Como digo em inglês: eu sou a cara do meu pai (áudio)

By Ana | Podcast Inglês Online

Dec 02
Como digo em inglês eu sou a cara do meu pai (áudio)

What’s up, everyone?

Hoje tem mais um post baseado em conversa do Twitter (veja o Inglês Online no Twitter). Umas três semanas atrás eu perguntei lá:

Who do you look like the most: your father or your mother? Com quem você se parece mais: seu pai ou sua mãe?

As respostas foram ótimas porque ilustraram 3 situações diferentes:

  • I look nothing like my family Eu não pareço nada com a minha família
  • I’m a celebrity look-alike Eu sou sósia de uma celebridade
  • I am the spitting image of my father Eu sou a cara do meu pai

Então, resolvi aproveitar os exemplos e falar disso em áudio.

Transcrição

Hi everyone, this is Ana Luiza of Inglesonline.com.br and today I am going to talk a little bit about ‘looking like someone else’. This audio is part of a post published on December 1st, 2009 so to see all the contents of this post, including a transcript, please go to inglesonline.com.br .

So I wanted to post about this because about three weeks ago, I think, I asked this question on Twitter: Who do you look like the most: your mother or your father?

And I actually got a few answers to this question and I wanted to share them with you. One person said something like I look nothing like my family. So, it can happen. People look at you and at your biological parents, and no one can tell that you’re all related because you look nothing like them. It happens.

Another person said something like I am the spitting image of my father. This expression, spitting image, or spitting image – there’s a double ‘t’ in there – means that someone looks very much like someone else. So in the case of this person – it was a guy who said that -he looks a lot like his father, he looks very much like his father, or… you could say he and his father look very much alike, they look very much alike. So we can use this expression, he is the spitting image of his father.

And then a third person, and this was a woman… She said People tell me that I look a lot like Ivete Sangalo. So Ivete Sangalo is a celebrity, she’s a Brazilian celebrity and there’s an expression that is very common, especially when you look a lot like a celebrity, and this expression is look-alike. So we can say, this person is an Ivete Sangalo look-alike. In Portuguese we would say ‘sósia’, ‘Ela é sósia da Ivete Sangalo’. So we could say, she’s an Ivete Sangalo look-alike.

In my case I look more like my mother. Yeah, we are, we are both brunettes. So what about you, who do you look like? Are you a celebrity look-alike? Are you the spitting image of your father, are you the spitting image of your mother? Please tell us in the comment section, and talk to you next time.

This is Ana Luiza of inglesonline.com.br .

 

Key expressions

  • look like someone
  • look nothing like someone
  • someone is the spitting image of (someone else)
  • they look alike
  • celebrity look-alike

 

Glossário

to share them with you = compartilhar (as respostas) com você

no one can tell = não dá para dizer (literalmente, ninguém consegue dizer)

you’re all related = vocês todos são parentes ou da mesma família

brunette = morena ou que tem cabelo escuro

 

Estou esperando as respostas de vocês! Who do you look like the most?

Ana
Elina 29/01/2021

Ana, antes tinha um botão para impressão da transcrição, mas, agora não estou encontrando-o. Como faço para imprimir?

    Olá, Elina

    Essa função não encontra-se mais disponível.
    Uma alternativa para você conseguir fazer a impressão da página é clicar com o botão direito do mouse na tela e depois clicar em ‘imprimir’ ou ‘print’ se estiver em inglês.

Eduardo 07/08/2019

Hello. Thanks for your Podcast. I’m starting listen about them, but I’ll ear all pods…. I promise try!!
Well, let talk about who I am look like…. I guess I am look-alike my Dad. All persons say some thing, you are a look-alike your father. Well, I’m happy because a Love my dad… We are a good friends!
Bay bay.. See you.

DAFNE ANTUNES SILVA 21/10/2016

Hi, Ana Luiza! I’m very happy because I founded the Ingles Online app! I started linten to the podcasts now… Thank you very much!

Roberta 16/03/2016

Hi Ana,
I’m spitting image with my mother mixed with my father!

(Can I say this way?)

