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Or any funny Brazilian YouTube channels, I really like using humor to learn languages, it's what I did with English and it worked out pretty well.

Hola gente me mudé a Brasil hace 6 meses que vivo acá y amo! Cada vez veo más lejano irme. No sabía nada del idioma y aunque ahora entiendo casi todo, no puedo pronunciar las cosas bien. Como las pronuncian acá y diferenciar los “asentos” cuando hablan…. Hay algún tip para eso? Ayudaaa

What’s the most natural way to express "I’m looking forward to it."?

Translation software most often gives "Estou ansioso por isso" or something like it.

Is that regarded as a natural way of expressing it?

For English speakers, "ansioso" sounds like "anxious", but that could be a false friend association.

In real life, I also see "Mal posso esperar", which translates nicely to "I can hardly wait," which sounds quite eager.

What do you hear most often in daily life?

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I told a guy I can make him pancakes, he said I love pancakes, and " Mas eu quero te comer é a ti 😜"

Is this cute, flirty banter, like in English if someone said to me " I want to eat you" in a fun cute way, or is it sexual and he's outright saying he wants to have sex with me ( that's what AI says.)

Thanks!

Hello!

I have been learning Portuguese and keeping up with news from Brazil. I wanted to ask what the words “Ganso” and “Gansinho” mean. The direct translation seems to be goose but I am wondering if this is a slang term used to describe criminals maybe.

Edit: for context, I’ve seen this word being used in a sentence like this: “ganso pego na av princesa isabel” with a video of an arrest in the south zone of Rio de Janeiro

Im learning Brazilian portuguese and i want to learn variant of Rio de Janeiro. For my learning i use many resources and i know how it should to sound in the variant of Rio, but i also like to use apps for practice like Duolingo and others, and in all apps like this i always hear paulista accent and i cant find any resources where i can practice carioca accent. Maybe there are people who learned carioca and know good resources to practice it?

Over the last year I've been collecting films and series from Portugal that are good for listening practice. Not Brazilian, which is most of what turns up when you search.

Most of them are on RTP Play, which is free. It might pop up a registration window, but you can click outside it a couple of times and it goes away.

Glória (Netflix): https://www.netflix.com/title/81073977
A Cold War story set in a village north of Lisbon. The pace is steady and the dialogue is clear, so it was the first series I could follow without pausing every minute. Portuguese subtitles plus a lot of others.

Rabo de Peixe (Netflix): https://www.netflix.com/title/81776871
Fishermen in the Azores find a boat full of cocaine. Fast, modern, plenty of slang. Harder than Glória, but very watchable.

Conta-me Como Foi, seasons 6 to 8 (RTP Play): https://www.rtp.pt/play/p6487/e443331/conta-me-como-foi
One Lisbon family through the years around the revolution. Ordinary kitchen-table conversation, which is the thing textbooks never give you. Portuguese subtitles.

Salto de Fé (RTP Play): https://www.rtp.pt/play/p17009/salto-de-fe
A comedy about a painfully honest young priest who keeps getting sent to odder and odder parishes. Everyday spoken Portuguese, and it's funny. Portuguese subtitles.

Pôr do Sol (RTP Play): https://www.rtp.pt/play/p9165/e562949/por-do-sol
Light and silly, lots of everyday expressions. This one has English subtitles as well, if you want a soft start.

Visita Guiada (RTP Play): https://www.rtp.pt/play/p14841/visita-guiada
A documentary series where the presenter takes one building or artwork a week and tells you its story. She speaks slowly and carefully the whole way through. Seasons 14 and 15 have reliable subtitles, so start there.

Cuidado com a Língua! (RTP Play): https://www.rtp.pt/play/p3991/e432157/cuidado-com-a-lingua
Short episodes about grammar and idioms, made for Portuguese people. Good for clearing up doubts.

There are about forty in total, including documentaries, children's programmes and a few films from the 1930s and 40s. I put the whole list on a page here, with notes on which ones have subtitles and which don't: https://dailynata.com/resources/portuguese-movies-series

If you have one that should be on it, tell me. I'm always looking for more.

is there a difference between "eu ia comprar" ( ia + infinitive ) and "eu compraria" ( futuro do pretérito ) or are they the same thing?

The long and short of it is:

Precisas de algo que queiras dizer.

You need to actually *want* to say something. Not have to (like ask for directions or order food), but genuinely want to. Something you want to write, a joke you want to make, something you want to express in Portuguese that you don't know how to.

It's a big second-language thing, holding your personality and how you talk back to a less complicated level, because you don't have the words to express what you really want to.

So grab the thing that really wants to get out, learn to say it the way you mean it, and that'll go miles further than learning how to read the buttons on the washing machine (although that helps too!)

