The Other Side of the Ocean — Terms

Undocumented

Immigration

Also known as illegal, no papers, papers

• Ch 1Matt’s “secret identity.” Kids like him are protected only until eighteen.
• Ch 3Ana: if the parents leave, they can’t apply for another visa for ten years.
• Ch 15“We’re too American for Brazil and too foreign for America to welcome us.”
• Ch 17James: “We’re all illegal at some point, Matty.”

Dreamers

Immigration

Also known as DREAM Act, Dreamer

• Ch 1The press name for kids like Matt. The DREAM Act failed in the Senate the year before.
• Ch 4California has its own DREAM Act for college aid.
• Ch 23Matt finds the Facebook group “Dreamers Are Meant to Stay.”
• Ch 27“I was worthy of the title the media had given me. Dreamer.”

DACA

Immigration

Also known as Deferred Action

• Ch 26Announced by President Obama in June 2012 during the cabin weekend: relief from deportation and work permits for people brought here as children. “This is not a path to citizenship.”
• Ch 27“Even if having DACA was like being on a rocky boat, I decided to paddle until I reached the other side of the ocean.”

DAPA

Immigration

• Ch 27Matt says it “didn’t go through,” so Ana is still unprotected.

ITIN

Immigration

• Ch 16A taxpayer number anyone can get. Works for taxes, but an employer who checks it will ask for a real Social Security number.

ICE

Immigration

• Ch 1Detains Mauro Moreira in a raid on a downtown fabric store.

Nonresident fee

Immigration

• Ch 3Undocumented students in Massachusetts pay about three times the tuition.

Shop week / academic week

School

• Ch 5Joseph alternates a week of trade shop with a week of academic classes.

Conté

School

• Ch 1Matt’s favorite medium. He says “conté,” then “charcoal,” to sound smart and trilingual.

Pão de queijo

Portuguese

Also known as cheese-bread, cheese ball thingies

• Ch 4“If Brazilian food was a monarchy… cheese-bread would still be its ruling queen.”
• Ch 9Ana makes them from scratch.

Brigadeiro

Portuguese

Also known as brigadeiros

• Ch 14Chocolate truffles; Fa bakes them for Christmas Eve.

Guaraná

Portuguese

• Ch 3Ana makes the kids say it to lose their gringo accents.
• Ch 24Matt mentions it to the Albertes.

Picanha

Portuguese

• Ch 11The cut Claudio eats at Sabor Mineiro.

Magazine

Portuguese

Also known as Magazine Franco

• Ch 3In Brazil, a store like a CVS without the medicine. Magazine Franco was the family store.
• Ch 1Magazine Franco had steel doors, which Claudio rolled down for the last time. Matt found the store chaotic.

Bicha / viado

Portuguese

• Ch 1Slurs Claudio uses for gay men.
• Ch 14“É bicha agora?”

Filho / filha

Portuguese

• Ch 3Son / daughter; Ana’s word for her children.

Que merda

Portuguese

• Ch 1“What shit.” Laila notes Portuguese doesn’t exempt Matt from Mom’s rule.

Foda

Portuguese

• Ch 1“Fucked.” Fa’s word for the ICE raid.

Sacanagem

Portuguese

• Ch 1“That’s low.” Fa, when Matt doesn’t wait.

Tô com sono

Portuguese

• Ch 1“I’m sleepy.” Pedro in the chat.

Vá te fuder

Portuguese

• Ch 7Fa’s line after the movie. Matt translates it correctly; Diana claims it means “I love you.”

Caralho

Portuguese

• Ch 18James repeats it with an American R; Fa translates.

Puta que pariu

Portuguese

• Ch 6,20Fa’s strongest curse.

Chega

Portuguese

• Ch 3“Enough.” Ana to Matt at dinner.

Beijos pra você

Portuguese

• Ch 16“Kisses to you.” James, surely Googled.

Isso tudo é sua culpa

Portuguese

• Ch 9“This is all your fault.” Claudio to Ana, in Matt’s memory.

Eu falhei

Portuguese

• Ch 11“I failed.” Claudio at Sabor Mineiro.