16 Differences Between Brazil and the U.S (Culture, Food, People, and More!)
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
- After several trips to the amazing country of Brazil, I've gained some incredible insight and perspective from living in another culture. This video describes some of my experiences and some of the key differences between Brazil and the U.S (including Brazilians and Americans). Enjoy!
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Have you ever been to Brazil or found yourself in a foreign culture? Tell me about your experiences in the comments below!
Yeah I've travelled to Bahia state on Brazil last week. Hahahaha... As a continental size country The distance is Longer than many counties. Now I'm back to Minas Gerais. But since my job ll stay remote indefinitely, i plan to spend some time on Rússia in the future.
@@Bbq-Master why people learn so many languages? Since it is English everywhere xD
There is a martial art created in Brazil called Capoeira, I am a practitioner of this fight
About eggs for breakfast, actually many people eat, but not as much as in the US. About spending 4 hours in a restaurant, I don't think it's that long, but about 3 hours is quite possible, yes, for weekend meals, or friday nights. And a big difference that I haven't seen any North American talk about is our daily food system. In general: between 6:30 and 8:00 (depending on each person's schedule) a breakfast with fruit, bread or even eggs. Noon is lunch, and here it's real lunch, with salad, rice, beans and meat, and there may be other things, but that's the basics. And we have many restaurants with per-kilo buffets or all-you-can-eat buffets, or both options in the same restaurant. Then a snack upon returning from work, or during work (around 4pm) and finally dinner. Dinner varies a lot. Some people have dinner earlier (at 7pm) others have dinner at 8pm, 9pm or even 10pm, and the type of dinner also varies, some just eat a sandwich, others prefer a meal with rice, beans, meat...
The "hello" and "goodbye" thing I think someone explained you wrong. It's not to everyone at the party, it's to everyone on your group, like the friends of your friends who are there, even though you don't know them. It's a way to be sympathetic and get to know other people. Imagine there's me, my friend, his boyfriend and three other people. It's nice to greet them all so I don't arrive or leave like a rude person. But that's not a rule, I guess. I've seen people complain about this, like "Oh, I hate when people only greet the ones they know". But, if you're at a party with like 15 people, it's also nice to talk to them. But not 50, 100 or 200 lol
As a Brazilian man, I approve your statement
That’s exactly how it’s supposed to happen
I’m so incredibly blessed to be Brazilian and have this splendid culture rooted in me. I’ve been living in the US for 10 years, I’m fluent, I’ve assimilated tremendously, I’m married to an American, BUT NOTHING BEATS the friendliness and hospitality of Brazil. Americans are unbelievable superficial, money/career oriented, and short-tempered. The US is more of a workplace and Brazil where I enjoy life to the fullest!
And yet, despite all the negative things you have said about Americans, you have lived and prospered in the United States for the past 10 years and not Brazil, and are married to an American woman and not a Brazilian woman.
Interesting.
People relocate and assimilate into other places and countries because they find something undesirable about where they originally come from and something desirable about the place they migrate to, especially if they stay there for a decade and start a family with someone from the place they moved to. Talking badly about a place and people you benefit from is just poor manners.
I would also mention it is the work culture and work mentality of the US that made its economy so innovative and advanced and given people such as yourself and many millions of others opportunities to thrive economically within its borders.
@@davidelliott1594 Not true, Americans don't work harder than any other country in the world, you're just too lucky to have a good history and background, got colonized by a country that's not Spain or Portugal. Go outside, see the world!
Not harder, but better for sure. Americans are at a whole another level professionally.
@@davidelliott1594 The only reason the U.S. economy is so advanced is that post-WW2, the American Dollar became the universal currency for the international market.
It has nothing to do with Americans working harder than other people!!! It's just a matter of having a strong currency!
3. Just explaining a bit further, there is a tipping culture in Brazil, but since it's optional we tip whether we like the service, or if we're just feeling generous at the time. Just like many other countries
Some people go further and feel a little offended if you try to tip them, it's just a sign of humbleness
I was going to say that. For example, in the gas station if the attendant wash your windows or calibrate your car’s tyres, than it’s usual to tip them. There’s also the case where the tip is already calculated in the check in restaurants for example. And you just opt to pay it or not (in this case, if the service was bad).
some waiters expect you to tip, you can see it in their eyes, so basically I give a larger banknote and tell them "keep the change" and their eyes light up and they smile "hey, thank you!" . also i am not exactly sure how it works but i thought all restaurants will add a service charge (like 5%? 10%?) on top of your bill, and that would be your tip. I've tipped taxi drivers, barbers, waiters nobody ever felt embarrassed or said "no", but it's a "keep the change" sort of thing, as I often use / prefer cash, and that goes down well.
