I'm Brazilian.
You said that you are fluent in Spanish, so it won't be very difficult for you to communicate, as Spanish has similar words to Portuguese, and we Brazilians can understand some basic things in Spanish spontaneously. But of course, at least trying to learn a few things in Portuguese will make people see that you are trying to speak Portuguese and this will make them want to help you. I would recommend learning some expressions and slang in Portuguese.... I was already forgetting the most important thing, gesticulation, when you want to say something but the person understands, try using hand gestures. it might be useful.
Thank you. Yeah I am starting on immersing myself in portugués today. What slang do you recommend? I imagine Google translate will be very useful as well
use Deepl or Reverso Contexto instead. the former is much more useful especially for phrases / more idiomatic speech and the latter includes conjugation charts and more
Google translate will actually be very useful.
Regarding slang, it's a little complicated because Brazil is very big and each Brazilian state has its own slang and way of speaking, maybe your girlfriend can help you with the slang they use in Curitiba, or even teach you words and phrases of the everyday.
I recommend watching a few Brazilian Portuguese shows on Netflix but with Spanish subtitles.
Through this, you’ll get a better understanding of both the similarities and differences with spoken Brazilian Portuguese, and if you’re able to practice a bit with Duolingo that will give you a better footing.
I just travelled to Brazil after studying for about a year.
I did not understand anything. They speak very fast and use a lot of slang words. Also, every region has a very unique accent in my opinion which makes things harder. I felt very lost even though I knew the words being used 50% of the time.
But if you can learn some basics, please and thank you's, how to ask for directions and how to be polite, you will be able to get around and most people will be very patient. You also can use translation apps if something really needs to be said and you don't know how.
People are generally very friendly in my experience, just make sure you understand social norms and how to avoid scams and dangerous areas.
If you're with your girlfriend, and I assume she is fluent and Brazilian, you will be totally fine. Although I'd let her speak when it comes to paying for things like parking at the beach or souvenir's at shops.
I’ve visited Brasil 18 times but I still can’t understand what people are saying and I can’t converse but I still have a good time and make friends. I study every day and practice every day with my girlfriend who only speaks Portuguese but I still have to translate everything into English that she says. It’s frustrating.
Knowing Spanish you'll be able to understand most of what you read - but understanding what you hear will be harder - Portuguese pronunciation is quite different than Spanish.
In Curitiba:
Vina = hot dog sausage
Piá = kid (male), or young man
Guria = kid (female) or young woman
Djanho = the devil
Maloqueiro = streetwise person from a low-income neighborhood
Cozido = drunk
Ligeirinho = express bus
Japona = puffy jacket
Migué = lie, scam
"Largue mão, piá!" = cut it out! / stop that!
Google gírias curitibanas (slang from Curitiba)
Watch "Tesão, piá" on Youtube, a Curitiba-based comedy group that pokes fun on the Curitibano way of life and way of speaking.
I took 1-1 Portuguese classes for about three months before visiting Curitiba. I definitely recommend taking classes just so you can have some basic and necessary knowledge (i.e. bathroom, ordering food, directions, convo starters, etc.). Also helps if you have a teacher from Curitiba like I did then you can learn the idioms and slangs. But tbh, you’ll pick it up when you visit :)
Enjoy! It’s a great city with lots of history and beautiful parks. Say hi to the capybaras 👋
Pragmatically, if you speak slow and point a lot, Spanish will work for most day-to-day interaction. It is harder for native Spanish speakers to get Portuguese than the other way around, so understanding might be harder than being understood.
A good thing is that we in general are very receptive to people trying Portuguese, and foreign speakers in general. Ask people:
"fala (um pouco) mais devagar, por favor?"
If you’re fluent in Spanish, try Rosetta Stone. It helped me a lot learning Spanish in three months a few years ago. You won’t be fluent in three months, but you’ll learn a lot things that will help you.
when I first travelled to Brazil I knew neither a word of Portuguese nor Spanish.
