Portugués de Brasil · C2.8
C2 capstone: diplomacy & sensitive moments (Celpe-Bras Avançado Superior)
Can handle delicate professional and personal situations with native-like precision, register control and cultural awareness.
Fechamento C2: diplomacia e momentos delicados
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- Specialized registersanamnese — medical history, diagnóstico / prognóstico — diagnosis / prognosis, comorbidade — comorbidity, posologia — dosage, contraindicação — contraindication, efeito colateral — side effect, laudo — (technical/medical) report, perícia — expert examination, vistoria — inspection, cronograma — timeline
- Cultural references & intertextualityE agora, José? — Drummond poem: 'What now?', No meio do caminho tinha uma pedra — Drummond: an obstacle in the way, Ordem e Progresso — flag motto, jeitinho brasileiro — the Brazilian knack for workarounds, complexo de vira-lata — national inferiority complex (Nelson Rodrigues), Macunaíma, herói sem nenhum caráter — Mário de Andrade's antihero, Garota de Ipanema — bossa nova classic, país do futuro — 'country of the future' (Zweig), parece coisa de novela — it's like a soap opera (melodramatic), o tri / o penta — World Cup titles (1970 / 2002)