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Temas da atualidade
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• B1 Intermediate
Encontro às cegas
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Encontro às cegas
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Tips & Trickshow to
Why Brazilian Portuguese Sounds Clearer Than European Portuguese (and What That Means for Learners)
If you started learning Portuguese with Duolingo, a popular YouTube channel, or a telenovela, there’s a good chance you were learning Brazilian…
Tips & Trickshow to
Why Portuguese Vowels Disappear When People Talk Fast
I’ve written before about why you can read European Portuguese fine and still lose the thread the moment someone actually talks to…
Tips & Tricksresources
Is There a Dreaming Spanish for European Portuguese?
Short answer: not really, not yet. If you’ve found Dreaming Spanish, worked through their levels, and started looking for the same thing…
Idioms
7 Everyday Portuguese Expressions with Catholic Roots
Portugal is one of the most Catholic countries in Europe. For centuries, the Church sat at the center of Portuguese life: in…
Tips & Trickshow to
The 10-Year Citizenship Law Means a Decade in Portuguese
In May 2026, Portugal’s new nationality law came into force. The residency period required for citizenship went from five years to ten…
Tips & Trickshow to
Why You Can Read Portuguese but Can’t Understand It Spoken
You can read a Portuguese newspaper article and follow it. You can work through a text message from a Portuguese friend without…
A2
Other topicsadverbials
Portuguese “Last” and “Next” Time Expressions (Weeks, Months, Years)
Most Portuguese learners are well acquainted with hoje, ontem and amanhã, but get stuck when they need to say “last” and “next”…
B1
Verbsgerundir
Using ir + gerund to express gradual change in European Portuguese
Many learners assume the gerund is only used in Brazilian Portuguese. That is not true. In European Portuguese, the gerund exists, but…
A2+
Pronounsformal vs informalsubject pronouns
How Portuguese Sounds Formal Without Saying você
Learners of Portuguese are often taught a simple rule: tu is informal, você is formal. While this is technically correct, it does…
A2+
Verbsirp. perfeitopast tense
Talking About the Past in Portuguese with ir: A Pretérito Perfeito Shortcut
When you start talking about the past in Portuguese, you quickly run into a practical problem: you want to describe lots of…
A2
Verbsp. perfeitopast tenseregular verbs
Regular Verb Conjugation in the Pretérito Perfeito in Portuguese
The Pretérito Perfeito is the past tense used to talk about completed actions in the past. It is used for actions that…
A2+
Verbsirregular verbsp. perfeitopast tense
Top Portuguese Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense (Pretérito Perfeito)
The pretérito perfeito is used to describe completed actions in the past. Many of the most common Portuguese verbs are irregular in…
Pronunciationvowels
Understanding the /e/ and /ɛ/ vowel sounds in European Portuguese
In European Portuguese, the vowel e can represent several different sounds, depending on position and stress. This article does not cover all…
B1
Verbspresent subjunctivepresent tensesubjunctive
Expressing Probability and Uncertainty in European Portuguese
When talking about events that are not certain, European Portuguese offers several common expressions to convey probability or uncertainty. These expressions do…
A2
Verbspresent continuouspresent tenseprogressive tenses
How to talk about actions happening right now in European Portuguese
When you want to describe something that is happening at this exact moment in European Portuguese, you use a very specific and…
B1
Verbsp. imperfeitop. perfeitop. perfeito vs imperfeitopast tense
Pretérito Perfeito vs. Pretérito Imperfeito in European Portuguese
One of the most persistent difficulties for learners of Portuguese is knowing when to use the pretérito perfeito and when to use…
A2
Verbscommon verbsirregular verbs
Ir vs Vir in European Portuguese: Understanding the Difference
Understanding the difference between ir and vir is essential for expressing movement accurately in European Portuguese. These two verbs are closely related,…
A2
Other topicsplurals
The Plural of Portuguese Words Ending In L
Portuguese nouns and adjectives ending in the letter l form the plural according to a small set of regular patterns. The key…
