Portuguese Words You Can Easily Learn From A Supermarket Leaflet

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 I was on holiday in Portugal in June, 2024 and picked up a supermarket leaflet, which I kept to help learn some Portuguese words. Now, In March 2025, I am tidying the house and throwing away some of the many leaflets I have picked up in my travels.

Before throwing away the leaflet, I thought I would fulfil my original intention of  translating it and learning some everyday words which are useful to use or at least recognize on signs. when shopping in Portugal.

Portuguese - English

altura - height

bem - well\

bola - ball

catergoria - category

com - with

de - of

e - and

em - in

forno - oven

fresca - fresh

infantil - child

iogurte - yogurt

liquido - liquid

mais - most

oliveira - olive

origem - (place of) origin

pera - pear

peso - weight

pimento - pepper

por - for

porco - pork

Precos - prices (note the cedilla under the c in Portuguese)

salada - salad

sardinha - sardine

tigre - tiger

unid - unit / single item

verde - green

viver - to live viver bem - to live well

English - Portuguese

and - e

ball - bola

Child - i (plural) nfantil

fresh - fresca

fruit - fruta (singular) frutas (plural)

green - verde

in - em

item (single) / unit - unid

Italian - Italiano

julho - July

junho - June

liquid - liquido

meat - carne (like carnivore)

to live well - 

olive - oliveira

origin - origen

oven - forno

pear - pera (the same letters but in a different order)

pork - porco

salad - salada

sardine - sardinha

tigre - tiger

weight - peso

yogurt - iogurte

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The Elizabeth Line and the Jubilee Celebrations

 

The Elizabeth line will revolutionize the experience of travel on the London underground. It will connect Heathrow airport with Paddington station, and on to the exhibition centre in East London, where the World Travel market is held annually. The central sections will have trains running every 5 minutes, just as they do in central and suburban Singapore. 

The Queen was wearing a brooch she was given in Singapore. It does not show the orchid like most souvenirs, but is circular and represents a tree. The material is18 carat gold with diamonds, previously costing about 6,000 sing dollars if you fancy buying one the same or similar. (Depending on the exchange rate as well as increases in prices.)

Queen Elizabeth herself  was resplendent in the sunshine yellow colors of the circle line when she unveiled the plaque at Paddington. Her son Edward, who would have done the honours if she had felt unable to walk, was with her. He was delighted to ride in the cab (front carriage) of the driver's seat. I thought the trains were driverless, like the ones on the monorail in the East End. Oh, well. Not on this occasion. 

The public will start to be admitted in June. The three sections of the line will be running independently. They will finally connect up so you can go all the way to Reading in the West.

The line will be open on May 24th 2022 which is a Tuesday.

Another date for your diary is the Platinum Jubilee, celebrated with a long weekend,starting Friday June 3rd 2022.

Useful Websites

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_line

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2022/may/17/queen-opens-new-elizabeth-line-in-surprise-appearance-video

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-61465207

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations - When and Who

 The celebrations will be in the UK in June. Who will be there? My guess is that we shall see:

HM The Queen. (Not Prince Philip who is dead.)

Her son, Prince Charles. Camilla.

William. Kate. Their children.

Probably

Thomas Markle, father of Meghan.

Maybe, maybe not

Harry and Meghan. Their children.

Wikipedia has an extensive article covering all the events throughout the year not just in the UK but all over the Commonwealth. 

The tours of the Caribbean by William and Kate are part of the Platininum year when they are representing HM the queen who no longer flies.

