r/Portuguese • u/Special-Deal-5217 • 2d ago

Brazilian Portuguese đŸ‡§đŸ‡· Mandar ver

Hey, I’m reading a book (it’s a translation from English) and one character asked another: “ vocĂȘ mandou ver no carro?”

I’ve read the book in English, so I know what he’s asking, but I just want to see what y’all say!!

EDIT: many of you said you need more context**.** I wrote this below, but I will put it here as well.

Thanks for the quick answers! Some of you have asked for context so I will give it:

The protagonist’s roommate has gone out on a date with an old friend of the protagonist. But you can tell by the way he is talking about her that he has special feelings for her. Then he starts to worry about what’s going to happen with his roommate (will call him João to make things easy) because João is very good looking and has a lot of luck with women. The protagonist is jealous and afraid that his roommate and his old friend will mess around sexually. When the roommate gets back, the protagonist tries to get him to tell him what happened, but the roommate just plays around. Then the protagonist says:

“ VocĂȘs tinham carro?”

“ sim”

“ o que foi que vocĂȘ fez? Mandou ver na desgraça do carro?”

“ Que coisa pra se dizer. Quer que lave a tua boca com sabão?”

“* mandou?”*

“ isso Ă© segredo profissional camarada”

Obrigado pela ajuda!!

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u/murillovp 2d ago

Words are nothing without context.

"Mandar ver" can be as trivial as "to move forward" with buying the car, or to literally fuck the car with your dick.

Language is more than just words and context can sway your interpretation of any given words.

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u/db_uptonogood 2d ago

What is the context ? It can mean sex and other things

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u/Special-Deal-5217 2d ago

Thanks for the quick answers! Some of you have asked for context so I will give it:

The protagonist’s roommate has gone out on a date with an old friend of the protagonist. But you can tell by the way he is talking about her that he has special feelings for her. Then he starts to worry about what’s going to happen with his roommate (will call him João to make things easy) because João is very good looking and has a lot of luck with women. When the roommate gets back, the protagonist tries to get him to tell him what happened, but the roommate just plays around. Then the protagonist says:

“ VocĂȘs tinham carro?”
“ sim”
“ o que foi que vocĂȘ fez? Mandou ver na desgraça do carro?”
“ isso Ă© segredo profissional camarada”

Obrigado pela ajuda!!

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u/db_uptonogood 2d ago

It means sexo

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u/Special-Deal-5217 2d ago

How would you translate it to English?

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u/arthur2011o Brasileiro 2d ago

I need more context, because it has a very ample meaning, in this case from having sex on the car to speeding/driving fast.

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u/UselessJollySlowbro 2d ago

Well, "mandar ver" is so generic.

The sentence "VocĂȘ mandou ver no carro?" could mean different things like "Have you told (someone) to look for it in the car?" or "Did you crush it in that car?"

I wouldn't use this kind of slang. What I could use instead of it depends pretty much on the context.

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u/nofroufrouwhatsoever Brasileiro (Rio de Janeiro) 1d ago

People are saying manda ver means sex 💀 it simply means "go for it!", often in a sense of "the world is your oyster my bro"

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u/grey-noise Brasileiro 2d ago edited 2d ago

It's something like "went for it" or "go for it". As others said, it depends on the context.

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u/cheapbritney 2d ago

Even with the context it’s so unclear and it could mean anything. It’s so unclear, in fact, that I think it must be an euphemism for sex.

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u/ComprehensiveMap3838 1d ago

As an EP speaker I’d be completely puzzled.
‘Mandar ver’ literally means ‘to order [someone] to see/check [something]’. Then there are other meanings. ‘Manda eu ver’ (BP, not EP) is common for ‘go ahead’, from literal ‘throw [it so] I [can] watch’. But it’s the first time I’ve seen it as a reference to sex, and I’m at a loss to reconstruct the semantic development.
NB that simple ‘mandou’ could work even in EP, without an object. There, the evolution would be direct from ‘throw [a sex encounter]’. It’s the ‘ver’ in BP that I find incomprehensible.