How do you say in Brazilian Portuguese...?

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Flavio Y

OK, let me try to explain it in a easy way. Portuguese can be tricky. the thing is the possessive pronoun for "your" can be "teu (male); tua (female)" if you are using the personal pronoun "tu" or "seu (male); sua (female)" if you are using the pronoun "voce" which we call a treatment pronoun. the truth is most Brazilians don't know the difference between the two forms and take them for synonyms. Also "seu, sua" happens to be used for both "voce - your (treatment pronoun)" and "ele - his". that is why you think your translator is mistranslating but it is, in fact correct!

translations:

formal: i love your smile. you are beautiful (to a woman)
adoro seu sorriso. voce e linda.
I love your smile. You are handsome. (to a man)
adoro seu sorriso. voce e lindo.
Your face is beautiful.
voce tem um rosto muito bonito. (you have a beautiful face)

informal - slang: i love your smile. you are beautiful (to a woman)
seu sorriso é tudo de bom. voce é muito gata.
I love your smile. You are handsome. (to a man)
seu sorriso é tudo de bom. voce é muito gato.

definitions:
lindo and linda means beautiful (male and female), same as bonito but we tend to use in different situations - hard to explain, that comes naturally with time.

"fui" is a slang for "so long" meaning instead of saying bye, once can say "fui". translation is " i went"
"ai" is an interjection for "ouch" in English.
"aí" with and accute accent means "there"
"gato" is a male cat but colloquially we say a "gato" is a very handsome man.
"gata" is a female cat; also a very beautiful woman is a "gata.".

hope the information was useful. i am native brazilian.

brazilianlek

people above did a great job explaining..

Quindim98

your = seu (can also be translated as "his" or "hers")
I love your smile = eu amo seu sorriso
You are beautiful = você é bonita (woman) or bonito (man)
Your face is beautiful = seu rosto é bonito.
Lindo (for male) and linda (female) = could be translated as beautiful, but I think is on "degree" higher. If you say someone is "lindo(a)", you mean he or she is more than "bonito(a)".
Fui = slang. Means "I'm outta here", "I'm gone"
ai = ouch (although aí = there, and also " e aí?" = slang - "what´s up ?")
gato = male cat, also slang for handsome (or hot)
gata = female cat, also slang for pretty girl (or hot)

Gisa*guitar

Eu amo seu sorriso; Você é bonita.
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Seu rosto é bonito.

lindo = bonito... but lindo SOUNDS "very beautiful". But there's no difference.
Fui is a very informal slang for bye, "i'm going away" ....fui is the past of to go

gato means male cat, that is metapho.. "VocÊ é um gato'="You are handsome"
gata means the same, but it's for woman

Star

I love your smile- Eu amo seu sorriso.
You are beautiful (women)- Você é linda

Plural- Vocês são lindas

I love your smile - Eu amo seu sorriso.
You are beautiful(men)- Você é lindo.

Plural- Vocês são lindos.

Your face is beautiful (both) -Seu rosto é lindo.

Lindo- When a man is handsome or an amimal or object on masculine.

Linda- when a woman/girl is pretty /beautiful or an animal or on feminine.

In Portuguese always when a word finishes with letter O It is masculine. And when it finishes with A it is feminine.

For Example:

A praia é linda. (The beach is beautiful)
Praia (beach) finishes with A, so you must use lindA no lindo.

O passarinho é azul. (The bird is blue)
Passarinho finishes with O so you must use lindO.

Fui is past (went).

Eu fui. I went. The Present of Fui is:

(I go) Eu vou

Gato is cat. But it is an expression for someone very beautiful.

Ele é um gato (men)
He is a cat but we mean he is beautiful.

Ela é uma gata (women)
She is a cat but we mean she is beautiful.

c-pop

You are getting this from an 11 year old that speaks english and portugese fluenly.
Eu adoro seu sorria. Voçe e linda de mais.(woman)
Eu adoro seu sorria. Voçe e um bonitaõ.(man)
Seu rosto e linda.

lindo-pretty to a man linda-beautiful to a woman
Fui-went
ai-there
gato-boy cat
gata-girl cat

Do you understand just so you know the r is said like an h

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