    Ana 20/03/2016

    HI Roberta, hahaha – not really :)
    Maybe “I’m a perfect mixture of my mom and my dad”

Juliana Duarte 02/09/2015

I’m the spitting image of my sister Lucia. The people say that we look very much alike each other.
In my job, there is a young woman, her name is Ana. She is an Isis Valverdi look-alike. Isis Valverdi is a very beautiful Brazilian actress.

    Ana 03/09/2015

    Hi Juliana,
    Great examples… Thanks!

Bruno 11/07/2015

I am the spitting image of my father. Very good. Keep doing that, Ana Luiza!

Lucas ^^ 01/02/2013

Posso seguir a ordem do mais antigo pro mais novo, ou recomenda outra maneira?

Lucas ^^ 01/02/2013

Ana, esse é o primeiro podcast que você fez ou tem outro mais antigo?

André Carlos 15/10/2012

I look like with my brother, we always like to do the same thing : )
But, my mother is spitting imagem of my aunt .

I loved this blog! my head exploded! very good

Gtoni 19/06/2012

Well, I look like my Dad. We are both short, my hair is curly like his and we love the same things.
For example; We both enjoy playing guitar and staying together to do it.

Oto 27/05/2012

People say I’m the spitting image of my father – I have a couple of objections about that. I might say, however, that I took after some of my mother’s “outstanding” behaviours, like dozing off over Biology textbooks.

    Ana 27/05/2012

    Oto,
    Yeah, I disagree myself when some people say I resemble too much either of my parents.

Francisco Sant'Anna 13/05/2012

Hi Ana,

I am a spitting image of my parents, I have two sister a blond, and a brunet, I am more younger my sisters know how to speak Englisch they are very inteligent woman. I start to study Englisch about two years ago, but when I discover this sait I improve my Englisch so much fast, every day I listen a couple of podcasts. I wish post a comment in all yours podcast it’s are my goal, I have a long journey, but I will manage, I know that!!!!!

Thanks Ana!

Francisco Sant’Anna your dedicate student.

    Ana 13/05/2012

    Thanks, Francisco!! Welcome ;)

Cayo Canette 18/03/2012

Hi,, Ana how have you been ?
It’s my first time here and I wanna say for you Thank you so much
because I finally got to understand this episodio my first episodio
so thank you so much again and

I look like my mother not the most but a little.

and this expression ” the spitting image of someone else ” dosen’t it sound stranger?
because spitting means ” cuspido ” will be as the guy above said ” ser a imagem cúspida de alguém .. ( não seria rúde de se dizer )

    Ana 19/03/2012

    Hi Cayo,

    Yes, it’s casual and informal.

    Esse foi o 1o episódio que vc ouviu, ou o 1o que vc compreendeu? Parabéns!!

      Cayo Canette 21/03/2012

      É o primeiro episódio que eu ouvi e compreendi perfeitamente, e já no outro dia eu compreendi melhor sem precisar do textinho. .. To feliz hahahah

Marco Silva 05/01/2012

Uma das formas mais polidas de se dizer é ” You have your father’s assemblance”. Dizer que você é “the spitting image” of someone pode soar um pouco rude para ouvidos mais sensíveis ( ser a imagem “cuspida” de alguém)

Juliana ; - ) 28/12/2011

Hi Ana!

My family says that I’m the spitting image of my father, but thank God I have my mother’s personality.

Kisses!

Thiago 27/10/2011

Oh, forget about it. It’s on the “glossário”.

Thank you.

Thiago 27/10/2011

Hello Ana. Let me ask you… what does “bruenette” means?

Julio 05/05/2011

I’m spitting image of my brother. Sometimes, people ask us, Are you twins?
hehehe, No, we are not.
And my daughter is spitting image of me. She is beautiful.

Felipe 23/04/2011

I look nothing like my father, but my sister look very much like him, I look more lime my mother

Alex 31/12/2010

Hi!!!
You have doing a woanderful job with your podcast, I´m learning a lot. Please never stop it.

Thiago e Renata 07/07/2010

Hello Ana,

I look more like my mother. (My hair and my mouth) – Thiago.

I am the spitting image of my mother(My body, my face, my hair so everthing. – Renata.

Thanks for Podcast. It is very good.

