Cabaz in Ink and a Word That Came From Family
2023-03-18
“Cabaz” in Ink is our word of the day. Moving to another country brings a lot of challenges, different weather, bureaucracy, new cultural rhythms. And a whole lot to do with language too, even when it’s technically the same one. It starts with my English, which I really need to work on. But it goes for my Portuguese as well, since there are so many words that are different over here.
I guess I had a kind of private school for that, right inside my own family. My grandparents and my dad always used the Portuguese from here, so a lot of these words already feel familiar, from hearing them since I was a kid. The accent has always been part of my everyday life. It came from my grandfather in Lisbon, my grandmother in Trás-os-Montes, and my dad here in Porto.
But even so, a new word or some term I’d forgotten shows up almost every day. This one was no exception.
“Cabaz” means basket, and up until now I’d always connected it to food or groceries. In the article I illustrated, it comes up tied to the rising wave of inflation hitting Europe. Well… guess that’s what happens when you move countries right as a new war breaks out on this old continent.
Cabaz in Ink, Drawn in Black and White
Like always in this series, I made this one in black and white ink, with the lettering formatted with lettering standing out.
Here is the article about Portuguese inflation, link.