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Você Tem um Cheiro Que Só a Mamãe Ama

New parents tag-team a diaper change — practicing acabar de + infinitivo, asking someone to hand you something (me alcança), and affectionate diminutives.
acabar de + infinitivome alcança + objetodiminutivo afetivo
🎧 Língua da Gente · Ep. 61
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Read the dialogue

Two parents deal with a particularly messy diaper change, asking each other for supplies.

A: Ai não, a Mariane sujou a fralda de novo!

Oh no, Mariane messed her diaper again!

B: Mas eu acabei de trocar ela, nem faz 5 minutos!

But I just changed her, not even 5 minutes ago!

A: Bom, e essa é poderosa, me alcança mais uma fralda por favor.

Well, and this one is powerful, grab me another diaper please.

B: Nossa! mas que fedor! Né? Meu anjinho, você tem um cheiro que só a mamãe ama!

Wow, that stinks! Right? My little angel, you have a smell that only a mother could love!

A: E me alcança mais desses lenços, ela vai precisar de muitos.

And grab me some more wipes too, this is going to require a bunch.

B: Eduardo, você também é um anjo, trocando uma fralda dessas.

Eduardo, you are an angel too, changing a diaper like that one.

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Language focus
Focus 1
Acabar de + infinitivo — To have just done something
English: to have just (done something)
Acabar de + infinitive describes an action that just happened very recently — extremely useful and common in everyday conversation.
Eu acabei de trocar ela, nem faz 5 minutos!
I just changed her, not even 5 minutes ago!Acabo de chegar em casa.
I just got home.
Focus 2
Me alcança + objeto — Grab me / hand me (something)
English: grab/hand me (something) — a request
Me alcança + object is a friendly, direct way to ask someone to pass or grab something for you, especially useful when your hands are full!
Me alcança mais uma fralda por favor.
Grab me another diaper please.Me alcança mais desses lenços.
Grab me some more of those wipes.
Focus 3
Diminutivo afetivo — Affectionate diminutives with babies
English: affectionate diminutives, especially with babies
Diminutives like anjinho (little angel) are extremely common terms of endearment for babies and loved ones in Brazilian Portuguese.
Meu anjinho, você tem um cheiro que só a mamãe ama!
My little angel, you have a smell only a mother could love!
👶 Paternidade compartilhada This dialogue playfully shows both parents actively involved in diaper duty — a warm, modern portrayal of shared parenting responsibilities.
🔊 Fedor Fedor (stink/stench) is a strong, colorful noun — related to the verb feder (to stink) — used here humorously about the diaper situation.
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Exercises
Exercise 1 — Comprehension check
Choose the correct answer based on the dialogue.
Exercise 2 — Acabar de, me alcança, ou anjinho?
Fill in each gap to complete the sentence with the correct word(s).
1. 1. Eu trocar ela, nem faz 5 minutos!
2. 2. mais uma fralda por favor.
3. 3. Meu , você tem um cheiro que só a mamãe ama!
Exercise 3 — Vocabulário de bebê
Match each Portuguese word to its English meaning.
Exercise 4 — Your turn
Write 4–6 sentences about a task you or a friend just finished doing, and ask them to hand you something. Use acabar de + infinitivo, me alcança + objeto, and an affectionate diminutive.
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