Connotative aspect in portuguese phraseology

The article is devoted to the problem of connotations in the meaning of portuguese phraseologisms. The article gives an idea of the paradigm of connotations — expressive, emotional, evaluative overtones and cultural connotations. Cultural connotations are fragments of culture as universal and ethnic memory. The phraseologisms carry various cultural connotations. The category of body is important in the portuguese culture and is fixed in the code of phraseologisms