20+ Movie Names That Are Very Different in Portugal

It is not because Portugal and Brazil speak the same language that the names of foreign films are adapted or translated in the same way. In fact, some productions won very different adapted titles in the two countries.

While the feature “The Girl on the Train” became “The Girl on the Train”, just to adapt differences in the vocabulary of European and Brazilian Portuguese, other films had very curious titles, such as the classic “Operation Cupido”, which is called “Pai for you, Mother for Me” in Portugal.

like us, from awesome.club We love to observe language differences. That’s why we’ve prepared a list of 22 very different movie names in Portugal. You won’t believe what the movie “Inglourious Basterds” is called over there.

1. If You Drink, Don’t Marry! (BR) / The Hangover (PT)

2. Die Hard (BR) / Skyscraper Assault (PT)

3. Entering a Greater Fria Still (BR) / Uns Compadres do Pior (PT)

4. Gone Girl (BR) / In Part Uncertain (PT)

5. They forgot me (BR) / Alone at Home (PT)

6. The Girl on the Train (BR) / The Girl on the Train (PT)

7. Matilda (BR) / Matilda the Spreading Embers (PT)

8. All to Stay with Him (BR) / The Sweetest Thing (EN)

9. The Girl Who Played with Fire (BR) / The Girl Who Dreamed of a Can of Gasoline and a Match (PT)

10. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (BR) / Flying Over a Cuckoo’s Nest (EN)

One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest / Fantasy Films

11. Superbad — É Hoje (BR) / Super Baldas (PT)

12. Little Miss Sunshine (BR) / A Family on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (EN)

13. As White (BR) / Blondes à Força (PT)

14. The Godfather (BR) / The Godfather (PT)

15. Eleven Men and a Secret (BR) / Ocean’s Eleven, Place Your Bets (EN)

16. Twelve is Too Much (BR) / By the dozen is cheaper (EN)

17. As If It Was The First Time (BR) / My Girlfriend Has Amnesia (PT)

18. Curtindo a Vida Aidado (BR) / O Rei dos Gazeteiros (PT)

19. Operation Cupid (BR) / Father to me, mother to you (EN)

20. Mean Girls (BR) / Cute and Terrible (PT)

21. Inglourious Basterds (BR) / Lawless Bastards (PT)

22. Greek Marriage 2 (BR) / Greeks Turn to Marry Again (PT)

Quite different from ours, isn’t it?!

Which of these titles is the most curious to you? Leave your opinion in the comments. And our Portuguese readers, what did you think? We look forward to hearing from you.