How to say "rest (from labor)" in Brazilian Portuguese?

In Brazilian Portuguese "rest (from labor)" translates to  descanso 

Transliteration: dess-kahn-soo

🇧🇷 Após um dia cansativo de trabalho, ele precisava de descanso.

🗣️ Ah-pohs oohm dee-ah kahn-see-tchee-voo deh trah-bah-lyoo, eh-leh preh-see-zah-vah deh dess-kahn-soo.

🇺🇸 After a tiring day at work, he needed rest.



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How to say "rest (from labor)" in Brazilian Portuguese?

You can use the word "descanso" which translates to "rest (from labor)".

How to pronounce "descanso" (rest (from labor)) in Brazilian Portuguese?

The word "descanso" is pronounced as "dess-kahn-soo".

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