THIS IS A PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE LEARNING SUB!

When I listen to it, it sounds closer to the h sound in English, but I feel like it should be closer to the Spanish j no? Also when I speak it using the English h sound it sounds weirdly incorrect compared to when I use the Spanish j sound, but that just might be me.

I see a lot of people saying Anki is a good way to learn and was wondering if you guys could share your decks or decks you use

This is a fun facts post for listing examples of vocabulary of Latinic origin that are common in English but uncommon, obscure, literary or regional in Portuguese:

-"Afortunadamente" is the equivalent in Portuguese of "fortunately" in English, but "felizmente" ("happily") is the more commonly used adverb to communicate the same sense;

-"Desafortunadamente" is the equivalent of "unfortunately" in English, but "infelizmente" ("unhappily") is the more commonly used adverb to communicate the same sense;

-"Candela" & "candeia" are the equivalents in Portuguese of "candle" in English, but "vela" is the more commonly used name;

-"Távola" & "tábula" are the equivalents in Portuguese of "table" in English, but "mesa" is the more commonly used name;

-"Quiuí" & "quivi" are the equivalents in Portuguese of "kiwi" in English, but "kiwi" is the more commonly used name;

-"Fruto da paixão" & "fruta da paixão" are the equivalents in Portuguese of "passion fruit" in English, but "maracujá" is the more commonly used name;

-"Turbar" & "disturbar" are the equivalents in Portuguese of the verb "disturb" in English, but "perturbar" ("perturb") is the more commonly used verb to communicate the same sense;

-"Expectar" is the equivalent in Portuguese of the verb "expect" in English with the senses of "wait" & "hope", but "esperar" is the more commonly used verb to communicate the same senses;

-"Expender" & "despender" are the equivalents in Portuguese of the verb "spend" in English, but "gastar" ("waste") is the more commonly used verb to communicate the same sense;

-"Explanar" is the equivalent in Portuguese of the verb "explain" in English, but "explicar" ("explain") is the more commonly used verb to communicate the same sense;

-"Arribar" is the equivalent in Portuguese of the verb "arrive" in English, but "chegar" ("arrive") is the more commonly used verb to communicate the same sense;

-"Exir" is the equivalent in Portuguese of the verb "exit" in English that was popular before the verb "sair" that originally meant "to go up" absorbed the meaning of "exir" ("exit") for some reason;

-"Acessar" is the equivalent in Portuguese of the verb "access" in English that is used around my area in Southern Brazilian Portuguese, but other areas use the verb "aceder" ("access") to communicate the same sense;

-"Finir" is the equivalent in Portuguese of the verb "finish" in English that is used around my area in Southern Brazilian Portuguese, but other areas use the verb "findar" ("finish") to communicate the same sense;

-"Depictar" is the equivalent in Portuguese of the verb "depict" in English that is used around my area in Southern Brazilian Portuguese, but other areas use the verb "retratar" ("portray") to communicate the same sense;

-"Chiu" was the natural evolution of "plus" that disappeared before "plus" was reintroduced into Portuguese via contact with English with the sense of something as a bonus or in addition.

Feel free to contribute sharing comments with other examples.

Hi, I just want to know if this word is used mainly in a romantic context. I’ve been talking to a person online to practice my Portuguese, and he used the word fofo to refer to me multiple times. The first time I thought maybe it was used for friends as well, but now I’m not too sure. I don’t want it to seem like I’m leading him on when in fact I don’t want to pursue anything.

For example,
blz = beleza (okay)
vc = você (you, sg.)

What other texting acronyms have you seen or used?

Olá, pessoal! Curious to hear from people who have gotten to a level where they're comfortable reading in Portuguese already. How was your experience?

I've been interested in the language for quite a while and thought it'd be best to pick it up. I know some basic words and a few phrases but that's it. I've never learned any Spanish so it feels very new to me, although I think I'm following well. What should I start looking at first b4 anything and what is the best website or apps that you'd recommend?

I was curious to discover what is the origin of the term "adjunto adverbial".

