Mas fica was the one phrase I remembered from my grandparents, too. I have
asked many Portuguese if they knew the phrase and all I ever got
was...'huh?'. I'm glad to know some of my 'cousins' also used and still use
the phrase. My grandparents used it often as I was a picky eater.
Tish
On , [email protected] wrote:
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Yvonne
Mas fica is one of the phrases that I have taught my granddaughters!!
They both know what it means too. cabeca is another but the more-for-me is
even known now by my sons-in-law who are not Portuguese but aHeinz 57 mix!
Rosemarie
Proper spelling is cabeça (the ç is pronounced with an "s" sound).
> Funny that is one of the only Portuguese words that survived through
> two generations to my husband! The other is an expression: "mais fica"
> which loosely translated means "more for me." People said it to
> children when they turn their nose up at something. My fIl was the
> youngest and so was never proficient in Portuguese sadly.
>
> Yvonne
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> On May 25, 3:12 pm, Ginny [email protected]> wrote:
>> I ran across this site today. Maybe some of you know about it, but
>> others may not.
>>
>> http://a4esl.org/
>>
>> I was looking for the correct spelling for head/cabeca. It had
>> several different spellings, but I was able to find the correct one my
>> grandparents used.
>
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