Jeitinho is an expression for the way of doing things by circumventing rules and social conventions. It is a typically Brazil

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ian method of social navigation where an individual can use emotional resources (appeal to emotion

Appeal to emotion

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), blackmail, family ties, promises, rewards or money to obtain favors or to get an advantage.

The word "jeitinho" comes from the expression dar um jeito, literally "find a way." It implies the use of resources at hand, as well as personal connections, and creativity. Como é que ele conseguiu os bilhetes? How did he manage to get those tickets? Ele deu um jeito.

A typical way of a jeitinho is recurso de esperteza, which means a resource used by espertos, savvy, cunning, or sly individuals who use common sense and prior knowledge, as well as naturally gifted intelligence

Intelligence

Intelligence has been defined in different ways, including the abilities for abstract thought, understanding, communication, reasoning, learning, planning, emotional intelligence and problem solving....

 in their thought processes. The individual is "street-smart" and not necessarily "book-smart."

External links

• Jeitinho Land, excerpts from from Brazilian Legacies by Robert M. Levine
  Robert M. Levine
  Robert M. Levine was an American historian, Gabelli Senior Scholar in the Arts and Sciences, Director of Latin American Studies, and professor of history at the University of Miami....
  
  ," M. E. Sharpe Publishers", 1997, 212 pp