Sizes of Home
A vila is a small town — bigger than the aldeia, smaller than the cidade; a região is the region around them.
| The small town has a pretty square. | A vila tem uma praça bonita. |
Street Furniture
| o cruzamento | the crossroads |
| o quarteirão | the (city) block |
| o multibanco | the ATM — the Portuguese cash machine |
| o centro comercial | the shopping centre |
Multibanco is genuinely Portuguese: one national network, so people say vou ao multibanco the way they say vou ao café.
| There is an ATM in the shopping centre. | Há um multibanco no centro comercial. |
When Things Go Wrong
Os bombeiros (the fire brigade — plural, like the crew they are) come when you call. O endereço is the address you give them — the formal word for morada, and the only word for an email address. O postal is the postcard you send when things go right.
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