Brazilians use communication to include people in social connection. To speak with someone warmly is to include them; to be excluded from conversation is to be excluded from belonging. Communication brings people inside—into the group, into relationship, into social membership.
This shows in family conversation that includes children, workplace social talk that maintains team membership, hospitality that verbally welcomes guests, and religious practice that involves congregational participation. Silence or purely transactional communication can feel like exclusion. When communicating with Brazilians, including social and relational elements signals that they belong, that they are part of the interaction, that they matter. Inclusive communication builds the social bonds that Brazilians value.
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