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.
Ele fala um mineirês carregado, dá pra notar de longe.
He speaks heavy mineirês — you can tell from far away.
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Sources cited on this page
Sources: DPopular — 67 gírias mineiras e expressões mais famosas · tier 3; Aulete — mineirês · tier 2