English For Brazilians: How to Really Say “Chato” in English
Hey guys, I’m Justin, welcome to another one minute episode of RealLife TV.
Today, I’m going to teach you Brazilians how to really translate the word “chato” into English. Stay tuned!
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What Does CHATO Mean in English?
Ok, so, Brazilians always come to me speaking English and they say “this person is boring,” “this place is boring,” but I know they’re not really trying to say boring, because there’re lots of mistranslations in dictionaries and a lot of people just have a wrong understanding of the word chato.
So, chato, in English, means two things. There’s chato irritating, which is annoying, and then there is chato which is more like something that’s tedious, that’s… That’s boring.
So, make sure that when you use the word chato you understand which one you’re using, annoying or boring.
Thank you very much!
So, I can use boring when I mean the place is tedious or even a person?! Thanks for sharing the video! 🙂
Great, thank you Justin.
It is never boring with your great videos to help those wanting to learn!
There's more to chato than those two ones. You can use chato to describe a situation as well, in which case annoying or tedious do not work. In my opinion, this is not the right way to go about teaching languages.
Hey Ricardo, Thanks for watching the video. Yeah, I know there are other uses (maybe you’d care to enlighten us?), but this simple 1 minute video covers the main error that 95% of Brazilian English speakers make. Thanks for watching!
Hi Elaine. I just commented on this further up. I guess it will depend on what actually happened. If it refers to someone's death for example, an "I'm (deeply) sorry to hear that" will do. Now if it's a flatmate that will keep on lying to you, you'd probably say something along the lines of "what a shame".. Now as I also said earlier on, I don't think that translating words in this way is a good way of teaching/learning any language, especially if the words are not in context. Unless you're some sort of interpreter and are doing some training, I don't see the point of this type of explanation. It just confuses learners.
Hi Elaine, Thanks for the comment. It depends on the context, but for something that really bothers you, maybe in a situation that is not formal "it really sucks that that happened."
Hi Elaine, Thanks for the comment. It depends on the context, but for something that really bothers you, maybe in a situation that is not formal "it really sucks that that happened."
Hey Douglas, Thank you for watching and commenting! Really appreciate the support.
Hey Douglas, Thank you for watching and commenting! Really appreciate the support.
Yeah, you got it, Helen! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Yeah, you got it, Helen! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Your welcome Zulmira!
Your welcome Zulmira!
Hey Ricardo, Thanks for watching the video. Yeah, I know there are other uses (maybe you’d care to create a resource?), but this simple 1 minute video covers the main error that 95% of Brazilian English speakers make. Thanks for watching!
Hey Ricardo, Thanks for watching the video. Yeah, I know there are other uses (maybe you’d care to create a resource?), but this simple 1 minute video covers the main error that 95% of Brazilian English speakers make. Thanks for watching!
Justin how long you going to stay in Brazil?
Justin how long you going to stay in Brazil?