What does it mean and what language is it?
2006-10-20 12:04:46 · 7 answers · asked by Jennifer T 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Beija flor is beautiful flower in Portuguese
Bella flor is beautiful flower in Spanish
2006-10-20 12:47:46 · answer #1 · answered by Carlos 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is Portuguese, but I'm not sure if it means beautiful flower.
Beija is kiss
Flor is flower
As you can see it does not make any sense to say that it means beautiful flower. From watching Brazilians soap operas when they use the expression beija flor they are talking about someone sweet, friendly or very amorous.
It's mostly a slang from Brazil
2006-10-20 16:42:40 · answer #2 · answered by Manera 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In portuguese, Beija Flor means literally translates as " kiss the flower ", but it means hummingbird ( cause that's what they do as they fly, kiss flowers ). One of Rio de Janeiro's famous samba school bears this as their name
2014-06-13 08:22:59 · answer #3 · answered by bigboy_sf 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think u tried to spell bella flor = beautiful flower
2006-10-20 12:14:52 · answer #4 · answered by heart h 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Carlos got it right, give him the points! It is Portuguese for beautiful flower.
2006-10-20 12:56:56 · answer #5 · answered by latgal73 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is lap land. It means to decorate guadishly, i.e. over decorate,the opposite is bieja-bega which is translated to 'little decoration' This can be checked on the oxford lapland/english dictionary. So as they say in lapland....gaulopi (goodnight)
2006-10-20 12:13:03 · answer #6 · answered by johnboy 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
it is a beautiful description of the hummingbird = kolibri = the one thet kisses the flower
2015-01-20 04:41:48 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