para inglês ver

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === pra inglês ver === Etymology === Literally, “for the English to see”. Different historical origins proposed. A popular one connects the expression to the fact that, when England pressured Brazil to end slave trade in the 19th century, the government enacted anti-slavery laws that weren't applied in practice, but still convinced the English that there was some progress against slave trade. === Adjective === para inglês ver (invariable) (idiomatic, especially of laws) mostly demagogic or symbolic and with little to no effect in practice === Further reading === “para inglês ver”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026