Mini Lesson 3: Beer Can and Bottle Sizes in Brazil
In Brazil, beer comes in different named sizes: latinha, lata, latão and BRT for cans, and cracudinha, long neck, 600 and litrão for bottles, each referring to a specific volume from 269ml up to a full litre.
Beer Can and Bottle in Brazil
Today's lesson is pure vocabulary: how we name the different can and bottle sizes for beer in Brazil.
Cans = Latas
- Latinha = 269 ml (slim can) or 350 ml (standard can)
- Lata = usually refers to the standard 350 ml can
- Latão = 473 ml
- BRT = 550 ml, named after Rio's articulated BRT buses since it "carries" more beer, a bit of a joke
Bottles = Garrafas
- Cracudinha = 300 ml, a small returnable bottle, also called "romarinho" in other states
- Long neck = 330 ml or 355 ml, depending on the brand
- 600 = 600 ml, the classic glass bottle for sharing
- Litrão = 1000 ml, a full litre
How to order one
Tem BRT da Brahma? = Have you got a BRT of Brahma?
or
Vou querer uma 600 da Skol = I'll have a 600 of Skol.
You just swap the size word for whichever one you want, every other word from today's list slots into the same spot in the sentence.
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