If, in the past, slang and neologisms originated mainly in soap operas and mainstream media in Brazil, the process today is extremely segmented. The contemporary digispeak can come from video games, TikTok, or even from the LGBTQIA+ culture. This is why talking to a Gen Z member nowadays can get confusing. But don’t sweat, we’re here to help!
Today, we would like to present to you a new slang that took over the Brazilian internet last year, ‘Hablo mesmo’. Instead of borrowing words from English, like we usually do, this time we found inspiration in the Spanish language. ‘Hablar’ means ‘to speak’ but, in Brazilian slang, it means being sincere, honest, outspoken, not holding back.
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During 2020, with the kids at home watching more and more content online, Portuguese parents started noticing something different… Their sons and daughters were speaking Brazilian Portuguese! But how did that happen? 😱😱😱
Brazilian YouTubers, like Luccas Neto and his cousin Felipe Neto for example, together have more than 70 million subscribers, roughly 7x the Portuguese population. If in the past Portuguese people learned Brazilian expressions through soap operas--the first Brazilian soap to air in Portugal was ‘Gabriela’, in the 70s--nowadays the YouTubers are spreading the word.
Portuguese teachers are noticing the phenomenon, even at a very young age (4 to 7 year-olds). Portuguese parents fear that this might have an impact on their school performance, and are trying desperately to revert it. But is this really going to work?
All we know is that language is mutant and alive, and the Internet erased physical barriers and limits. Recently in Brazil, many people have been incorporating expressions from the Northeast and adding them to their vocabulary, also under the influence of popular YouTubers, and the same is happening across the Atlantic.
Who knows how Portuguese is going to be spoken in Portugal in 20 years? One thing is certain, it will be a bit more Brazilian 😃
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