Interesting vid learned a lot. I know one Brazilian and he's extremely friendly
I really love your videos!
I was born in Japan and moved to Brazil when I was a kid. So I'm surrounded by two totally different cultures hahaha (man about the personal space I'm more into my Japanese side). Anyways I LOVE BRAZIL and I love being Brazilian
Thank you so much! That must have been really interesting to have been born into two different cultures like that
You are part of that Japanese community in São Paulo?
brazil is a nice place for japanese people, its a no war country that have alot of other japanese people that can help you
É impressão minha ou esse 1 milhão e meio tá estagnado desde os anos 80? Eu acho que temos uns 5 milhões de nipo-brasileiros mas teve uma época que os mestiços tinham vergonha de falar que eram nipo e não falavam pro IBGE. Tá errado essa conta aí
@@gozadinhaplays69amigo, brasileiro não pensa em guerra, nos nascemos brasileiros e me comportamos como brasileiros. A gente não se ajuda, apenas convive de vez em quando nos Kaikans que são associações dos descendentes
Ok so I'm Italian and it's beautiful and funny to realize how much Italians and Brazilians are similar. We're are so identical lmaoo. 🇧🇷❤🇮🇹❤🇺🇸
P.s. I really loved the phrase in the final "WE ALL ARE HUMANS" that's so true !! 💪🏼
As an Brazilian we also identify with all other persons that evolved from the latin language, but French's that support Macron in my case.
I am Brazilian and, well… my grands were Italian (both passed away already). Maybe one reason for similarities: huge Italian immigration, especially in the south and southeast
Por que uma das nacionalidades que mais imigraram para o Brasil foram os italianos, meu filho tem até a cidadania italiana pela família do pai, minha irmã tbm tem pela família da minha madrasta. Os avós dela vieram da Itália, a avó ainda é viva inclusive, vieram com 15 anos e se conheceram no navio. Tem cidades inteiras de imigrantes italianos principalmente aqui no Sul do Brasil e em São Paulo.
Yeah buddy, Italian people shared come Italian culture to Brazil past century
At the beginning of last century there were more italian newspapers in São Paulo than portuguese ones that demonstrates how many italians came over here. Currently São Paulo is the "Big Pizza" city in the world such as NY is the big Apple. Tutti vero I myself have italian blood so as the 37 millions of brazilians descendants from the Boot shaped country, Ciao bello !
Speaking of "Nature" Brazil is one the most beautiful country in the world. Good Video my friend!
The most beautiful country in the world is Switzerland
@@srp4113 I am curious for Swiss, my top country is Italy right now and Greece
I've been experiencing depression and a warm culture is what I need right now
hey buddy...
its been a while but how you doing?
Sinta-se abraçada. 🤍
...ou só se mude pra cá 😅
The manual cars part it's because, sadly, it's really expensive to buy a brand new car in Brazil. It's not that our market is outdated, it's just that we tend to buy used car, which is cheaper and serves the purpose.
This video was immersive and engulfing. I really appreciate the insights on cultural differences; I look forward to more videos akin to this for each language you speak and country you visit.
Ae, brasileirada, dá mais valor pra nós nipo-brasileiros, viu. Hahahaah Os gringos sempre se espantam com isso pq colonia italiana, libanesa, alemã é comum no mundo todo. Mas japonesa? É o maior rolê aleatório dos dois países e que deu certo. Somos mais parecidos do que mtos brasileiros e japoneses imaginam.
I'm glad you enjoyed Brazil! valeu amigão
Pretty accurate Cole! Another great video.
great video champ... keep it up... ate mais ..thanks!!!
Man, I just love your videos about brazil. You rock, great video ❤️
Thanks so much dude!
We do eat pizza and hamburgers with our hands, though.
Fico feliz que tenha gostado do Brasil!
E o guardanapo?
The US is basically the only country that tips so much, when I studied abroad in Korea I tried to tip one time when a restaurant had to remake my meal and they outright refused.
Germany also tips very much... As far as I know. But most likely if a guy goes out with his girlfriend and they're below 18 it's not rude to not tip. (Just as a fun fact)
Thank you bro! You earned a sub
Let's go Cole! Looking forward to seeing these videos about All cultures xD
Awesome! I love making these kinds of videos. Hopefully it can be in the actual country next time once we can all travel again :)
Hi
You instantly got my subscription for telling what I didn't know about my next adopted country,
There are finger foods in Brazil. But 50% of the time there’s a napkin between the food and our fingers. Who is the crazy person eating a “coxinha”, “pão de queijo” or “brigadeiro” with fork and knife?
