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São Duíche, o Santo Protetor dos Gordinhos

Two friends laugh over a punny sandwich shop name on Facebook — practicing the conditional for hypothetical creativity and onde é que fica mesmo?
poderiam criar (condicional)onde é que fica mesmo?humor e trocadilhos
🎧 Língua da Gente · Ep. 59
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Two friends joke about a restaurant with a punny name they saw on Facebook.

A: Você viu no Facebook que tem um restaurante que se chama "São Duíche Lanche?

Did you see on Facebook that there is a restaurant called "Saint Sandwich Luncheonette?

B: Sério! Imagina as piadinhas que eles poderiam criar.

Really! Imagine the jokes they could create.

A: Sei, o lema deles é "fazer milagres por sua fome"!

I know, their slogan is "Causes miracles to your hunger"!

B: E olha lá, o São Duíche é o santo protetor dos gordinhos!

And look, Saint Wich is the patron saint of the fat ones!

A: É e veja aqui, "gordinhos, suas preces foram atendidas"!

And look here, "fat ones, your prayers have been answered"!

B: É muito engraçado, viu? Adoro a criatividade desse pessoal.

That's really funny, you know? I love their creativity.

A: Nem sei se eles têm bons sanduíches, mas o marketing deles é fantástico.

I don't even know if they have good sandwiches, but their marketing is fantastic.

B: Legal, onde é que fica mesmo?

Cool, where are they located again?

A: Em BH.

In Belo Horizonte.

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Language focus
Focus 1
Poderiam criar — Conditional for hypothetical creativity
English: they could create (conditional, imagining possibilities)
Poderiam (conditional of poder) + infinitive imagines hypothetical possibilities — here, playful jokes that could be made from the pun.
Imagina as piadinhas que eles poderiam criar.
Imagine the jokes they could create.Poderíamos ir lá também.
We could go there too.
Focus 2
Onde é que fica mesmo? — Asking location again with emphasis
English: where is it located again? (asking again, with emphasis)
Combining onde é que (emphatic question) with mesmo (asking again) creates a natural way to re-ask for information you may have forgotten.
Onde é que fica mesmo?
Where is it located again?Como se chama mesmo?
What's it called again?
Focus 3
Humor e trocadilhos — Wordplay and puns
English: humor and wordplay vocabulary
This dialogue is built around a pun ("São Duíche" sounds like "sanduíche"/sandwich, playing on Brazilian saint names like São Jorge). A great window into Brazilian humor.
Piadinha — little joke
Lema — slogan/motto
Preces foram atendidas — prayers have been answered
😄 Trocadilhos brasileiros Wordplay involving santo (saint) names is a beloved comedic tradition in Brazil, given how many cities and things are named São/Santa + something — this dialogue plays cleverly on that pattern.
🔊 São Duíche The pun works phonetically: São Duíche sounds almost identical to sanduíche (sandwich) when said quickly — a clever homophone joke.
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Exercises
Exercise 1 — Comprehension check
Choose the correct answer based on the dialogue.
Exercise 2 — Poderiam criar, onde é que fica mesmo, ou humor?
Fill in each gap to complete the sentence with the correct word(s).
1. 1. Imagina as piadinhas que eles .
2. 2. Legal, ?
3. 3. O deles é "fazer milagres por sua fome"!
Exercise 3 — Vocabulário de humor e marketing
Match each Portuguese word to its English meaning.
Exercise 4 — Your turn
Write 4–6 sentences about a funny business name or marketing slogan you've seen. Use poderiam criar (conditional) and onde é que fica mesmo?
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