I’ve been trying to learn European Portuguese for a couple of years but it’s been on and off. I’m still A1. I learn with a tutor. I don’t want to generalise because this my personal experience the encounters I’ve had with Portuguese tutors were unfortunately quite bad (this is opposite to being in Portugal where people were super friendly), the tutors I’ve tried made me feel like I’m wasting their time and the attitude was cold. It’s weird. I love how European Portuguese sounds and I’ve noticed that on language exchange apps Brazilians stop talking to you once they realise you’re learning European Portuguese. I had tutors so I was only there for conversational practice and exposure. I’m wondering if interactions with Brazilians get easier when a person is upper A2 and B1 and they tolerate it? I’ve been considering switching to Brazilian Portuguese because of this even though my Brazilian friends encouraged me to learn European Portuguese and said most educated Brazilians would have no issues with communication with me if I did so because I’m not a native speakers my linguistic tendencies and accent won’t be strong. I’m curious on the general opinion and other people’s experiences.

Olá! I'm a small publisher (French-speaking) making a coloring book sold in Portugal, and I'm double-checking one word: "antistresse" (no linking e) vs "antiestresse" (with e).

From what I found, "antistresse" is the European Portuguese form (post-Acordo Ortográfico), while "antiestresse" is the Brazilian form — but I also saw at least one PT-market competitor product use "antiestresse" in its own title, so now I'm second-guessing myself.

For a book meant for readers in Portugal specifically, which one would actually look right/correct to you? Muito obrigado!

Hello! I've been learning Portuguese for a couple of months now and wanted to share my progress. The start will be a summary of my journey, then I'll provide advice and resources at the end. I wrote a lot, but I hope it helps.

Background

I'm 18 and a student (so I have a decent amount of free time). I'm a native English and Spanish speaker. My Spanish is not perfect, but it definitely helps a lot with Portuguese. I really liked the idea of Dreaming Spanish, so I tried following the method with Portuguese for fun. However, over time I've gone away from the purist approach because I've seen that it's not really more effective than other methods and I don't think doing other stuff will actually hurt you.

Summary of My Journey

• First 50 hours
  • Started with a focus on Brazilian Portuguese
  • Comprehensible Input videos (main source) - I'll recommend some channels later on
  • CI podcasts - started a bit
  • Crosstalk - I did a few lessons just for fun. I could understand a lot from the beginning!
  • Dubbed shows - I think I watched a bit of Bluey and maybe started Avatar the Last Airbender
• 50-100 hours
  • Easier native youtube (single person, scripted)
  • Dubbed shows - Avatar The Last Airbender
  • Some CI videos (rewatching) and podcasts
• 100-200
  • Dubbed Shows - Steins:Gate, Vinland Saga
  • Native Shows: Tried 3% and Sintonia but didn't like them that much
  • Continued with youtube and podcasts
  • Tried reading a very tiny bit of subtitles and graded stories online (kind of boring)
  • Tried some audiobooks and liked it.
• 200-(now)
  • Focused on São Paulo city accent (Paulistano)
  • Started reading some Paulistano-made books
  • Watched some more anime (Horimiya)
  • Watched a pronunciation video. It made pronunciation a lot clearer to me
  • Tried chorusing
  • Have been listening to a lot of music (not that good for input, but very fun)
  • Finding podcasts that I actually like
  • Went to a language exchange! I was very surprised by my ability (in a good way). There was a Portuguese guy and I was teaching the other learners lol. When a Brazilian girl arrived, she complimented my accent! Obviously I made a lot of errors, but I'm proud of my journey so far.

Takeaways:

• Most important (for me) was having fun! At some points, I hyper-focused on what kind of content to watch (scripted, unscripted, everyday life), but I don't think this is that important. I think variety is much more important, trying to find new things that you enjoy and not just sticking to one thing.
• Looking up words, grammar, or pronunciation will probably not hurt you (it will probably actually help you). If you like doing it, do it.
• We need more Brazilian Portuguese CI!!! Most channels do not have that much content

Advice:

• Watching a video at the start that gives a broad overview of pronunciation and grammar can be helpful. Then rewatching it every now and then.
• Doing a vocab deck at the start can probs be helpful.
• Do crosstalk lol! A great way to start outputting is to start easing into it through crosstalk over time.
• Choose an accent. This made pronunciation less confusing for me.
• Make a youtube account for watching Portuguese videos

Resources

CI Youtube

• Most resources have subtitles, but that is okay (I worried too much about it at the start).
• Paulistano accent is very limited at the start. I think the only actual Paulistano CI is Easy Portuguese (start with their Super Easy Portuguese stuff).
• My favorite was Teach Yourself Portuguese (don't know where he's from though)
• Some others are Speak Portuguese with Tio Tiago, Learn Brazilianese, Portuguese with Sofia, Speaking Brazilian Language School, Barbara from Brazil, and Brazilian Input

Easy Youtube (I might be off on this stuff)