Perfect 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 That’s exactly how we feel living on US ! Love the video 👏🏻
it's not that we are always late, we just take our time hahaha. nice video :D
Great video this one.
I am ready to visit Rio very soon, and possibly moving there next year, retired with a social security every month, I think I'll be happy.
very interesting video...thank you. (I'm going to meet my brasilian partner for the first time one of these weeks, so I know what to expect 🤣)
You spoke facts!
I loved this video omg, and it's true everything you said, in Brazil we are so "touchy" haha, and this is cool! Nice video xD
Oi
@@BleyCraft Oi, tudo bom?
@@brunovargas8823 sim^^
@@BleyCraft olha quem está aqui :O
Thanks!
You nailed it.
Eu amo esse video ❤
so much energy and so so accurate 🇧🇷 🇺🇸 🤙🏽 valeu
haha totally true! brazilians are almost always late! and this is not a bad thing per se... i mean it's not that it's something you should definitly do if you're a brazilian or if you're in Brazil as a foreigner but.. that's a custom in Brazil hahah
another thing brazilians do is call literatlly ANYONE as if they were ''lifelong'' friends haha , here you can call strangers in so many differents ways,like : ei amigão, eai campeão, fala fera, eai gente boa, etc.... 🤣
there's so many ways brazilians greet each other, i think that's why some foreigners say portuguese is hard to learn hahah it blows anybody's mind!
and about not eating eggs for breakfast it's true, in Brazil the most famous cliché food for breakfast is bread and butter( or margarina an imitation butter ) and ''pingado'' a mix of milk and coffee 😋
This is so true also I’m going to Brazil today!
Much love from Brazil!
In the US there are much fewer specialized stores than in Brazil or Europe and even East Asia and most other places because most cities are have large tracts o residential exclusive zones that do not allow for retailing and they necessitate that one needs to take a car to various shopping centres that have any number of large food and grocery stores that sell everything in one establishment. In Brazil, most blocks or blocks nearby to the block that one lives, whether that be within a favela or luxury high rise apartment building complexes will have a variety of different retailing establishments, including bakeries, fromageries, butchers' shops, and ones that sell fresh fruits and vegetables - the latter mostly in supermarkets or neighbourhood mini-markets.
3:58 Eu não paro de rir dessa parte porque realmente é muito assim 😂
hahaha sim, eu acho que a gente levanta a moral do garçom com medo dele zuar a comida ou até pra ele caprichar na porção 😅
I would extremely recommend you to go to the Northeast of Brazil and you will see the difference between what you said and what's there. We eat eggs in the morning, we don't have as much nature, in general, a quite different area.
Temos natureza sim você está enganada
Não tem natureza? Como assim? O nordeste é simplesmente o caribe brasileiro hahahah
Great video, just wanna add that the "tip" is included in the final payment and it's usually 10-12% of the total value of what you "purchased". For instance, in restaurants the bill already comes with the price of your food + the 10% service fee
“you have to go give beijos to 300 people” I’m brazilian-american this made me LOL 😂😂
We do reject offers, but we make a big deal about it xD
"THANK YOU SO MUCH, don't worry about it, really, thanks, really, no, but thanks, I'm good, thank you so much" is a normal sentence hahaha
Dude, I loved your video, I found myself bursting in laughter in some of the things you said, "Ei, Campeão" 😅😅😅😅. But I "changed" some of my typical Brazilian behaviors for one reason or another (one of the reasons being an exchange student in Michigan when I was 16).
1) Even knowing I will have to wait probably an hour for my friends who agreed to meet me at 7 p.m. I still arrive at 7 p.m., never late.
2) I eat eggs for breakfast (omelete or scrambled). Had eggs this morning. I find it a better alternative to bread (carbohydrates) as I'm trying not to inflate like a balloon.
3) I don't like saying hello or goodbye to everyone in a party. I usually say goodbye to the host and leave just like that. We coined a term for that, "saída à francesa".
Next Friday (August/11) some friends of a friend of mine who lives in NYC are coming to Brazil and I'm going to welcome them and serve them as a guide (because I want to). I'm going to send them a link to your video, it will be useful for them.
Eu amo esse vídeo
You nailed it! Except the part that we eat hamburgers 🍔 with a knife and fork!?🍴 😆 who were these people you were hanging out with?