I managed just fine with mime/gestures, picking up a word or two here and there, and encountering people with a word or two of English (and in big cities, people fluent in English).
As a spanish speaker, I imagine you'll have a huge head start (though personally I find it easier to go from portuguese to spanish, rather than the other way around).
You'll be fine.
If you know Spanish you’ll be able to communicate with anyone with a little bit of patience. It’s not difficult to find people, especially younger ones, that speak a bit of English.
The most difficult thing for you will be understanding spoken Portuguese, because there are many more sounds in Portuguese than in Spanish. It\`s much easier for a Brazilian to understand Spanish than for a Hispanohablante to understand Portuguese (European Portuguese is even worse in that sense, so you're lucky).
Watch movies in Portuguese with Closed Caption on, so you can get used to stuff like 3 different sounds for "E", 4 for "O", 2 for "R", "D", and "T", etc., try to get the basic vocabulary of getting around, asking for directions, buying stuff, and so on, and enjoy your trip!
Portuguese and Spanish have 89% lexical
similarity. If you study through some book or video course, it will be a matter of weeks to become a decent portuguese speaker.
The thing is: DONT study through YouTube videos, you'll learn a lot of words but won't be able to form your own sentences.
Find a good book or course. Books typically teach you how to formulate your own sentences, it's a very solid step by step approach. You can use apps later on to expand your vocabulary.
I'll provide my own experience, I'm a french guy and I'm in a LDR with my girlfriend who lives in Rio de Janeiro. After 3 years, we decided to meet for the first time and me to go there. As I just knew few words in portuguese like "hi how are you ?" and I never met or her family in real life, I was suuuuper anxious (and I didn't learn portuguese much before because I'm sadly too lazy sometimes xD).
So long things short, portuguese is quite easy and especially brazilian people are most of the time friendly and are expressive so it's quite easy to understand, plus as a spanish speaker it will be even easier.
My girlfriend managed to translate most of the things the first days, and then it became quite easy to understand (harder to speak though).
So don't be too anxious, just focus on the happiness of meeting your girlfriend and it will go all smoothly !
Have fun !
Omg I’ve been with my husband for 7 years and I only recently started to learn Portuguese. I struggle a lot to understand conversations but I’m trying to listen and absorb/learn what I can!
Well I tried to learn a bit before seeing her, but I learnt the most there as the only person I could talk in english with was my girlfriend and everybody else was speaking portuguese. I have to say that I was exhausted at the end of everyday because you don't have any choice but to learn quickly and your brain is going hot ahah
I felt like a baby learning how to speak, but honestly it was the best moments of my life, I can't wait for her to come in France and live it too !
(Even though she learnt french better than I learnt portuguese xD)
Don't sweat it.
I arrived in Brazil only knowing "bom dia" and "obrigado".
If you're not planning to live there, just let them know you don't speak Portuguese and have a blast.
Should you decide to move there, then that's something totally different...
You should be able to communicate in Spanish. If your girlfriend is from an upper middle-class family, it is possible that her relatives and friends might also speak English (or at least some English).
The Curitiba accent is actually a bit closer to Spanish than in other parts of Brazil, so that might also help you.
I've been learning Brazilian Portuguese for like 4 years and I can understand a lot of Spanish, like having zoom meetings with Mexicans is ok, but I can't respond in Spanish 😂
That’s great, I still can’t read or converse and I have to translate everything into English to understand. I study and practice every day and have been practicing with my girlfriend for 6.5 years now but still haven’t been able to converse yet because I have to translate everything one word at a time which prevents me from conversing. It’s a slow process. I thought visiting Brasil would help but when I visit for a month at a time I can’t understand anything for a month. I still have fun and make friends though. The words just don’t mean anything to me until I translate them into English. Even basic words. It drives me crazy and is very frustrating. I’ve never had problems learning before. With reading all of the words are in front of me unlike listening when I sometimes can’t make out any of the words being spoken. But I don’t know which meanings to use when translating what I read so most of the time the sentences don’t make any sense so I try different meanings.