Wiki says>

For the first time, Jubilee Beacons will be lit in every capital city of each Commonwealth country to mark 70 years of the Queen's reign.^[13]

The Queen's Baton for the 2022 Commonwealth Games features a platinum strand along its length to commemorate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee year in 2022.^[14]

To commemorate the Jubilee, the Royal Mint and the Royal Canadian Mint partnered to create a two-coin set, with each mint designing a coin for the set.^[15] The silver coin designed by the Royal Mint has an equestrian portrait of the Queen on the reverse and a royal mantle on the obverse. The silver coin designed from the Royal Canadian Mint has a reverse design that depicts the Queen in 1952, while the obverse has the effigy of the Queen used on Canadian coins since 2003.^[16]

Members of the Royal Family will undertake a series of royal tours of Commonwealth countries to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.^[17]

The Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey on 14 March reflected the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Year with a special focus on the role that service plays in the lives of people and communities across the Commonwealth.^[18]

Places to see

Buckingham Palace

Windsor Castle

Useful Websites

https://danwoottontonight.wetransfer.com/downloads/abe367563ed067eaea13ba2e3ed6920320220425214233/b139f3

Bulgarian roses for orgasms

On the. Stand of a company called Venus roses Labsolutions Ltd I learned they produced Female SexUP instant Orgasms. And products for Prostate health iBrain and more. 

I spoke to Todor Tashev who told me that the time to visit Bulgaria is late May and early June to see the Rose festival and the roses on rose farms, miles of pink and white in the central part of the country. 

The company had about a dozen products using rose oil and rose extract. They make cosmetics with rose oil and derivatives and sweets. You can also buy rose water to drink. Later there will probably be rose biscuits.

If you plan to visit Bulgaria, it would be a good idea to learn some Cyrillic. The Russian alphabet, known as Cyrillic is similar. 

Author

Angela Lansbury.

Ex-pat Fair At Novotel on Stevens June 16 2018 10-5

Singapore flag with border.

Problem
Where can I get to taste local specialities and unusual products? Without wandering around a market in the heat in June, the hottest month in Singapore.

Stay Cool In June Shopping In Singapore
Yes, it's supposed to be the same temperature all year, which is what some people tell you. About 28 f or 82 C, in the eighties, rising to the ninetie, most of the year. Then they say that June is the hottest month.

In the city, when it's not raining or breezy or cloudy the temperature can go up. The secret to staying cool physically and mentally is to stay indoors. The locals drink lukewarm water and iced coffee or tea. We Westerners, expats and Permanent Residents drink iced water and drink hot coffee or tea.)

So the solution to shopping out of the sun is to stay indoors in a swanky hotel. Such as the Novotel. What do you get at the Ex-pat Fair. I've been to several.

Last time, entry was free but you might like to buy a raffle ticket. This could be one of several attractive prizes, or money off an item of jewellery from one of the stalls. That item which seemed expensive is now within reach.

You also get a free cup of gourmet coffee. What else is free? Tiny nibbles of this and that so you can make an informed choice which of six jams or pickles or chutneys or biscuits to buy.

Novelties? Artworks. Bags, Necklaces, which can be made to order. Items from other Asian coutnries around the region.

The Fair ends at five, early enough for you to meet up with anybody else, colleagues or family who are in business meetings. What next?

Exploring The Novotel On Stevens Area
I am interested in seeing the 'new' Novotel built on the site of the Pines which I used to visit regularly when my family had membership.  I would invite American and Japanese ex-pat friends to lunch after a swim or sunbathing beside the pool.

The Ghost Of The Pines
For me the lost Pines Club, previously called the Pinetree Club hangs like a ghost over the area. The loss of our money haunts my happy memories.

 The Novotel on Stevens was built on the site of the Pines Club which went out of business. The banks took action reclaiming their loan, a kind of mortgage of the club for money apparently invested by the club owner in projects in China which were not successful.

My family's membership money went. We were not happy. The so-called guarantee of getting your money back if you ever wanted to leave the club was worthless when the club went out of business. We now belong to a club which is a collective (The Tanglin). A mortgage could not, or should not, be taken out without the knowledge and approval of the members.

Let's look on the bright side. In its heyday, the Pines had a wonderful Chinese restaurant, a Japanese restaurant, a Western Restaurant, a poolside bar elegant enought to entertain friends, and a delightful waterfall feature.

