Well Done and Good For you In Brazilian Portuguese Today I write about a very common mistake when we are studying a language. Translating expressions from our native language to the target language. The problem is that these expressions might not have the same meaning when translated. this is the case with "Well done" and "Good for you". Let´s translate that to literal Portuguese. well done= bem feito good for you=bom para você In Brazilian Portuguese "bem feito" used isolated can have a negative meaning. See the example below. João- O Roberto está passando muito mal. Maria- Bem feito! Eu disse a ele para não beber tanto. So, we can say it means that Maria doesn´t care about João´s suffering because he asked for it. The expression "bom para você" is not a compliment in Portuguese. João- Eu estou namorando! Maria-Bom para você! It means that Maria just doesn´t care. what she is really saying is "So what?" Here are some suggestions for well done. Bom trabalho! = Good job Muito bom= Very good Muito bem=Well done Here are some suggestions for good for you Fico feliz por você = I am glad for you Bacana= Cool Legal= Cool I hope it helps. Feel at ease to correct any mistake.