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Mar 2022
18m 58s

The Verb “Dar” And Its Many Meanings

RUI COIMBRA / JOEL RENDALL
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(Originally posted as video) Did you know the verb “dar” has at least 60 different meanings in Portuguese? 😱 The simplest translation is “to give”, but it also has many idiomatic meanings, which depend on the context. Today, Joel and Rui take a deep dive into “dar”, with some help from one of our Shorty […] 
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