Looking Around The Hotel
So how does the development compare? The 'new' Novotel on Stevens has a swimming pool. Their website says rooms have waterfall showers.

Novotel is part of the Accor group of hotels. If you go to their website they ask you to sign up to the Accor group to get news and offers of hotels are various prices around the world.

Why the cumbersome title, Novotel On Stevens? What is special about Stevens? It's handy to know the exact location. More important, the name distinguishes this Novotel from the other one on Clarke Quay, so a taxi takes you to the right place.

Taxi, Bus Or shuttle?
Do you need a taxi? Leaving laden with your shopping? You can order a taxi or a Grab, which combines taxis and private vehicles under one umbrella organization.

The website says they have a bus stop outside the hotel entrance. For hotel residents there's a shuttle bus to nearby Orchard Road, the shopping hub,.

(I noticed the shuttle bus from the Sheraton Towers, near Newton station, goes first thing in the morning, for those business people and tourists who want to get going early in the day, not for languid, late rising shoppers.)

Train and walk
From Stevens MRT on the Downtown blue railway line, it's an estimated 17 minute walk, 1.3 km. That's okay if you are the sort who jogs in the heat, carrying a water bottle, and you don't mind arriving sweaty and sticky.

Before catching your bus or taxi away from the area, in the same complex, take a look at the menu and decor of the upmarket Fisk fish restaurant, where a member of my family had lunch and recommended the food and wine.

Useful websites
theexpatfairs.com
https://www.novotel-singapore-stevens.com
https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-9543-novotel-singapore-on-stevens/index.shtml

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/pines-members-fume-over-clubs-likely-relocation

Author Angela Lansbury
Later post on Stevens and Scotts roads and Bukit Timah and Dunearn Roads.

Why You Should Learn To Swim And Teach The Family To Swim

Photo of pool in Singapore by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Problem
I just received this press release and thought I'll put it up straight away it was so important I've just copied it all. I remember standing in a post office in New Zealand reading about the history of postage stamps in Australia and New Zealand. A survey down under found the surprising fact that most swimming deaths were not in the sea but in back yard pools. So they started a campaign, supported by postage stamps, getting every garden pool surrounded by lockable fences.

Singapore pools are not protected. When I lived in Maryland, USA, pools in apartment complexes had to have lockable gates and lifeguards on duty.

When I got married and found out I was pregnant, I insisted that my husband who could not swim should take lessons.

I've seen videos showing that even babies who cannot yet walk can be taught how to float.

Meanwhile, here's more information on the upcoming learn to swim day:

 On behalf of our industry partner, the World Waterpark Association, we're reaching out today to encourage you to be a part of the World's Largest Swimming Lessonä (WLSL) this year. This global event takes place Thursday, June 21^st in more than 26 countries and your participation could help TEAM WLSL reach its goal of spreading the message swimming lessons save lives to more than 30 countries this year. 

According to the World Health Organization, in 2015, an estimated 360 000 people died from drowning, making drowning a major public health problem worldwide. In terms of prevention, WHO states that "teaching school-age children basic swimming, water safety and safe rescue skills" is a key approach for drowning prevention. [...]

More information from:

WLSL.org

To find a waterpark in the USA,
https://www.waterparks.org/web/Find_A_Park.aspx

Author

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. I have other posts on swimming, the USA, Singapore, the UK and riversides and seaside and water worldwide. Please share links to your favourite posts.

Abilene, Texas - What More Is There To See: statues galore and museums, literature,

Problem
Abilene, Texas is a two and a half hour drive from Fort Worth. Last time I was in Texas I did a two cetnre tour of Dallas and Fort Worth. Is it worthwhile going to Abiline to the Ciliex Museum. If there's more to see should I stay overnight, or make a long weekend of it?

Answers
https://www.nccil.org
Firstly, the Childrens Art and Literature museum is closed on Sunday and Monday, so you want to be going up on Friday, or starting very early on Saturday if you are driving over.

