What does "de boa" mean?

Chill / relaxed / no worries / it's all good.

Language: 🇧🇷 Brazil
Say it: jee BO-a
Register: Friends & informal

How it's actually used

Describes a relaxed state ("estou de boa") or answers "are you ok with this?" ("de boa"). Also means calm, unbothered, or doing nothing in particular.

Examples

Tô de boa, pode ir. I'm fine, go ahead.
Foi de boa, sem problema. It was fine, no problem.

Before you say it

Casual only. In formal contexts use "tudo bem" or "sem problemas".

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Now actually use it out loud

Reading a definition isn't the same as saying it to someone. Lingo Kaiava is a voice tutor set to Brazilian Portuguese — it uses de boa the way locals do, corrects you in the moment, and never "fixes" the way real people actually talk into textbook Brazilian Portuguese.