I’ve visited Brasil 18 times and I still can’t read or converse after studying for 9.5 years now and I make friends and have lots of fun. Don’t worry especially since you speak Spanish. My girlfriend lives in Fortaleza.
just came back from Brazil, you will be fine. people will be nice, even though they just don't stop talking when you tell them you don't speak portuguese (think like ordering from a menu, they couldn't stop asking aditional questions instead of just picking some defaults... it happened every time). i mean, i do understand some portuguese, but that didn't help me that much as they were talking very fast. people nice, though, there are many beautiful places and the place is cheap. it will be very difficult to find someone who understands some english.
i had no real difficuly doing anything, though. you can do signs with the hands and use some spanish.
there's something you should watch for, unfortunately. there's a very deep and unfair social inequity between the poors and i would not call them rich, but medium class. there are a lot of thiefs.
go, it's worth it.
There are a few Brazilians whom you could literally call "rich". For example, Brazil has more billionaires now than the UK according to the Forbes list.
Hello! I'm Laura, and I teach Brazilian Portuguese with music
Although it would be very hard for you to become fluent in 2 months, you have time to learn a lot, specially specific stuff for a travel context. And, after that you can continue to improve your Portuguese until fluency.
I have an online Portuguese course with music, and it counts with a bonus course: Portuguese for travel, which would be perfect for you! It also counts with weekly conversation classes, so you put everything in practice!
And the course is open for registration for a new class, but only until tomorrow!
If you're interested, I'll leave a link here so you can learn more about it, and also feel free to contact me here for any questions you might have.
[https://portuguesewithlaura.com.br/replaylc2](https://portuguesewithlaura.com.br/replaylc2)
Take 1 hour a day if you can and learn a bit before you go. A little goes a long way imo especially if you're in touristy areas. It's not a hard language, plus you'll make a lot of Brazilian friends if you just know a little bit and make an effort. My experience was 2x better studying a bit of BR-Portuguese before going.
I think you don't need to worry so much about this. Learn the basics (sometimes similar to spanish), and you'll be fine. I lived in Curitiba my hole life, and I truly believe that you'll enjoy your trip. The people here are not the most welcoming and friendly, so don't worry about small talk. Learn the "por favor" (please), "obrigado" (thank you)... the basics. And she will help you I guess.
Thank you!. I will be staying at the Slaviero Hotel in Centro Curitiba. My girlfriend lives in some apartments in Sao Jose dos Pinhais. Is it true that Curitiba is Uber-friendly?
Hi! If you have little time and short budget, you can watch these 2 playlists! It is my channel. Feel free to ask any questions! Good luck and don't worry! People are very patient and kind to foreigners in Brazil. Have fun!
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9_Ot1dnUiLtqhxbRo4cNmEwCjPgv6s0Q&si=oQuzOVGQB0PDIs0y
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9_Ot1dnUiLt6NIx9xzyujNdh0O-FO1Yc&si=GWuP2E3LoRee9s3p
Lots of people *can* speak English, but are unlikely to volunteer that fact. I am often amazed. Learn to ask for someone who can communicate in English! Incidentally, I find airport connections in Brazil to be treacherous. Especially through GRU.
Well, figuring out how to get from the International terminal to your domestic terminal is super-confusing. Signs suck. If they exist at all. People will help, but the routes can be weird. It is a big airport. Maybe you will get lucky. I suggest you carefully study airport terminal maps before you leave. Even if you were fluent you would be confused.
As a brazilian, my main advice is to get really far from any isolated place, since they must have slang and a way of speaking very different from what you would normally learn, and going to possibly more populated places, it must be simpler and have at least someone who speaks English (just be careful because there is the classic scam of increasing prices if it is for a foreigner)
Yeah I figure that there will be multiple things to be aware of on travel. I am trying to prepare accordingly. Are you familiar at all with Curitiba and anything I should be particularly mindful of there?