Is it worth a special trip? Most people love it.

A few were disappointed to see an exhibition on only one author/illustrator.

Bookshop
Some loved the bookshop which contains a few signed books. Others thought it was small.

The exhibitions, usually three a year, concentrate on all the illustrations from a book or books by a particular illustrator. The drawings are often larger and more detailed than they appear in the final version of the book. If you live in the area, and many do because Abilene is larger (in population - more populous is the correct term), then you may find that visiting a free museum three times a year is worthwhile and satisfies your desire to learn about more than one author/illustrator.

Multiple Authors?
If you want a museum which covers lots of authors and books, consider the Museum of American Writers in the USA. It opened in 2017. It was inspired by the writers' museum in Dublin, capital of Eire. (That's only about Irish writers).

Back to Abilene. What else might you include on your trip?

Texas and Pacific Depot, Abilene, Texas, now Tourist Information Centre. Photo by Billy Hathorn in Wikipedia article on Abilene.

Pick up a map at the visitors centre in a converted, restored old railroad building. By the railroad on the South blvd is Everman Park.

 Or print off a map which can be found online.

Look for six Dr Seuss statues on N 1st.and statues of Guardians, 3 Little kittens, 3 Little Pigs, Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little and quotations from books.

Storybook Garden
Adamson-Spalding Storybook Garden, 1008 N 6th Street, number 1098 Abilene, Texas 79601 5151.
Also see the giant dinosaur. Plus the VW Beetle on the Grace Museum.

Buffalo
My favourite statue is the big buffalo at Frontier Texas, 625 N 1st Street. (Oddly, the statue of the bull at the Bullring in Birmingham, England is also rated highly, though the nearest beef is in supermarket sandwiches.)

When to go? Festival Time!
Second week of June every year. CALF, Children's Art and Literature Festival.

Military Museum
The military museum got very favourable reviews. People loved the tank at the back (Americans say out back, which to me sounds like the Australian phrase Outback, which means not the back yard, but the wilderness).

Parents and grandparents said children loved the area of the toys for children to play with. It's all family friendly, except you are warned that in the WWII section the Holocaust room might not be suitable for children of all ages.

Discovery Centre
The Discover Centre is not like the Discovery centres in many other cities which are based in science.  This takes the bible as a starting point. Abilene takes its name from the Hebrew bible. See reviews on TripAdvisor. You might discover that others don't believe what you believe.

Abilene is nicknamed The Key City, and The Friendly Frontier. Now you know why.

Useful Websites For Travellers
www.visittheusa.com
https://www.traveltexas.com/#/
visitbritain.com
http://visitbirmingham.com
http://www.abilenevisitors.com
https://www.visitdublin.com
https://www.ireland.com/en-gb/
https://www.nccil.org

Author, Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. See my other reviews on Abilene; Birming, England. Please share links to your favourite posts.

What to call your child? Names from places, months, birthdays, saints' days

Florence Nightingale was named after Florence in Italy, the bird, the Nightingale.

Placenames

Placenames include

Alexandria

Austin

Berlin (Isaiah Berlin)

Charlotte

Chelsea

Dallas

Florence (Florence Nightingale)

Helena

Israel

Jordan

Madison

Paris (Paris Hilton)

London (Jack London)

Problem
1 What to call your child?
2 What to call yourself if you want to translate your name to make it understandable to people who pick another language?

Answer
1 and 2 In Europe and Catholic countries such as in South America, or visiting a Catholic colleague in another country, pick a saint's name day.
Family dispute about the name? End of argument.