Karla 24/04/2010

Hi Ana,

I was looking for a good site, for a long time, in order to improve my English. So, I found this one and it seems to be a great site.
Answer your question: I look like a mixture of my father and mother. I have my grampa’s eyes.

Kisses, Karla

Carlos 19/04/2010

I’m spitting image of Tiger Woods…rs

Magali 20/02/2010

Ana
I’m starting to love English thanks to you.
I look like my mother
kisses

Carlos 12/02/2010

I think it’s the best site that I’ve already found in my life!!!! Thank you

Marcos 11/02/2010

Some people say that I am a Jhonny Depp look-alike. But not only nowadays:it is since the times of “Anjos da Lei”.

Ana Luiza 02/02/2010

Hi Jeymson, see you around…
Tabata – tem várias liçoes de pronuncia por aqui.

tàbata 31/01/2010

hi, i enjoy muito das pronuncias, por favor eu estou aprendendo inglês, o que poderem me ensinar eu fico muito agradeçida.
kisses.

Jeymson 30/01/2010

Hello Ana, I loved ur site, and it’s an excelent way to increase my english skill, I will become a frequently visitant.
Farewell smile

Ana Luiza 19/01/2010

Gilberto, que bom!! Assine e siga as dicas gratuitas COmo Falar Ingles (lá na homepage), vai te ajudar MUITO na parte da fala.

jairo 17/01/2010

well i wil be so happy with this site to hi are be so good to me i need know learn more about gramar your could help me friends tankio for all no more see you later bay.

Gilberto André 15/01/2010

Boa tarde Ana, adorei entrar no seu site. Estou iniciando no curso de ingles
e suas dicas me deu mais vontade de aprender.
Um grande abraço.
Att,
Gilberto André

Ana Luiza 10/01/2010

Great Humberto. Enjoy the lessons…

Humberto 07/01/2010

Hi Ana Luiza, tanks a lot.
You were change my learning in english.
Well, i’m look like my father.
By

Ana Luiza 06/01/2010

Hi Vini! haha… that’s nice that my voice reminds you of Fernanda’s voice.
Yup, isn’t that funny! That happens sometimes with idioms (not often but it does)

Ana Luiza 06/01/2010

Hi solange,
Clique com o botão direito do mouse e escolha “Salvar link” ou “salvar destino” OK?

solange moreira 06/01/2010

Hi Ana! Não consigo baixar o mp3.

Michele 06/01/2010

Thanks Ana!
I’m the spitting image of my mother.

Vini 05/01/2010

Hi Ana Luiza! You have a great voice, it remembers me Fernanda Abreu’s voice…hehe
well,Is the literal translation of spitting image something like “a imagem cuspida”? It sounds funny for me. Thanks teacher and please, if i’m not requiring too much, correct my comment if it is wrong!hugs

Ana Luiza 02/01/2010

wantuir and vimu, no problem… Be on the lookout for more podcasts (be on the lookout = fique de olho)

Ana Luiza 02/01/2010

Hi Rosiany, you’re welcome… Wow, people can tell he’s your father pretty quickly, huh? Yep, spitting image is the right expression for you.

vimu 02/01/2010

Thanks for your lessons. They’re very good. Talking me that I’m look alike Caetano Veloso.

wantuir 30/12/2009

Thank you, Ana Luiza, for your classes I”m learning very much with you.
GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!!
KISSESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

Rosiany 24/12/2009

Hi Ana!
I’m very happy in see that you are using your ability for help us with English secrets! Thankyou! Well, I’m spitting image of my dad! Everybody who doesn’t know him, when meet him, knows immediately he is my father!

Ana Luiza 23/12/2009

Great Simone… and thanks smile

Simone 22/12/2009

I’m the spitting image of my father
I love when you speak english,its fantastic

Ana Luiza 21/12/2009

Hi everyone, great comments!! Thank you.

Clayton 18/12/2009

Some people say that i’m the spitting image of my father.

Mauro 16/12/2009

I’m the spitting image of my pather

zoraide barbosa 16/12/2009

I look like my sister.

Cla 16/12/2009

I am the spitting image of my mother.

Yashua 15/12/2009

I can not have my father`s face,lol. I have my won face. My face looks like my father`s face, it is commonly said among teens. In addition, someone say, “Yes, you look like your father”. In conclusion, “I look like my father”.