I loved your vision about our country, come back anytime ok
You forgot to mention that even though it's not a first-world country, there's free healthcare. Even the health insurance plans are infinitely cheaper than in the US. Emergency care, especially, is remarkable. Anyone, be it a beggar or a wealthy person, is treated the same way and with the best quality. My martial arts instructor once cut his finger off with a chainsaw. They took him to the emergency room, reattached the finger, and now he's completely fine, all for free. Treatment for diabetes, cancer, organ transplants, and all other treatments that you have to mortgage your house to pay for, are free! Because our constitution prioritizes the lives of its citizens. It's a lesson the US should learn, instead of investing solely in wars.
Thank you for your expressing your experience. Although listening to u I think u are convincing that I’m more Brazilian than modern American. I’m probably way more American in politics.
idk if this is a Brazilian culture thing but the way they treat their friends shocked me, I'm always being called "meu amor" and im not used to that it makes me feel happy
We call the waiter “boss” too Lol
actually we do tip 10% in restaurants and other places but the tip is already included on the bill
we don't usually eat hamburguers with cuttlery, unless it's a very big and messy one
Hi! I’m Brazilian too
5:31 What? I am Brazilian and I eat eggs on the morning, never knew this was a thing.
3:59 - isso me pareceu uma cena de um filme dublado, não sei por que
Oi campeão a gente vai pedir, rachei 😂😂😂😂
In Europe most of the cars are manual too.
I find bizarre how Americans find “cool” or “fun” to drive a manual car, like if it wasn’t the standard way of driving.
OMEGLE AMIGO, ME GUSTA BASTANTE VER COMO SE SORPRENDEN LAS PERSONAS
Rsrsr essa de despedir de todos na festa, até de quem mal CONHECEMOS FOI ÓTIMO. Dizemos "sair a francesa" quer dizer vasar de uma festa como um agente especial ou um fantasma. Voc~e deve ter ido para Minas que dão 3 beijos ou em São Paulo q puxam o saco de turistas.
A disclaimer. Here in Brazil you can say a collective good bye, specially if there are many people or people you just met. If the people are close, so you dismiss one by one.
About the nature topic. Brazil is blessed to have very fertil land. It's very easy to grow plants or even a tree here, but there are also laws in place to keep it that way. Years ago, our green percentage was dropping in large city, so a law was put in place to forbid people from cutting down a tree, even if it was inside their own properties. Now the only ways to cut a tree is with government permission or illegally, risking having to pay thousands if caught. And many neighbors are will to report you.
Manual cars are easier to fix less specific equipment needed.Most developing countries jave manual
I’m glad you love my country ! The only thing is that My country Brazil is still dangerous but it’s getting better ! I’m from São Paulo and living in New York City
Came on, Brazilians arrive very late in a party and Goes out without people realise It. Pehaps we say good bye the host of the party. And we don't eat burgers with cutteleries. And pizza only in a restaurant, not at home. Imagine Olive oil running down your sleeves in a restaurant. And not ALL the houses have trash can at the loo. You were charged 10% in ALL restaurants you were in without realise, because it's a law. Thats why we don't give them. But it's optional I make round for them at the prices.
Could you learn Somali? Never seen a linguist learn it, its from East Africa
Maybe one day!
@@ColeLangs I didn't expect you to reply omg
I've been to the USA many times and they also have amazing nature, fantastic natural parks. Yosemite, Yellowstone, Arches, Bryce canyon... sequoia national park, etc. Lots of different things and well preserved.
In Brazil, we should protect better our beautiful nature.
I also found Americans very polite. But, yeah, not a warm people with strangers, at least in my experience.
And I don't like the tipping in the USA, because its exaggerated in many places, where they propose tips of 20, or 25% on top of the bill. I think 10 to 15% would be more appropriated. Why not just add this to the price on the menu, so as to avoid surprises (one goes planing on a tip of 10 to 15%, but is asked to tip 25%).
I always tip at restaurants and bars in Brazil: 10%. Except when it's written on the receipt that the service is included.
It´s funny because I lived In america and it´s a cultural shock. Now I see all those things lol
O IRMÃO! A GENTE VAI PEDIR AQUIIIII
perdi tudo nessa parte KKKKKKKK
Hello from indonesia
Deixa legenda em português
Eu também dou um tchau coletivo
I think you need to visit down south US. A lot of things you saying we do especially gong out to socialize with each other and not just eat.
And we don't tip because workers here have many labor rights, such as paid vacations, and many others.
I loved your video! Please allow me to comment:
1 - Not sure which state you visited. But we are not touchy in Rio. There's a lot of violence and we see this as disrespectful. Also, the weather is hot, and we don't want to touch your sweat.
