context: grog is the national alcohol, made from sugar cane so it’s a lot like cachaça. the way that you make it involves spinning the sugar canes around in a pot a lot

meaning: to go around in circles

example: [as we were circling the block] “tamos indo em grog” (“we’re going around like grog”)

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everyone’s been so kind since i’ve arrived in praia on saturday (currently monday). a lot of people have been saying it’s /really really hot/ but i haven’t found that to be too true..? shoutout to the usa south for getting me acclimated to a hotter, humid climate ahaha

little by little i’ll learn the capeverdian kriolu too hehe. according to some of the locals, learning it in two months is Doable so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ let’s see

so today i learned a new slur! but only for guatemala (and i’ve never gone there so.) ((no damage??))

translation: [the english anti-gay f-slur], “hole”

cute example: a costarican (meaning does not translate there) saying there’s many holes in the road, “huecos en la calle”, and a guatemalan saying “oh you know, times have changed…”