Where it is said
- Minas Gerais· strongly associated
How it is used
The playful name for the way people from Minas Gerais speak — heavy contraction, dropped syllables and words like 'uai', 'sô', 'trem'. Used affectionately, including by mineiros about themselves.
Examples
Demorei pra entender o mineirês quando me mudei pra BH.
It took me a while to understand mineirês when I moved to BH.
Mineirês é uma forma carinhosa de falar, cheia de diminutivos.
Mineirês is an affectionate way of speaking, full of diminutives.