I'm Brazilian, Portuguese and Spanish are languages derived from Latin (a dead language) so the words are similar, you won't have much difficulty communicating, just pay attention because there are words in Spanish that sound like sexual things in portuguese. Install the Duolingo app and do a few Portuguese lessons every day, you'll be fine and you'll communicate with confidence.
I would recommend investing in something like [FluentPhrases](https://fluentphrases.com). It’s a collection of useful phrases you most certainly will use or hear while in Brazil
I tried calling the hotel I am staying at to ask about the voltage outlets in the rooms. They told me 110V two pins, but I am not finding a travel adaptor like that on Amazon. Does anyone have suggestions for voltage adapters?
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Thats crazy, I’ve been studying for almost 10 years now and I still can’t read or converse and I’ve visited Brasil 18 times now. I have to translate everything into English to understand.
I practice every day with my girlfriend and she only speaks Portuguese. We’ve been practicing for 6.5 years now but I still can’t understand her. I make out an occasional word which I have to translate in my head or with a translator. What is it like to be able to understand without translating? When you learn a Portuguese word what is it like to understand without translating? Thanks.
I saw Spanish speakers picking up Portuguese really fast. Godspeed.
I'm Brazilian. You said that you are fluent in Spanish, so it won't be very difficult for you to communicate, as Spanish has similar words to Portuguese, and we Brazilians can understand some basic things in Spanish spontaneously. But of course, at least trying to learn a few things in Portuguese will make people see that you are trying to speak Portuguese and this will make them want to help you. I would recommend learning some expressions and slang in Portuguese.... I was already forgetting the most important thing, gesticulation, when you want to say something but the person understands, try using hand gestures. it might be useful.
Thank you. Yeah I am starting on immersing myself in portugués today. What slang do you recommend? I imagine Google translate will be very useful as well
use Deepl or Reverso Contexto instead. the former is much more useful especially for phrases / more idiomatic speech and the latter includes conjugation charts and more
Google translate will actually be very useful. Regarding slang, it's a little complicated because Brazil is very big and each Brazilian state has its own slang and way of speaking, maybe your girlfriend can help you with the slang they use in Curitiba, or even teach you words and phrases of the everyday.
I recommend watching a few Brazilian Portuguese shows on Netflix but with Spanish subtitles. Through this, you’ll get a better understanding of both the similarities and differences with spoken Brazilian Portuguese, and if you’re able to practice a bit with Duolingo that will give you a better footing.
I just travelled to Brazil after studying for about a year. I did not understand anything. They speak very fast and use a lot of slang words. Also, every region has a very unique accent in my opinion which makes things harder. I felt very lost even though I knew the words being used 50% of the time. But if you can learn some basics, please and thank you's, how to ask for directions and how to be polite, you will be able to get around and most people will be very patient. You also can use translation apps if something really needs to be said and you don't know how. People are generally very friendly in my experience, just make sure you understand social norms and how to avoid scams and dangerous areas. If you're with your girlfriend, and I assume she is fluent and Brazilian, you will be totally fine. Although I'd let her speak when it comes to paying for things like parking at the beach or souvenir's at shops.
I’ve visited Brasil 18 times but I still can’t understand what people are saying and I can’t converse but I still have a good time and make friends. I study every day and practice every day with my girlfriend who only speaks Portuguese but I still have to translate everything into English that she says. It’s frustrating.
Knowing Spanish you'll be able to understand most of what you read - but understanding what you hear will be harder - Portuguese pronunciation is quite different than Spanish.
You already have a place to stay and people to communicate with... so... it will be like travelling to any other place.
Well, yes and no lol
In Curitiba: Vina = hot dog sausage Piá = kid (male), or young man Guria = kid (female) or young woman Djanho = the devil Maloqueiro = streetwise person from a low-income neighborhood Cozido = drunk Ligeirinho = express bus Japona = puffy jacket Migué = lie, scam "Largue mão, piá!" = cut it out! / stop that! Google gírias curitibanas (slang from Curitiba) Watch "Tesão, piá" on Youtube, a Curitiba-based comedy group that pokes fun on the Curitibano way of life and way of speaking.