2 - No tipping is real. We don't have much of a food scene. We eat "comida de verdade", at home. And yes, we are awful guests at restaurants.
3 - We don't eat fried eggs in the afternoon, LOL. We eat eggs at lunch. We eat French bread and coffee in the afternoon.
4 - We don't eat food w our hands because the Portuguese aristocracy thought Brazil was unsanitary, since the weather is hot/wet. Also, because of the number of "manguezais" in Rio. They thought it was disgusting. And the rest of Brazil just copies everything Rio does, so...
5 - Yes, there're many street dogs in the small cities, we call them "Caramelo" (caramel).
It is ok to eat pizza and burgers with your fingers, also coxinha, croquetes, etc.
7 differences:
1 - hot dogs
2 - hamburgers
3 - showers
4 - country music
5 - avocados
6 - drugstores
7 - nature
Lol its funny cuz i like to freak out my family members by eating pastas with my hands (b4 theres any sauces added) and we're american🤣
fyi folks the "Ok" hand sign (seen at 6:37 lol) is offensive/insulting in Brazil
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The collective good bye is also ok in Brazil.
we really get places just a bit later ahhahaha
and there's nothing wrong with that hahahahaah
Oh, you tip. But it's always 10%. You don't eat pizza with your hands unless you bought it on the streets. You never eat burgers with silverware. You can have places in Brazil with no nature -- try Zona Oeste of Rio. You don't have to say bye to all people in a party before leaving but you do have to say bye to all of your group, it does not have to be individually but you do have to say "tchau" to everyone you know well. Yes, we don't eat eggs in the morning -- because breakfast is supposed to be a fast meal. Lunch is the one that is supposed to be long. Also, I live in Florida and there is green everywhere here -- much more than in Rio.
I would like to come theire🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
I don't always greet everyone. It's OK to just leave or throw a collective hi. BUT you will miss the chance to be remembered and mingle. Brazilians like to make friends, in fact we are always friends with strangers unless they do some shit and we become enemies. It's absolutely routine to be on the street, waiting for the green light, and someone makes a joke about something that is happening and everyone laughs together. So if you are not in a hurry (and you shouldn't because we don't care about punctuality), it is worth to take a spin and shake hands with everyone. You will earn social score, which is almost a commoditie in Brazil. Good connections can make you rich down there.
you DO tip the waiters in Brazil, the 10% tip is ALREADY on the amount of money you just paid
Não é obrigatório. Nos EUA é …
I am Brazilian and the Brazil is mutch more than Just pagode futebol and samba
the tax culture is actualy a strenght of the us culture. knowing how much you guys pay on taxes of the products helps making their lower. In brazil the icms, the tax of products is the more important tax of the contry and this is realy bad since is a taxes that harms more the poor, not like a income tax
7:30pm? hahahah in the best cases we showed up an hour later and would party until close to dawn(your brazilian friends want that, if you’re a man ). But in my case, out of respect, I would show up at the right time if I were meeting foreigners hahaha
Greetings from Brazil🤙🏻
A gente é carentão kkkkk
Let me tell y'all sum, we don't eat all with forks and stuff, burgers specially
ब्राजील में एक मार्शल आर्ट बनाई गई है जिसका नाम कैपोईरा है, मैं इस लड़ाई का अभ्यासी हूं
Rondônia?
I forgot the southern hemisphere existed I-
will study
Is funny , the automatic cars is create by 2 brazillians engeniers
Great video, about the eating habit of not doing it with our hands… It’s not that we need a knife and fork for everything, but Brazilians are a bit obsessed with higiene regarding food. We NEVER EVER eat hamburgers with our hands touching the bread. We need napkins between our hand and the food, you know? I cringe when I go to the US and see people eating burgers with their dirty hands touching the sandwich all over. 😣
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Hello, I loved your experience with us, Brazilians and Brazil. Where did you go? About the party, you can skip the goodbyes, not the hello and the kiss when you enter the party. I'm from São Paulo, there's only one Kiss, in Rio there are 2 Kisses. I've never been to Bahia, but I believe they kiss 3 times when greeting each other. I get irritated kissing everyone to say hello, I don't kiss, just some close friends.
why are you relating Brazil with the russian drik vodka???
Me as a Greek: for thousands of years Greek language was the main trend. What happened in world history?
As a Brazilian there is no way I'm going to say good bye to each individual person lol. I just say a collective bye and that's it.
It sucks that half my family is Brazilian but I don’t speak Portuguese.