Is it "pessoal" or "personal"? I'm not sure which word to use for sentences such as "That's personal." to describe information for example. As far as I know, they say "personal" to say "personal train

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Is it "pessoal" or "personal"? I'm not sure which word to use for sentences such as "That's personal." to describe information for example. As far as I know, they say "personal" to say "personal trainer" in Brazil, and "pessoal" for a group of people. Can anyone clear this up for me?

Feb 16, 2015 10:12 PM

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Andy, sometimes we use English words like: Personal Trainer, milkshake, light, top model, download, fast food etc in our everyday life, but they aren't Portuguese words. So, we don't have Personal, the word in Portuguese is pessoal (Isto é pessoal - That is personal. You can say also "Isto é privado") Pessoal: - Conjunto de pessoas. (Group of people) - Privado, algo que não é aberto ao público. (Personal)

February 16, 2015

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