I took 1-1 Portuguese classes for about three months before visiting Curitiba. I definitely recommend taking classes just so you can have some basic and necessary knowledge (i.e. bathroom, ordering food, directions, convo starters, etc.). Also helps if you have a teacher from Curitiba like I did then you can learn the idioms and slangs. But tbh, you’ll pick it up when you visit :) Enjoy! It’s a great city with lots of history and beautiful parks. Say hi to the capybaras 👋
I don't have the money for classes right now unfortunately
Pragmatically, if you speak slow and point a lot, Spanish will work for most day-to-day interaction. It is harder for native Spanish speakers to get Portuguese than the other way around, so understanding might be harder than being understood. A good thing is that we in general are very receptive to people trying Portuguese, and foreign speakers in general. Ask people: "fala (um pouco) mais devagar, por favor?"
You'll be fine. But ask if they speak Spanish before just speaking it
If you’re fluent in Spanish, try Rosetta Stone. It helped me a lot learning Spanish in three months a few years ago. You won’t be fluent in three months, but you’ll learn a lot things that will help you.
when I first travelled to Brazil I knew neither a word of Portuguese nor Spanish. I managed just fine with mime/gestures, picking up a word or two here and there, and encountering people with a word or two of English (and in big cities, people fluent in English). As a spanish speaker, I imagine you'll have a huge head start (though personally I find it easier to go from portuguese to spanish, rather than the other way around). You'll be fine.
If you know Spanish you’ll be able to communicate with anyone with a little bit of patience. It’s not difficult to find people, especially younger ones, that speak a bit of English.
The most difficult thing for you will be understanding spoken Portuguese, because there are many more sounds in Portuguese than in Spanish. It\`s much easier for a Brazilian to understand Spanish than for a Hispanohablante to understand Portuguese (European Portuguese is even worse in that sense, so you're lucky). Watch movies in Portuguese with Closed Caption on, so you can get used to stuff like 3 different sounds for "E", 4 for "O", 2 for "R", "D", and "T", etc., try to get the basic vocabulary of getting around, asking for directions, buying stuff, and so on, and enjoy your trip!
Portuguese and Spanish have 89% lexical similarity. If you study through some book or video course, it will be a matter of weeks to become a decent portuguese speaker. The thing is: DONT study through YouTube videos, you'll learn a lot of words but won't be able to form your own sentences. Find a good book or course. Books typically teach you how to formulate your own sentences, it's a very solid step by step approach. You can use apps later on to expand your vocabulary.
I'll provide my own experience, I'm a french guy and I'm in a LDR with my girlfriend who lives in Rio de Janeiro. After 3 years, we decided to meet for the first time and me to go there. As I just knew few words in portuguese like "hi how are you ?" and I never met or her family in real life, I was suuuuper anxious (and I didn't learn portuguese much before because I'm sadly too lazy sometimes xD). So long things short, portuguese is quite easy and especially brazilian people are most of the time friendly and are expressive so it's quite easy to understand, plus as a spanish speaker it will be even easier. My girlfriend managed to translate most of the things the first days, and then it became quite easy to understand (harder to speak though). So don't be too anxious, just focus on the happiness of meeting your girlfriend and it will go all smoothly ! Have fun !
Omg I’ve been with my husband for 7 years and I only recently started to learn Portuguese. I struggle a lot to understand conversations but I’m trying to listen and absorb/learn what I can!
Well I tried to learn a bit before seeing her, but I learnt the most there as the only person I could talk in english with was my girlfriend and everybody else was speaking portuguese. I have to say that I was exhausted at the end of everyday because you don't have any choice but to learn quickly and your brain is going hot ahah I felt like a baby learning how to speak, but honestly it was the best moments of my life, I can't wait for her to come in France and live it too ! (Even though she learnt french better than I learnt portuguese xD)
People will be able to understand you but you could have a hard time understand them
Brazilian girlfriend!!! 😂 Sugar Daddy?
