ARE YOU A PORTUGUESE?

HOW CAN YOU TELL FOR SURE?

• If you have ever been hit by a "Chinela " or "Fivela" or wooden spoon.
• If you grew up scared by something called "O Velho"
• If others tell you to stop screaming when you are really just talking.
• If you light a candle to the Virgin Mary on the night before your big test.
• If you use your chin to point something out.
• If you constantly refer to cereal as "con flacs or chirios (pronounced\nShi-re-j).
• If your mother yells at the top of her lungs to call you for dinner, even if\nit's a one bedroom apartment.
• If you can dance foklorico or rancho without music.
• If you use "mantega" instead of olive oil and can't\nfigure out why your ancas are getting bigger.
• If whenever you feel under the weather, you compulsively dab on some\n"Vic's vapor rub" all over your peito and inside your nostrils.
• Your mom packs your "lanche" every day even though you've just\nturned thirty-two.
• If you call the corner store "a estoua dos indianos."