Rodrigo Vieira 15/12/2009

yeahhh ! i look like my father !!

jairo 13/12/2009

hi i love speak english because is very important to me. in my job i need know very words to say for any peaple.

Josimar Machado. 12/12/2009

I look like nothing like my family. Actually, i don’t even think i’m my parents’ son haha just kidding.

josiaspedro do nascimento 11/12/2009

“I’m the face of the my father”.
Estou satisfeito fazer parte deste curso de lingua estrageira.

Sílvia 08/12/2009

Hi Ana, I look like with my mother…

Sielen 03/12/2009

I’m the spitting image of my father.

Daniele 03/12/2009

My mother said that I look like with my father but even my hasband saw one picture of the my grandmother. He thought the I am very look with her(gandm).
My grandmam had curly hair and brown eyes. She was beaultiful brunette.
kisses Ana Luiza I love your all post

Ana Luiza 03/12/2009

Haa, Valesca you’re an Alanis Morrissette look-alike!

Hi Denise, so you’re a brunette and he’s darked-haired as well (brunette is more frequently used for women)

Cristiano – I LOVE the Irish accent, but it can be hard to understand sometimes! Thank you. If you’d like to write about your experience learning English in Ireland (em PT mesmo), please let me know. I could publish it on the blog.

Cristiano 03/12/2009

Helo, Ana Luiza!

I’ve been studying english in Dublin for 6 months( August 2009 till Feb. 2010), I would be very happy if the Irish accent was like your accent.Your voice is beatifull.
So, I think that I look like my father, but I would not want to have the white hair that he has!!!
by,

Denise 03/12/2009

I look like my father, in personality, skin, we are brunette too. smile

Valesca 03/12/2009

I look a lot like Alannis Morissete! Rs My friends always tell me about this, but I don´t agree with them.

Ana Luiza 03/12/2009

Hi Patricia! Wow, that must be uncomfortable sometimes… Good for you for being able to tell this story in English!

Patricia 02/12/2009

Hi Ana! I’m the spitting image of my deceased mother. So, sometimes I feel uncomfortable with that, because everybody who liked her a lot, when looks at me, be instantly moved and get weepy.

Ana Luiza 02/12/2009

Hi Paula! You look like your father and have your mother’s hair? Interesting combination…

Paula 02/12/2009

I loved read yours posts. I always learn a good lesson. I look like with my father, and i´m brunette to,but my hair look like with my mother.

Drica 02/12/2009

continue…
and i have “os olhos do meu pai”,
how can i say that in english?
c-ya

Drica 02/12/2009

thanks Ana..

Ana Luiza 02/12/2009

Hi Drica!! Great to see you here. So you look a lot like your mother and you have your father’s eyes.

Dricao 02/12/2009

I loved this post!! it was nice to hear your voice Ana..you have a great intonation…
So, everybody tell me that i’m look alike my mother very much!!

Ana Luiza 02/12/2009

Thank you ana!

Keici: yes, you can say I’m a mix of my father and mother as far as looks are concerned, or I look like a mixture of my father and mother.

Keici 02/12/2009

There is an expression for “I’m a mix of my parents, but I’m not the spitting image of no one of them”?

ana flávia 02/12/2009

Wow!! I loved your voice!! Your pronunciation is almost perfect!! Well, I look like my father and my ants.

Ana Luiza 02/12/2009

Hi Thais: your aunt must be proud smile

Hi Gilberto – now go tell that to your father in English!

Hi Ira, I think you’re on the right track to better intonation smile And of course you know you’re the look-alike I’m talking about right?

Iramaia 02/12/2009

I loved your pronunciation and the way you read the post. I really need to improve my intonation.Well, I look like my father. Since I’m the only brunette of my mother’s four children, and that’s because of my father’s skin color, so I’d say that I’m the black sheep of my family. I’m kidding!

Thanks for the post,

Gilberto Dantas Cavalcanti 02/12/2009

Really, I’m the spitting image of my father!My best regards to Ana Luíza.

Henrique 02/12/2009

I look like my father. :p

Thais 02/12/2009

I’m the spitting image of my aunt.

HAHA

    Charles 13/05/2013

    I take after my mother

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