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I found this informative link about the song and its composer #JorgeBen. He knew a guitarist named Rosinha who said the phrase all the time, so he wrote it into the song:
https://www.thebestofbrazil.info/specialfeatures3.html

That site makes it sound like a playfully dismissive phrase, and translates it as “Oh, come on now!”, “Get off it!” or “Puh-leeze!”

Genius translates it as “What the hell”

Someone on Quora said it was a way to change the subject, like “Forget about it!”

A Quora bot called it “an emphatic interjection meaning roughly ‘no way,’ ‘come on,’ ‘don't be silly,’ or ‘not at all,’ depending on context. It often downplays or rejects what was just said, expresses surprise, or signals dismissal.”

In Australia we might say, “Come off it!”, “Get ya hand off it!”, “Yeah RIGHT!”, “Get faaarked!” or even (my favourite) “Rack off!”

Someone on Reddit said:

“In the way that is written, means something like ‘just nothing’ or ‘don't mention it’ in an informal way of speaking, in a sense that someone was grateful for something and a person answered this with an informal ‘you're welcome’.”

Which made me think… in Australia, could it also mean “no worries!”

But I don’t think that’s the context in this song

#brazilian #portuguese #sergiomendes #jorgeben

Mel Campbell @[email protected] · 2025-10-01 · 06:43 UTC

I was looking up the meaning of the #Brazilian #Portuguese idiom “mas que nada”, as heard in the #SergioMendes song

In the song, the context is like “whatever! Get out of my way, let me pass, because the samba is animated; what I want is to dance the samba”

I found this informative link about the song and its composer #JorgeBen. He knew a guitarist named Rosinha who said the phrase all the time, so he wrote it into the song:
https://www.thebestofbrazil.info/specialfeatures3.html

That site makes it sound like a playfully dismissive phrase, and translates it as “Oh, come on now!”, “Get off it!” or “Puh-leeze!”

Genius translates it as “What the hell”

Someone on Quora said it was a way to change the subject, like “Forget about it!”

A Quora bot called it “an emphatic interjection meaning roughly ‘no way,’ ‘come on,’ ‘don't be silly,’ or ‘not at all,’ depending on context. It often downplays or rejects what was just said, expresses surprise, or signals dismissal.”

In Australia we might say, “Come off it!”, “Get ya hand off it!”, “Yeah RIGHT!”, “Get faaarked!” or even (my favourite) “Rack off!”

Someone on Reddit said:

“In the way that is written, means something like ‘just nothing’ or ‘don't mention it’ in an informal way of speaking, in a sense that someone was grateful for something and a person answered this with an informal ‘you're welcome’.”

Which made me think… in Australia, could it also mean “no worries!”

But I don’t think that’s the context in this song

#brazilian #portuguese #sergiomendes #jorgeben

Mel Campbell @[email protected] · 2025-10-01 · 06:43 UTC

I was looking up the meaning of the #Brazilian #Portuguese idiom “mas que nada”, as heard in the #SergioMendes song

In the song, the context is like “whatever! Get out of my way, let me pass, because the samba is animated; what I want is to dance the samba”

I found this informative link about the song and its composer #JorgeBen. He knew a guitarist named Rosinha who said the phrase all the time, so he wrote it into the song:
https://www.thebestofbrazil.info/specialfeatures3.html

That site makes it sound like a playfully dismissive phrase, and translates it as “Oh, come on now!”, “Get off it!” or “Puh-leeze!”

Genius translates it as “What the hell”

Someone on Quora said it was a way to change the subject, like “Forget about it!”

A Quora bot called it “an emphatic interjection meaning roughly ‘no way,’ ‘come on,’ ‘don't be silly,’ or ‘not at all,’ depending on context. It often downplays or rejects what was just said, expresses surprise, or signals dismissal.”

In Australia we might say, “Come off it!”, “Get ya hand off it!”, “Yeah RIGHT!”, “Get faaarked!” or even (my favourite) “Rack off!”

