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> Sure, you may lose some nuance, but it's close enough. Not always. For instance, "coco" means coconut, while "cocô" (notice the circumflex, which corresponds
by cesarb 3y ago
> Sure, you may lose some nuance, but it's close enough.
Not always. For instance, "coco" means coconut, while "cocô" (notice the circumflex, which corresponds to a change on which syllabe has the stress) means fecal matter. That's not just "some nuance".
- jgeada 3y agoI think you mean cocó (Portuguese/Brazilian for shit, mostly used by little kids; adults use a different word) I love it when people are incensed on my behalf on things I actually don't care about.
- cesarb 3y ago> I think you mean cocó (Portuguese/Brazilian for shit, mostly used by little kids; adults use a different word) No, the word does have a circumflex, not an acute accent, and it's also used by adults (mostly in the expression "fazer cocô", which means to defecate). But, of course, that might be something regional to where I live (a large metropolitan area on the southeast region of Brazil).