Jeitinho
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Jeitinho (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʒejˈtʃĩɲu], "knack") is an expression for the way of doing things by circumventing rules and social conventions. It is a typically Brazilian method of social navigation where an individual can use emotional resources (appeal to emotion), blackmail, family ties, promises, rewards or money to obtain favors or to get an advantage.[1]
The word "jeitinho" comes from the expression dar um jeito, literally "find a way." It implies the use of resources at hand, as well as personal connections, and creativity. Como é que ele conseguiu os bilhetes? How did he manage to get those tickets? Ele deu um jeito.
A typical way of a jeitinho is recurso de esperteza, which means a resource used by espertos, savvy, cunning, or sly individuals who use common sense and prior knowledge, as well as naturally gifted intelligence in their thought processes. The individual is "street-smart" and not necessarily "book-smart."
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- ^ "Popular cinema in Brazil, 1930-2001", by Stephanie Dennison, Lisa Shaw, 2004, ISBN 0719064996, section "Malandragem and jeitinho"
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- Jeitinho Land, excerpts from from Brazilian Legacies by Robert M. Levine," M. E. Sharpe Publishers", 1997, 212 pp
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Portuguese Wikipedia.
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