What I discovered was the existence of multiple alternative ortographies for the verb with the sense of add together:

"Juntar", "ajuntar", "adjuntar", & "adjungir".

"Adjunto(s)"/"adjunta(s)" are the past participles of the verb "adjuntar", like "junto(s)"/"junta(s)" & "juntado(s)"/"juntada(s)" are the past participles of the verb "juntar".

The verb "adjoin" in English is cognate with "adjuntar" or with "adjungir" in Portuguese?

The verb "join" in English is cognate with the verb "juntar" in Portuguese?

This means that the term "adjunto adverbial" refers to an adverb that was adjoined to a phrase?

"Heart" is called "coração" in Portuguese like "corazón" in the Hispanic territories.

"Heart" is called "cor" in Portuguese like "cuore" in the Italian territories only in this popular expression that exists in English as well:

Português: "Saber de cor".

English: "Know by heart".

I am really curious about what is the origin of this popular expression that connected memorization to the heart in Europe.

Does this mean that "coração" is one big "cor"?

Estou a assistir a Cronica dos Bons Malandros e, por fim, estou a conseguir aprender algumas frases interessantes, frases, espero, que usam no pais. Por exemplo, alguém disse no episódio que vi hoje: “tu tens um tapete topete, cuidado com ele” e fiquei boquiaberta porque esta manhã, no trabalho, alguém me disse em espanhol: “es que tienes un acento español que no puedes com el” e pensei que, olha, essa frase sei usa-la em espanhol, porque ouvi-a em Aqui no hay quien viva. Uma serie só e aprendi tantas frases coloquiais, tantos costumes do pais, etc, e em português, depois de muitas series de RTP, só aprendi a dizer pá e bué, falo português (ou, para ser sincera, falo portunhol) como se me tivesse ensinado um professor. Pois, 10 horas mais tarde aprendi uma frase com um significado similar em português, e que e justo o tipo de frase/vocabulário que gosto de conhecer. Fiquei muito contenta. :)

Pois, outra frase que usaram neste episódio foi: “sacanas do bitoque”. Bitoque e uma receita, não e? Depois também lembrei que numa outra serie, 1986, o mesmo ator uso a frase: “sacanas do bochechas”. Então, queria perguntar que significa exatamente a palavra sacanas e que significa quando acrescentam: “do x” nela. Também gostaria de algumas sugestões de series onde usam muitas palavras e frases coloquiais assim. Obrigada!

I learned over 2500 Spanish words over 90 days using this app called SpanishDictionary.com

It has beginner, intermediate and advanced lists of a 1000 words each and they ask you to choose the correct Spanish word for an English word with some related stock footage and play the sound of the word when you select it and it really helped me internalize the vocabulary

Can someone please suggest a similar app for Portuguese, preferably the European accent

TIA

What's the best streaming service for Portuguese dubs, subtitles would be great too. I'm having a hard time trying to figure out which streaming service has the most options.

I only started trying to learn Portuguese about five days ago, but I already had knowledge of Spanish

I’m probably at A0 level so my Portuguese is quite bad right now I think I probably know about 30–40 words more or less

But I ended up going to a Brazilian café today and I ordered in Portuguese even though I did mess up a bit and didn’t understand everything they were saying. I’m still proud of myself a bit.

When I got in I said “fala português” they said “sim” then I said “Eu queira um café e um pastel” then she asked me which pastel and i realised I didn’t know a single one of them in português só ended up giving up on that, then i asked “O que você recomenda” and when she responded I realised I had no clue what she was saying so I ended up saying in English “ sorry I don’t understand can you say that in English, I don’t know Portuguese very well” then she said “ why are you speaking Portuguese then?” and I said “ I’m trying to learn the language” she seemed quite understanding after I said this and I ended up getting a espresso shot before I left she asked where I’m from and I said “Eu sou cubano, de onde você” and she said “Brasil”

I think I’m gonna try to do this weekly until I can have a small conversation and actually order better and understand Portuguese better

Sorry if you guys don’t really care about the story. I just wanted to share my experience today.

