https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-meaning-of-the-lyrics-of-the-song-Ratamahatta-by-Sepultura
They are actually random Brazilian words (Brazilian, not Portuguese) that are put there probably because of the sound they have, but also to evoke the “Brazility” in this song.
I will translate the meaning of each one:
Biboca = An especially badly located place to live
Garagem = Garage
Favela = Slum
Fubanga = Ugly woman
Maloca = An ancient indigenous house Maloca
Bocada = A place where you can buy illegal drugs
Porra!!! = F*ck!!!
Zé Do Caixão = A Brazilian horror filmmaker (José Mojica Marins)
Zumbi = Zombie, and also an Afro-Brazilian heroe Zumbi
Lampião = A lamp, and also the nickname of a famous Brazilian bandit leader from the early 20th century Lampião
Edit:
1 - Max screams at the end of the song: Vamos detonar essa porra, é, porra!!! - which means: Let’s destroy this fcking place, yeah, fuck!!!
2 - Garagem and Favela are Portuguese words.
3 - Brazilian Portuguese is a dialect of Portuguese, no one said it’s a language by its own. As a dialect, it has his own words and/or different meanings for the same words found in other varieties of Portuguese.
European Portuguese is just another dialect of Portuguese, both Brazilian and European varieties have their roots on the Portuguese spoken in the 15th century, then followed different paths, so although they are technically the same language, each of them have different rules, and are regulated by different institutions.
See Lisbon Academy of Sciences, Class of Letters - Wikipedia
Academia Brasileira de Letras - Wikipedia
I didn't mean the language he sucks at pronounciation as in the fake growling voice like the american groups that use that lame demon monster deep voice are crappy singers also. I heard simplistically grrr arrrr gggrrrr ggrrr growl grrr. It was like the person was insane singing it and sanity is a great thing. Hell Metallica does it well and Ted Nugent Stranglehold shows his anger and he didn't use some lame fake voice he just did it real and that is the difference in great and kind of mediocre. The group with an understandable singer that can convey anger or hatred in his voice with talent would make this group much better or even great because the guitar and other instruments were great.
The voice does a perfect job at conveying aggressivity
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