Brazilian Gestures

Brazil appears to be a country with many conventional gestures. The figa is used there to ward off bad luck. The horns (with index and middle finger) are used jokingly mostly. (Source Maria-Brazil) Some really nice gestures are Papo-furado ('bullshit'), Delicious, Don't Know, and the best one is Speed, which actually takes a lot of practice to get a good snap of the flapping index finger... I had a colleague from Brazil check the site, and it was all good apart from Thief (unknown) and Saco Cheio ('my balls are full', which is sooner said than gestured). Some will tell you about how Americans in Brazil gesture 'OK' which is then mistaken for the 'Butthole' sign (I find it hard to believe much of it, nor did B. think it would happen easily).

Tags: gesture, emblems, cross-cultural, meaning, Brazil