Yeah! Exactly!
See, we don't have those kind of universal gestures in America.
We have things, yeah, where we talk with our hands, or
"hey, come over here", "go over there", but everyone has those.
I know...
We don't have anything unique like that.
I think that's really cool.
What about this?
That's like small "hurry up".
No!
This is "hurry up", and this is something different.
Slow down.
No...
Take a look at me.
A phone call.
A phone call stop... No more money for your phone call?
No...
Call me later.
This is "later".
-This is "later"! -Yeah!
Can we move it along? Can we get it a little faster?
Can we, come on, can you hurry it up?
No, actually it means "later".
We do it later.
Later... I thought, if someone went like...
Can you do this? You would be like...
Later!
Next or like later?
Yeah! Oh my God!
That's weird because I didn't know you...
You cannot speak with the guy...
...later!
Crazy!
No, this is "crazy".
Okay, so that is the same thing here which is interesting.
So this... You're rolling?
Try to guess now.
Call me?
Call me later?
The wheels were turning.
This is tough!
This is like "hurry up"?
No, "hurry up" is this one.
I'm confused...
Take a look at this, take a look at me.
Get off the phone!
-No! -No.
Call your friend!
Call me later.
Call me...
...later.
Yeah, this is "later".
-Later... -Yeah, later.