User:PedroPVZ

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Olá! (Hi!) I'm just another guy from a corner of the world that is Portugal. Although small it is quite interesting and it wasn't always small. Centuries ago the Entire coast of Africa was Portuguese. Although I'm not only interested in Portugal, I think there is very wrongly information about this country on the rest of the World. My aim is to inform, not to induce in error with irrational nationalism.

The Portuguese people use to say: "Boca que apetece, coração que deseja" (Eng. Mouth that "wants", heart that desires). Understand it as you like. But, I don’t know how to translate (or if there is not an equivalent word in English) for "apetece". Want in Portuguese is querer. "Apetece" is wanting almost with desire).

That's Me

I jump from place to place, because I sleep, study and work in three different cities. Luckily they are close to each other.

I understand myself as 100% Portuguese, because 80-110 million Brazilians (in 180 million) are descendant of Portuguese. I'm sure of that in part of my Brazilian family. My Grandparent was Brazilian, he's gone. My Mother says I look much like him, except for the eyes, I've green eyes, he didn't. Most of my Brazilian Family are from São Paulo. I've also many relatives in Paris, France. In Portugal, I've some in Matosinhos. The rest, are my brothers and sisters, that are in four different cities in the North of Portugal (Famalicão, Trofa, Vale de Cambra and Póvoa de Varzim). I've talked only about blood-related family.

Languages

Portuguese

  • My language
  • Read: Fluent
  • Write: Fluent
  • Speak: Fluent

Spanish

  • since 7-10 yrs old
  • Read: Fluent
  • Write: near-Fluent
  • Speak: Fluent

Galician dialect

  • since 7-12 yrs old
  • Read: Fluent
  • Write: near-Fluent
  • Speak: Fluent

English

  • since 11 yrs old
  • Read: Fluent
  • Write: near-Fluent
  • Speak: near-Fluent

French

  • since 13 yrs old (I'm forggeting, I was good when I was a Kid)
  • Read: near-Fluent
  • Write: not good
  • Speak: Moderate-plus

Italian

  • since 15 yrs old
  • Read: near-fluent
  • Write: not good
  • Speak: Moderate

German

  • since 17 yrs old (I'm forggeting, It was just a curiosity)
  • Read: Bad
  • Write: very badly
  • Speak: Bad

Greek (Classical)

  • since 18 yrs old
  • Read: low-moderate
  • Write: almost-bad
  • Speak: almost-bad

Catalan

  • since: 20-22 yrs old
  • Read: Moderate-plus
  • Write: low-moderate
  • Speak: low-Moderate

Mirandese

  • since: 24 yrs old
  • Read: Fluent
  • Write: low-moderate
  • Speak: Moderate

Portuguese Creole (Santiago, Cape Verde)

  • since 24 yrs old
  • Read: Fluent
  • Write: moderate-plus
  • Speak: moderate-plus

Mini-CV

My Favorite Things

History

Astronomy

Technology

Games

Music

artist - (country, language)

  1. Carlinhos Brown - tribal united dance (Brazil, Portuguese)
  2. Philipe Monteiro - Bo é Livre (Cape Verde, Portuguese Creole)
  3. Dennis Graça & Suzanna Lubrano - Sonhos (Cape Verde, Portuguese Creole)
  4. Jorge Ben- Adelita (Brazil, Portuguese)
  5. Gil Semedo - - Nha Namorada (Cape Verde, Portuguese Creole)
  6. Don Kikas - Pura Sedução (Angola, Portuguese)
  7. Pedro Abrunhosa & Lenine - Diabo no Corpo(Portugal & Brazil, Portuguese)
  8. Suzanna Lubrano - Nha Sonho (Cape Verde, Portuguese Creole)
  9. Suzanna Lubrano - Komunikasau Visual (Cape Verde, Portuguese Creole & English)
  10. Suzanna Lubrano - Tudo pa Bo (Cape Verde, Portuguese Creole & English)

note: I'm not Capeverdian nor Mulatto. I just like Kizomba (music/dance from Angola that spreed throw the Portuguese Speaking African Countries and Portugal). Kizomba is more sensual than Samba, It is maybe its origin.

I like to listen/Dance:

Movies

Wines

Well I know that French wine is popular among wine ignorants. But Portuguese wine is popular among wine professionals and wine lovers. The Romans were the first to produce wine in Portugal, and, later, they call it as the country for Winery. They immediately related Portugal (then Lusitania) with the Roman God of Wine, Bacchus. I've learned to appreciate wine in college. The Oporto Academic tradition is related to Port wine and Vinho Verde, the two best wine products of the region. Port wine is the wine for the older students; freshmen are not allowed to drink. They drink Aguardente, a very acid and unflavoured drink. In Academic dinners, the used wine is Vinho Verde; it is also the main element of such a dinner. Others than initiated students are not allowed to this parties, but they can watch, but cannot be invited, if it is a full traditional academic dinner, watching is not allowed. Though it's very amusing and different. Vinho Verde is used for cheers, with traditional songs, celebrating the wine and friendship that god gave us. These traditions are century-old ones in Portugal, and done in secret. Normally, outsiders regard this as Bohemian traditions and regard initiation as inhuman. Though those who pass it, like myself, find it just an event to remember for life.

cultures

Pages that I've Created

I'm also the main editor of

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