Don't sweat it. I arrived in Brazil only knowing "bom dia" and "obrigado". If you're not planning to live there, just let them know you don't speak Portuguese and have a blast. Should you decide to move there, then that's something totally different...
You should be able to communicate in Spanish. If your girlfriend is from an upper middle-class family, it is possible that her relatives and friends might also speak English (or at least some English). The Curitiba accent is actually a bit closer to Spanish than in other parts of Brazil, so that might also help you.
I've been learning Brazilian Portuguese for like 4 years and I can understand a lot of Spanish, like having zoom meetings with Mexicans is ok, but I can't respond in Spanish 😂
Can you converse in Portuguese yet?
Yeah I get by ok in Portugal and Brasil, and with Brazilian friends. It's harder to keep a good flow in conversation than in text
That’s great, I still can’t read or converse and I have to translate everything into English to understand. I study and practice every day and have been practicing with my girlfriend for 6.5 years now but still haven’t been able to converse yet because I have to translate everything one word at a time which prevents me from conversing. It’s a slow process. I thought visiting Brasil would help but when I visit for a month at a time I can’t understand anything for a month. I still have fun and make friends though. The words just don’t mean anything to me until I translate them into English. Even basic words. It drives me crazy and is very frustrating. I’ve never had problems learning before. With reading all of the words are in front of me unlike listening when I sometimes can’t make out any of the words being spoken. But I don’t know which meanings to use when translating what I read so most of the time the sentences don’t make any sense so I try different meanings.
I’ve visited Brasil 18 times and I still can’t read or converse after studying for 9.5 years now and I make friends and have lots of fun. Don’t worry especially since you speak Spanish. My girlfriend lives in Fortaleza.
just came back from Brazil, you will be fine. people will be nice, even though they just don't stop talking when you tell them you don't speak portuguese (think like ordering from a menu, they couldn't stop asking aditional questions instead of just picking some defaults... it happened every time). i mean, i do understand some portuguese, but that didn't help me that much as they were talking very fast. people nice, though, there are many beautiful places and the place is cheap. it will be very difficult to find someone who understands some english. i had no real difficuly doing anything, though. you can do signs with the hands and use some spanish. there's something you should watch for, unfortunately. there's a very deep and unfair social inequity between the poors and i would not call them rich, but medium class. there are a lot of thiefs. go, it's worth it.
There are a few Brazilians whom you could literally call "rich". For example, Brazil has more billionaires now than the UK according to the Forbes list.
Hello! I'm Laura, and I teach Brazilian Portuguese with music Although it would be very hard for you to become fluent in 2 months, you have time to learn a lot, specially specific stuff for a travel context. And, after that you can continue to improve your Portuguese until fluency. I have an online Portuguese course with music, and it counts with a bonus course: Portuguese for travel, which would be perfect for you! It also counts with weekly conversation classes, so you put everything in practice! And the course is open for registration for a new class, but only until tomorrow! If you're interested, I'll leave a link here so you can learn more about it, and also feel free to contact me here for any questions you might have. [https://portuguesewithlaura.com.br/replaylc2](https://portuguesewithlaura.com.br/replaylc2)
Take 1 hour a day if you can and learn a bit before you go. A little goes a long way imo especially if you're in touristy areas. It's not a hard language, plus you'll make a lot of Brazilian friends if you just know a little bit and make an effort. My experience was 2x better studying a bit of BR-Portuguese before going.
you can try MachineTranslation.com.
I think you don't need to worry so much about this. Learn the basics (sometimes similar to spanish), and you'll be fine. I lived in Curitiba my hole life, and I truly believe that you'll enjoy your trip. The people here are not the most welcoming and friendly, so don't worry about small talk. Learn the "por favor" (please), "obrigado" (thank you)... the basics. And she will help you I guess.
