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Nada de Fritura, Viu?

Two friends plan a snack, but one of them is done with fried food — for now. The firm chunk nada de + substantivo, não... mais for giving something up, and a menu of Brazilian fried snacks.
nada de + substantivo não... mais vocabulário: salgadinhos brasileiros pensando bem...
🎧 Língua da Gente · Ep. 17
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Two friends decide to grab a snack, but one of them has sworn off fried food.

A: Ô Andreia, vamos fazer um lanchinho?

Hey Andreia, let's have a little snack?

B: Tá, mas nada de fritura, viu?

OK, but nothing fried, OK?

A: Quer dizer que o quibe, esfirra, coxinha não são bons para a saúde!

You mean that quibe, esfirra, coxinha aren't good for your health?

B: Todo dia é a mesma coisa, salgadinho, fritura e refrigerante. É muito bom, mas não posso mais, cara.

Every day it is the same thing, salty treats, fried foods, and a soda. It's really good, but I can't do it anymore, man.

A: Nem um pastelzinho de palmito, Andreia? Que isso! É um lanchinho.

Not even a heart of palm pastelzinho, Andreia? What's going on! It's just a little snack.

B: Não, nada de fritura.

No, nothing fried.

A: Tá bom, e pensando bem, podemos guardar essas calorias para um chopp bem gelado mais tarde.

OK, and thinking about it, we can save those calories for an ice cold beer this afternoon.

B: Você me conhece muito bem!

You know me pretty well!

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Language focus
Focus 1
Nada de + substantivo
English: no ___ / nothing of the sort ___
Nada de + substantivo is a quick, firm way to rule something out. "Nada de fritura" = "Nothing fried" / "no fried stuff" — more emphatic and casual than a full sentence like "eu não quero fritura."
Tá, mas nada de fritura, viu?
OK, but nothing fried, OK? Nada de desculpas — vamos trabalhar!
No excuses — let's get to work!
Focus 2
Não... mais — "not... anymore"
English: I don't/can't... anymore (giving something up)
Adding mais after a negated verb signals a change from a previous habit or ability: "não posso mais" = "I can't (do it) anymore." This simple não + verbo + mais pattern is one of the easiest ways to talk about giving something up or reaching a limit.
É muito bom, mas não posso mais, cara.
It's really good, but I can't do it anymore, man. Eu não moro mais nessa cidade.
I don't live in that city anymore.
Focus 3
Salgadinhos brasileiros & "pensando bem..."
Brazilian fried snacks & changing your mind mid-sentence
Pensando bem ("thinking about it well") is a fixed gerúndio expression for introducing a change of mind — like English "come to think of it" or "on second thought."
Coxinha — teardrop-shaped fried chicken croquette
Esfirra — open-faced meat pastry (Lebanese-Brazilian)
Quibe — fried bulgur-and-meat croquette (Lebanese-Brazilian)
Pastelzinho — small fried pastry / turnover
Chopp — draft beer

Pensando bem... — thinking about it... / come to think of it...
Cara — man / dude (casual address term between friends)
🥟 Culture note Coxinha, esfirra, quibe, and pastel are staples of the Brazilian lanchonete and padaria (bakery) — many reflect the strong Lebanese-Brazilian food influence. A "lanchinho" (little snack) can easily turn into a full plate of these!
🔊 Phonology note Chopp is a loanword from German ("Schoppen"), and Brazilians pronounce it roughly like "shópi" — with the vowel-ending sound Portuguese adds to foreign words ending in a consonant.
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Exercises
Exercise 1 — Comprehension check
Choose the correct answer based on the dialogue.
Exercise 2 — Nada de... ou não... mais?
Fill in the gap with Nada de (to rule something out) or mais (to complete a "not... anymore" sentence).
1. desculpas, vamos trabalhar!
2. Eu não moro nessa cidade.
3. fritura hoje, só salada.
4. Ele não fuma .
5. atraso, a reunião começa às 9h em ponto.
Exercise 3 — Salgadinhos brasileiros
Match each Portuguese word to its English description.
Exercise 4 — Your turn
Write 4–6 sentences in Portuguese about a food or habit you're cutting back on. Use nada de + substantivo, não... mais, pensando bem to introduce a change of mind, and at least one snack word from Focus 3.
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