Escada Do Prédio – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Pedro Sampaio, Marina Sena

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language can be an exciting adventure, much like the story in Pedro Sampaio and Marina Sena's "Escada Do Prédio"! This song's vibrant and repetitive lyrics about a secret romance make it a fun and catchy way to pick up modern Brazilian Portuguese slang and expressions. The energetic funk beat will have you dancing while you learn the language of passion and spontaneity.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
escada /esˈkada/ A2	noun - staircase
prédio /ˈpɾɛdʒðu/ B1	noun - building
andar /ɐ̃ˈdaɾ/ A2	noun - floor, story
sexo /ˈseʃu/ A2	noun - sex, gender
bolado /boˈladu/ B2	adjective - horned, used colloquially to mean 'excited' or 'high'
tomar /toˈmaɾ/ A2	verb - to take, to drink
perigo /peˈɾigu/ B2	noun - danger
escondido /iʃ.kõˈdʒi.du/ B2	adjective - hidden
fim /fĩ/ A2	noun - end
medo /ˈmẽdu/ A2	noun - fear
perigo /peˈɾigu/ B2	noun - danger

Key Grammar Structures

• Tu quer me encontrar, quero te ver

  ➔ Present tense for expressing desires.

  ➔ The phrase "Tu **quer** me encontrar" uses the verb **quer** (to want) in the present tense.

• A escada do prédio já virou o nosso quarto

  ➔ Present perfect tense for completed actions.

  ➔ The phrase "A escada do prédio **já virou**" uses the present perfect tense to indicate a completed action.

• Eu e você suado, no sexo bolado

  ➔ Use of gerund for ongoing actions.

  ➔ The phrase "Eu e você **suado**" uses the gerund form to describe an ongoing state.

• Vai tomar em cima, vai tomar embaixo

  ➔ Imperative mood for giving commands.

  ➔ The phrase "**Vai tomar** em cima" uses the imperative mood to give a command.

• Gosta de saber que vai me ter no escondido

  ➔ Present tense for habitual actions.

  ➔ The phrase "**Gosta** de saber" uses the present tense to express a habitual action.

• É pra acabar comigo, vai acabar comigo

  ➔ Future tense for predictions.

  ➔ The phrase "**Vai acabar** comigo" uses the future tense to indicate a prediction about what will happen.

• Se ninguém souber, a gente fode até o teto

  ➔ Conditional sentences for hypothetical situations.

  ➔ The phrase "**Se** ninguém **souber**" uses a conditional structure to express a hypothetical situation.