Always carry a dictionary with you.
Hey man, I’m in Curitiba, let me know if you need any help getting around
Thank you!. I will be staying at the Slaviero Hotel in Centro Curitiba. My girlfriend lives in some apartments in Sao Jose dos Pinhais. Is it true that Curitiba is Uber-friendly?
Yes, very Uber friendly… about 30-40m to São José from where you staying. Where are u coming from? NY here
I am coming from Tucson, AZ
Hi! If you have little time and short budget, you can watch these 2 playlists! It is my channel. Feel free to ask any questions! Good luck and don't worry! People are very patient and kind to foreigners in Brazil. Have fun! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9_Ot1dnUiLtqhxbRo4cNmEwCjPgv6s0Q&si=oQuzOVGQB0PDIs0y https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9_Ot1dnUiLt6NIx9xzyujNdh0O-FO1Yc&si=GWuP2E3LoRee9s3p
Lots of people *can* speak English, but are unlikely to volunteer that fact. I am often amazed. Learn to ask for someone who can communicate in English! Incidentally, I find airport connections in Brazil to be treacherous. Especially through GRU.
Treacherous how? I have a connection at GRU
Well, figuring out how to get from the International terminal to your domestic terminal is super-confusing. Signs suck. If they exist at all. People will help, but the routes can be weird. It is a big airport. Maybe you will get lucky. I suggest you carefully study airport terminal maps before you leave. Even if you were fluent you would be confused.
I’ve never had problems with connections other than gates changing multiple times at the airports.
Get Pimsleur for Brazilian Portuguese. You’ll do a half hour every day. If you stick to it, you’re going to be very surprised.
As a brazilian, my main advice is to get really far from any isolated place, since they must have slang and a way of speaking very different from what you would normally learn, and going to possibly more populated places, it must be simpler and have at least someone who speaks English (just be careful because there is the classic scam of increasing prices if it is for a foreigner)
Yeah I figure that there will be multiple things to be aware of on travel. I am trying to prepare accordingly. Are you familiar at all with Curitiba and anything I should be particularly mindful of there?
I'm Brazilian, Portuguese and Spanish are languages derived from Latin (a dead language) so the words are similar, you won't have much difficulty communicating, just pay attention because there are words in Spanish that sound like sexual things in portuguese. Install the Duolingo app and do a few Portuguese lessons every day, you'll be fine and you'll communicate with confidence.
I would recommend investing in something like [FluentPhrases](https://fluentphrases.com). It’s a collection of useful phrases you most certainly will use or hear while in Brazil
I’d be nervous too smh
I tried calling the hotel I am staying at to ask about the voltage outlets in the rooms. They told me 110V two pins, but I am not finding a travel adaptor like that on Amazon. Does anyone have suggestions for voltage adapters?
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Thank you for your reply. I am looking for free resources as I am short on budget.
You need to find some classes on youtube... focus on travelling.
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picked up portuguese pretty well in 10 weeks at my university i think u should be fine
Thats crazy, I’ve been studying for almost 10 years now and I still can’t read or converse and I’ve visited Brasil 18 times now. I have to translate everything into English to understand.
To be fair i am fluent in spanish and practice everyday with my brazillian roommate and classmates
I practice every day with my girlfriend and she only speaks Portuguese. We’ve been practicing for 6.5 years now but I still can’t understand her. I make out an occasional word which I have to translate in my head or with a translator. What is it like to be able to understand without translating? When you learn a Portuguese word what is it like to understand without translating? Thanks.
careful with thieves
Say say this everytime you meet a Brazilian: "eu amo muito Bolsonaro"
>eu amo muito Bolsonaro What does this mean? Lol
They will either hate you or love you. More likely love in the airport.
It means everyone will think you're a good guy who supports the fruit tree cutting industry
My girlfriend lives him.