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One time, a man came in with a hand injury because a big tree branch or piece of wood fell on his hand while he was chopping wood in the jungle. So I asked him, “What happened?” He said, “Machuquei minha mão” (“I hurt my hand”). I said, “Com o quê, uma árvore?” (“With what, a tree?”). Then he said, “Com um pau”.

I was a bit confused because I knew “pau” can mean “penis". And I’m not very fluent in Portuguese. So I didn’t know whether he was joking with me or not. But later I googled it and found out it also means “wood.” Lol.