Portuguese	English
a infância	childhood
o quintal	back yard
andar de bicicleta	to ride a bike
soltar pipa	to fly a kite
jogar bola	to play football (just for fun)
brincar de esconde-esconde	to play hide-and-seek
brincar de pega-pega	to play tag
ficar escuro	to get dark

Games take brincar de: brincar de esconde-esconde. Sports and ball games take jogar: jogar bola, jogar futebol.

In Rio, children often say pique-esconde and pique-pega instead. And soltar pipa is practically a sport there: on windy afternoons, the sky over many neighbourhoods fills with kites.