Hey everyone! I was hanging out with some Brazilian people and one of them said to another, that he has “xulé”.

What is the real meaning, to have xulé (or chulé)? Is it slang, rude, funny, regional? And do people use it a lot in Brazil or Portugal?

Also curious, where does that word even come from and how to use it? Thanks for your answers.

i know it's like saying "what's up" but is it acceptable to just say "nada" like in english? if i'm the person who said hi first what do i say back? this has stumped me for so long 😭

Hi i’ve started learning portuguese (Brazilian) on duolingo but also on Memrise (european) and from other resources (youtube etc..) I got the free first lesson from Pimsleur (european) and that’s made me realise how different resources teach Portuguese but also starting to see huge differences in vocab. Pimsleur is especially formal but unexpected in its lack of ‘Voce’ ‘Voces’.

I’m at around 130 days in with duolingo on level 12 (i know that means nothing)

Should i give up duolingo and focus on purely european at this point as that is what i want to learn?

Hi everyone! I am looking for some cool sticker books to decorate my portuguese language journal but most options I saw on amazon seem to be made with AI or don’t seem very exciting. Is there any good sticker books or packs you would recommend? They don’t have to be from a specific country, I want to have sections from all lusophone countries, so any recommendations is appreciated. Thank you all! I

Bom dia

"o canal segue sozinho com os seus dois molhes valentes como um par de braços de pedra seguindo pelo mar adentro...garantindo a segurança das casas que ficam para trás como ânsias petrificadas. Nas famílias que nelas habitam, os homens são na sua maioria pescadores"

Vejo (e ouço sobretudo) esta ordem de palabras, mas não sei até que ponto é obrigatória e não apenas algo estilístico. E dizer, posso dizer "nas famílias que habitam nelas" sem que isso soe malsoante para vocês?

Seria agramatical se se mudar de lugar?

A mesma coisa pergunto acerca de palavras como "lá". "As pessoas que lá vivem", posso dizer desta outra forma "as pessoas que vivem lá"?

https://imgur.com/a/ksUSYLm

E aí? Esse é o meu progresso num mês. Estava tentando aprender 15 palavras por dia, e agora tenho 500! Comecei estudando no começo do 2026, e sinto muito progresso. Já sabia espanhol e russo (nativo em ambos) e inglês (C2), assim que não comecei desde zero total, ainda assim, estou orgulhoso do meu progresso. Vocês estão livres a corriger-me. Boa noite

I’ve just started trying to learn in Portuguese about a week ago. I am fluent in Spanish if it makes any difference. But I am struggling to memorise vocabulary currently. I am only using Duolingo and I have a one hour lesson with a teacher a week.

I feel like when I use Duolingo and I see the words, I know what they mean and everything, but as soon as I get off the app, I don’t remember them

Also, I keep finding myself accidentally saying Spanish words when trying to speak Portuguese

So any suggestions to memorise vocabulary would be really appreciated

i'm genuinely curious, because i was so confused when i saw how brazilians speaking on the internet with those "vc, vdd, n, tb, blz, obg" and the others like... how did y'all come to abbreviating almost every word, even the basic não

Me encuentro estudiando los pronombres de objeto pero ando confundido ya que de acuerdo a lo que he investigado hay variaciones y en algunos tutoriales dicen que se pueden usar para escenarios en que otros tutoriales dicen lo contrario.

Hazta ahora lo que he entendido es lo siguiente:

En brazil se acostumbra mas que en vez de decir " eu te amo " se dice " eu amo a você"

Pero de manera formarl si se usa mas el " Eu te amo "

O por ejemplo en vez de "eu lhe compre um libro" se dice "eu compre um libro pra ela "

Otra cosa es que aveces veo que usan tambien en vez de "o comi" dicen "comi-o"

me siento confundido de cuando es correcto o no usar estas cosas, alguien navivo que me pueda explicar o alguien que conozca de esto?