Ando Ocupado – Translation
Mr Affonso Moraes recorded his first album at 72 years of age, so this is the only available video of this gem.
Ando Ocupado
I’ve Been Busy
Affonso Moraes
| Ando Ocupado Affonso Moraes Pra ver jogo de bola já não tenho tempo. Tento ir à escola, mas apenas tento. Ando ocupado, O guarda apita, o pedestre hesita, eu furo o farol. Volto pra casa, ligo a TV, |
I’ve Been Busy Affonso MoraesI no longer have time to watch soccer. I try to go to school, but I just try. I’ve been busy1, The traffic cop blows his whistle, the pedestrian hesitates, I run a red light. I go back home, turn on the TV, |
(1) The verb Andar can be used as an auxiliary verb to express an ongoing situation. Examples:
- • Ando cansado. = I’ve been tired.
- • Eles andam ocupados. = They’ve been busy.
- • Maria anda trabalhando muito. = Maria has been working a lot.
- (2) Cachaça is a Brazilian liquor made from fermented sugar cane juice. It is the most popular distilled alcoholic beverage in Brazil. Street vendors selling cachaça and lemonade are a common beach scene in Brazil. Visit our blog to learn how to make caipirinha, Brazil’s most popular cocktail.
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Produced for the University of London’s SOAS Radio and shared with the world as a podcast, the Caipirinha Appreciation Society offers its audience two hours of wonderful under-exposed Brazilian music of all styles, regions and time-periods, from vintage sambas to modern blends.
Produzido para a rádio inglesa SOAS Radio - da University of London - e difundido para o mundo como podcast, o Caipirinha Appreciation Society oferece à sua audiência internacional duas horas de música brasileira pouco explorada pela mídia, de todos os estilos, regiões e períodos, de sambas clássicos a misturas modernas.
MdC Suingue (Portuguese for "Swing") founded the Caipirinha Appreciation Society in 2004, to show the world that there is a lot more to Brazilian music than what radio stations and record companies would have you believe. Kika Serra joined the CAS in 2006, when the show became a bi-national broadcast.
MdC Suingue fundou o Caipirinha Appreciation Society em 2004, para mostrar ao mundo que "música brasileira" é muito mais do que as rádios e gravadoras fazem parecer. Kika Serra juntou-se ao CAS em 2006, quando o programa se tornou uma transmissão bi-nacional.