You can read a Portuguese news article. You can text your friend in São Paulo. You feel pretty good about your progress — and then someone sends you a 45-second WhatsApp voice message and you understand maybe four words. If this sounds familiar, you are not bad at Portuguese. Portuguese listening is harder than reading …
You can order an açaí without flinching. You’ve made it through a graded reader. You can introduce yourself, talk about your job, and even handle small talk with the senhora at the padaria. During the beginner stage, you’ve mastered basic conversations and basic phrases, but the second two cariocas start chatting at normal speed in …
The Brazilian Portuguese Intermediate Plateau: Why It Happens and How to Break ThroughRead More »
You’ve been at it for months. Maybe you have a 200-day streak. You’ve completed entire units, watched the little owl celebrate, and felt that small dopamine hit every time you nailed a sentence like O cachorro come a maçã in one of the most popular Portuguese learning apps. Then you opened a Brazilian YouTube video, …
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You can introduce yourself. You can order a pão de queijo without panicking. You’ve probably finished a Duolingo tree, maybe done a few months of Babbel, and watched a Portuguese With Leo video feeling encouraged because you understood 70% of it. Apps like Duolingo and Babbel are great for the absolute beginner, focusing on basic …
You’ve been studying Brazilian Portuguese for three months. You’ve dutifully reviewed your flashcards, downloaded two apps, maybe even bought a textbook. You “know” hundreds of words. Portuguese is a beautiful language with a rich culture and expressive qualities, making it rewarding to learn and use. Then you try to have a conversation with a Brazilian, …
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You’ve done the work. Hundreds of days on Duolingo, that streak you protected like a firstborn child, all those hearts lost to the difference between “ser” and “estar.” You can conjugate verbs, order food, and tell someone your name is Maria and you eat apples. After you have completed the Duolingo Brazilian Portuguese course, you …
What to Do After Duolingo Brazilian Portuguese: A Practical RoadmapRead More »
The best apps to learn Brazilian Portuguese in 2026 are Duolingo or Babbel for beginners (months 1-2), Clozemaster or LingQ for intermediate vocabulary building (months 3-6), and iTalki for speaking practice (month 4 onward). No single app provides complete fluency—effective learning requires combining apps strategically based on your current level. Let’s start with the uncomfortable …
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Portuguese conjugation involves several tenses and moods, and the full list can get rather long depending on how we decide to categorize them. To get an idea of how tricky Portuguese conjugation can be, take a look at the conjugation of the verb dizer (to say) in Portuguese. Nevertheless, we’ve done our best to provide …
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It’s difficult to communicate much with people in countries such as Portugal and Brazil if you don’t know the words for the days of the week (dias da semana) in Portuguese. Whether you are hoping to meet (encontrar) people, buy tickets (ingressos) for a party or find out what day the of carnival you are …
Being able to show our appreciation when someone does something for us is important – especially if we’re in a foreign country (um país estrangeiro). It’s important to be polite so that people get the right impression of us, and one of the most important ways to be polite is by knowing how to say …
All the Essential Ways to Say “Thank You” in PortugueseRead More »
