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Phrase · 🧉 Regional expressions: South, Southeast & Centre-West

Aqui no Rio é biscoito, não bolacha!

Here in Rio it's «biscoito», not «bolacha»!

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Aquiadverbherenoprepositionin theem + o · masc. · sing. · definiteRionounRioéverbit'sser · present · 3rd sing.biscoito1nounbiscuitmasc. · sing.,nãoadverbnot, nobolacha1nounbiscuitfem. · sing.!
  • biscoito → bolacha: biscoito vs bolacha
  • Aqui → Rio: aqui no Rio

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  1. 1
    Same snack, two names: the biscoito (Rio) versus bolacha (São Paulo, South) debate is a national joke.