Someone on Reddit said:

“In the way that is written, means something like ‘just nothing’ or ‘don't mention it’ in an informal way of speaking, in a sense that someone was grateful for something and a person answered this with an informal ‘you're welcome’.”

Which made me think… in Australia, could it also mean “no worries!”

But I don’t think that’s the context in this song

#jorgeben #sergiomendes #portuguese #brazilian

50+ Music @[email protected] · 2025-06-02 · 14:29 UTC

"Mas que nada" (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ma(j)s ki ˈnadɐ]) is a song written and originally recorded in 1963 by #JorgeBen (currently known as Jorge Ben Jor) on his debut album #SambaEsquemaNovo. The song was covered in 1966 by #SérgioMendes, becoming one of the latter's signature works. It was voted by the Brazilian edition of #RollingStone as the fifth-greatest Brazilian song. It was inducted to the #LatinGrammyHallOfFame in 2013.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkPDVC5PrkU

#jorgeben #sambaesquemanovo #sergiomendes #rollingstone #latingrammyhalloffame

50+ Music @[email protected] · 2025-06-02 · 14:29 UTC

"Mas que nada" (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ma(j)s ki ˈnadɐ]) is a song written and originally recorded in 1963 by #JorgeBen (currently known as Jorge Ben Jor) on his debut album #SambaEsquemaNovo. The song was covered in 1966 by #SérgioMendes, becoming one of the latter's signature works. It was voted by the Brazilian edition of #RollingStone as the fifth-greatest Brazilian song. It was inducted to the #LatinGrammyHallOfFame in 2013.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkPDVC5PrkU

#jorgeben #sambaesquemanovo #sergiomendes #rollingstone #latingrammyhalloffame

50+ Music @[email protected] · 2025-06-02 · 14:29 UTC

"Mas que nada" (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ma(j)s ki ˈnadɐ]) is a song written and originally recorded in 1963 by #JorgeBen (currently known as Jorge Ben Jor) on his debut album #SambaEsquemaNovo. The song was covered in 1966 by #SérgioMendes, becoming one of the latter's signature works. It was voted by the Brazilian edition of #RollingStone as the fifth-greatest Brazilian song. It was inducted to the #LatinGrammyHallOfFame in 2013.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkPDVC5PrkU

#jorgeben #sambaesquemanovo #sergiomendes #rollingstone #latingrammyhalloffame

50+ Music @[email protected] · 2025-06-02 · 14:29 UTC

"Mas que nada" (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ma(j)s ki ˈnadɐ]) is a song written and originally recorded in 1963 by #JorgeBen (currently known as Jorge Ben Jor) on his debut album #SambaEsquemaNovo. The song was covered in 1966 by #SérgioMendes, becoming one of the latter's signature works. It was voted by the Brazilian edition of #RollingStone as the fifth-greatest Brazilian song. It was inducted to the #LatinGrammyHallOfFame in 2013.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkPDVC5PrkU

#latingrammyhalloffame #rollingstone #sergiomendes #sambaesquemanovo #jorgeben

50+ Music @[email protected] · 2025-06-02 · 14:29 UTC

"Mas que nada" (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ma(j)s ki ˈnadɐ]) is a song written and originally recorded in 1963 by #JorgeBen (currently known as Jorge Ben Jor) on his debut album #SambaEsquemaNovo. The song was covered in 1966 by #SérgioMendes, becoming one of the latter's signature works. It was voted by the Brazilian edition of #RollingStone as the fifth-greatest Brazilian song. It was inducted to the #LatinGrammyHallOfFame in 2013.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkPDVC5PrkU

#jorgeben #sambaesquemanovo #sergiomendes #rollingstone #latingrammyhalloffame

AeschTunes @[email protected] · 2025-01-01 · 04:56 UTC

The 13th countdown extra on KNHC's Top 89 Hit Election of 2024 is "Mas Que Nada" by Oliver Heldens, Ian Asher & Sergio Mendes.

#Music, #OliverHeldens, #IanAsher, #SergioMendes, #KNHC, #HitElection

#music #oliverheldens #ianasher #sergiomendes #knhc #hitelection