Story

Tip

Wikipedia has a list of the names in the Czech Republic. They leave out the national holidays. You can also check the

January

New Year's Day
Karina
Radmila
Diana
Dalimil
Tři králové
Vilma
Čestmír
Vladan
Břetislav
Bohdana
Pravoslav
Edita
Radovan
Alice
Ctirad
Drahoslav
Vladislav
Doubravka
Ilona
Běla
Slavomír
Zdeněk
Milena
Miloš
Zora
Ingrid
Otýlie
Zdislava
Robin
Marika

February
Hynek
Nela, Hromnice
Blažej
Jarmila
Dobromila
Vanda
Veronika
Milada
Apolena
Mojmír
Božena
Slavěna
Věnceslav
Valentýn
Jiřina
Ljuba
Miloslava
Gizela
Patrik
Oldřich
Lenka
Petr
Svatopluk
Matěj
Liliana
Dorota
Alexandr
Lumber
Horymír

March
Bedřich
Anežka
Kamil
Stela
Kazimír
Miroslav
Tomáš
Gabriela
Františka
Viktorie
Anděla
Řehoř
Růžena
Rút/Matylda
Ida
Elena/Herbert
Vlastimil
Eduard
Josef
Světlana
Radek
Leona
Ivona
Gabriel
Marián
Emanuel
Dita
Soňa
Taťána
Arnott
Kvido

April
Hugo
Erika
Richard
Ivana
Miroslava
Vendula
Heřman
Ema
Dušan
Darja
Izabela
Julius
Aleš
Vincenc
Anastázie
Irena
Rudolf
Valérie
Rostislav
Marcela
Alexandra
Evženie
Vojtěch
Jiří
Marek
Oto
Jaroslav
Vlastislav
Robert
Blahoslav

May
Labour Day
(May Day)
Zikmund
Alexej
Květoslav
Klaudie
Radoslav
Stanislav
National holiday
Ctibor
Blažena
Svatava
Pankrác
Servác
Bonifác
Žofie
Přemysl
Aneta
Nataša
Ivo
Zbyšek
Monika
Emil
Vladimír
Jana
Viola
Filip (English Philip)
Valdemar
Vilém
Maxmilián
Ferdinand
Kamila (English Camilla)

June
Laura
Jarmil
Tamara
Dalibor
Dobroslav
Norbert
Iveta
Medard
Stanislava
Gita
Bruno
Antonie (English Anthony or Antony)
Antonín
Roland
Vít
Zbyněk
Adolf
Milan
Leoš
Květa
Alois
Pavla
Zdeňka
Jan
Ivan
Adriana
Ladislav
Lubomír
Petr a Pavel
Šárka

July
Jaroslava
Patricie (English Patricia)
Radomír
Prokop
National holiday
National holiday
(Jan Hus, 1415)
Bohuslava
Nora
Drahoslava
Libuše/Amálie
Olga
Bořek
Markéta
Karolína (English Caroline or Carolyn)
Jindřich
Luboš
Martina
Drahomíra
Čeněk
Ilja
Vítězslav
Magdaléna
Libor
Kristýna (English Christina - short form Tina)
Jakub (English Jacob)
Anna
Věroslav
Viktor (English Victor)
Marta (English Martha)
Bořivoj
Ignác

August
Oskar (English Oscar)
Gustav
Millie
Dominik (English Dominic)
Cristián (English Christian)
Oldřiška
Lada
Soběslav
Roman
Vavřinec
Zuzana
Klára (English Clara)
Alena
Alan
Hana (English Hannah)
Jáchym
Petra
Helena
Ludvík
Bernard
Johana (English Johanna)
Bohuslav
Sandra
Bartoloměj
Radim
Luděk
Otakar
Augustýn
Evelína (English Evelyn)
Vladěna
Pavlína (English Pauline)

September
Linda/Samuel
Adéla
Bronislav/Bronislava
Jindřiška
Boris
Boleslav
Regina/Regína
Mariana
Daniela
Irma
Denisa (English Denise)
Marie (English Mary or Maria)
Lubor
Radka
Jolana
Ludmila
Naděžda
Kryštof
Zita
Oleg
Matouš
Darina
Berta
Jaromír
Zlata
Andrea
Jonáš
Václav
Michal (English Michael)
Jeroným

