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A Brazilian friend says 'Oi, tudo bem?' What is she asking?

Is everything OK? A casual 'how are you?'

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Why: Tudo bem? literally asks 'all good?' and is a casual greeting, very common in Brazil and also heard in Portugal. Reply tudo bem, e você?

Huh, didn't know that: The FSI course says Brazilians may pair Tudo bem? with a thumbs-up.

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Why are Brazilians so relaxed? Because for them, everything is always tudo bem.
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Answer: Is everything OK?. Tudo bem? literally asks 'all good?' and is a casual greeting, very common in Brazil and also heard in Portugal. Reply tudo bem, e você?

  1. FSI Brazilian Portuguese FAST, Volume 1 (Foreign Service Institute) fsi-language-courses-media.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/languages/Portuguese/FAST/Volume%201/FSI%20-%20Portuguese%20FAST%20-%20Volume%201.pdf
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    Checked 2026-10-11.

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