October
Igor
Olívie/Oliver
Bohumil
František
Eliška
Haunt
Justin (English Justin)
Věra
Štefan/Sára (English Stephen, Steven, Sarah)
Marina
Andrej (English Andrew)
Marcel
Renáta
Agáta
Tereza
Havel
Hedvika
Lukas (English Luke or Lucas)
Michaela (English Michael)
Vendelín
Brigita
Sabina
Teodor (English Theodore)
Nina
Beat
Erik (English Eric)
Šarlota/Zoe
National holiday
Silvie (English Sylvia)
Tadeáš
Štěpánka

November
Felix
All Souls' Day
Hubert
Karel
Miriam
Liběna
Saskie
Bohumír
Bohdan
Evžen
Martin
Benedikt (English Benedict)
Tibor
Sáva
Leopold (In English Leo for short)
Otmar
Mahulena
Romana
Alžběta
Nikola (In English Nicholas or Nicola)
Albert
Cecilia
Klement (English Clement)
Emílie
Kateřina (English Catherine or Katherine)
Artur (English Arthur)
Xenie
René
Zina
Ondřej

December
Iva
Blanka
Svatoslav
Barbora (English Barbara)
Jitka
Mikuláš
Ambrož
Květoslava
Vratislav
Julie
Dana
Simona (English Simon for a boy or Simone for a girl)
Lucie (In English more often Lucy or Lucia)
Lýdie
Radana
Albína
Daniel
Miloslav
Ester
Dagmar
Natálie
Šimon
Vlasta
Adam/Eva, Christmas Eve
1st Christmas Holiday
Štěpán (2nd Christmas Holiday) (English Stephen, Steven)
Žaneta
Bohumila
Judita (English Judith)
David
Sylvester

I have highlighted some of the names which are more common in English. Go to Wikipedia to see the days.
Author, Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, speaker, language teacher.

Useful Websites

https://www.insider.com/baby-names-inspired-by-geography-cities-countries-travel-2017-7#1-florence-is-a-city-in-italy-but-also-comes-from-a-word-meaning-to-flourish-1

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Taste - great name. Diary Date - London in June, Taste in Regents Park

The saying goes, "All good things come to those who wait," and note

it in your diary, there's a food festival in London in Regents Park in June.
June 15-19 2016.

Weather wise and Weather Proof If you want to check the weather, like most countries, England is wettest in Spring, driest in summer and winter. That said, an umbrella can act as both rain protection and sun protection.Take a sunhat and sunglasses.

Food and Drink Containers
When I go to any food event I pack in a large tote bag a sealable plastic bag, a close-sealing small plastic box, a bottle of my own water. 

I also take an empty sealing bottle for storing leftover juices - or alcohol I don't want to gulp down in one go nor carry around and spill. And a large straw.

My other must is a small cool bag. Ice cream tends to turn to mush and spill as it melts. Try to carry food in a second container. Never pumice cream or yogurt in a valuable bag or a bag containing lots of papers or bits and pieces. 


Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer.

Source: http://www.buro247.sg/fashion/news/palazzo-fendi-rome-italy-reopens.html

Diary Ideal Home March;Taste of London June

The Ideal Home Show is in London indoors in March. The Taste of London in Regents Park in June, with early bird tickets on sale now.

http://www.idealhomeshow.co.uk/#b

http://tasteoflondon.seetickets.com/tour/taste-of-london?utm_source=Taste%20of%20London&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6856742_07.03.16%20Early%20Bird%20On%20Sale&utm_content=Tickets


If you are planning a holiday and live in London, you might want to book to be in London at that time, or bring your visitors along, or send them off to the show to get them out of your house and make your home the ideal home. If you live elsewhere, you might plan a trip to London when either of these shows is on. London also has other food and chocolate shows throughout the year, so does the rest of England, Scotland and Wales and Ireland.
(I'll tell you more later.)

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.