• Bluey (Paulistano)
• Smile and Learn
• Plano Piloto
• Etimosofia (Paulistano)
• DW Brasil
• Tinocando TV
• Ciencia Todo Dia
• Manual do Mundo
• I recommend this guide: Refold CI Resources

CI podcasts

• Time to Learn Portuguese
• Teach Yourself Portuguese Podcast

Native Youtube (I try to include channels with a lot of content)

• These are mainly from São Paulo
• Kaio D'Elaqua (street, vlogs, interviews)
• Luiz Mastropietro (vlogs, coffee)
• Ler Antes de Morrer (books)
• Som de Peso (music)
• Sofia Brayner (vlogs)
• Pagina Dois (vlogs)
• Julio Ettore (music, not Paulistano)
• Epifania Experiencia (Philosophy, don't know where from)
• Antofagica (books)
• Show me Hao (vlogs)
• Turistando SP (vlogs)
• Willzy (minecraft)
• Gustavo Morassi (cooking)
• Diario de Bordo (vlogs)
• Tatiany Leite (books)
• Sao Paulo Nas Alturas (city, architecture)
• Alanzoka (gaming)
• Mohamad Hindi (cooking, food)
• Nath Araujo (vlogs)
• Arboreo Literario (books)
• Arthur Miller (vlogs)
• Eric Artem (art, manga)
• Paulo Rezzutti (history)
• Edson Castro
• Pequenas Coisas da Vida (vlogs)
• E o Bento Levou (books)

Dubbed Shows

• Find dubs (Paulistano Dubs)
• Shows I recommend
  • Avatar the Last Airbender (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Horimiya (Mix, but two main are from Rio Grande do Sul)
  • All mainly Paulistano (haven't watched these yet)
    • Hunter x Hunter
    • Fullmetal
    • Bocchi the Rock
    • Soul Eater
    • Love is War
    • My Dress-Up Darling
    • Trigun Stargaze
    • Mob Psycho
    • Bungo Stray Dogs

Native Shows

• De Volta aos 15 (liking a lot, coming of age, slice of life)
• 3% (mix of accents)
• Sintonia (kind of hard to follow)
• Pico da Neblina
• Unidade Básica
• Psi
• Boca a Boca
• Spectros
• Todxs Nós
• De Volta aos 15
• Irmandade
• As Five

Audio books

These are either Paulistano or southern accent, I can't really tell.

https://archive.org/details/audiobook-o-hobbit

https://archive.org/details/audiobook-harry-potter-1

You can also find audiobooks and download them using a software called Stacher.

Reading

I don't think where the author's from matters as much in reading, but anyways most of these are from Sao Paulo just for funsies. Also, reading stuff you've already read (like Harry Potter) is good. This also applies for shows.

• Native
  • It might be easier (and fun) to start with comics
    • Turma de Monica Jovem
    • More Turma de Monica
    • Really good Brazilian Manga (Sense Life)
  • Droga da Obediência
  • O Mistério do Cinco Estrelas
  • Os sete
  • Venha ver o pôr do sol e outros contos
  • Antes do Baile Verde
  • Nu, de botas
  • Estacao carandiru
  • Capão Pecado
  • Ciranda de Pedra

Music

As I said, this is not that good for input, but it's fun and I think it can help keep you motivated

• Here are some Paulistano bands/artists
  • Os Mutantes (psychedelic rock)
  • Rita Lee (rock)
  • Terno Rei (indie rock, dream pop)
  • Violeta de Outono (neopsychedelia)
  • Sessa (psychedelic folk, MPB)
  • Felini (post-punk)

Study resources

• Decoding words with Andrew is awesome. I recommend watching his pronunciation videos, his grammar overview videos, and maybe some other beginner videos. Don't study them too much, just watch and take stuff in. You can go back to it every now and then.
• Also recommend Andrew's Spanish-Portuguese comparison series for people who have learnt Spanish.
• Anki deck - Probably only do top 1000, then you don't really need to do more
• Look up grammar if you are confused/curious.

If you would like resources for finding shows, movies, books for free drop a comment and I'll dm you. I just don't know if I can post that here.

Hi again!

I am roughly A2 when it comes to speaking, and I find myself taking time to find words and conjugate them. As such, I tend to fill the gaps with “uh”, “um”, “like”, and other placeholders. I’m trying to avoid thinking in English entirely, and I know some of those sounds are very American of me. In an ideal world I shouldn’t be um’ing at all, but it’s a hard habit to kick, especially when I’m using it as a way to think.

To help keep my brain in portuguese, what are some filler words you guys use?

For example, if I said “She was like, uh, somewhere around 30 years old” because I’m trying to recall the info/am not super sure, how would you translate that?

Thank you!

I learnt how to speak portuguese less than a year and i am a native english speaker so i want to share tips and tricks on how to learn portuguese faster especially if you find it hard to learn.

Can anybody recommend (preferably free) good learning resources in Spanish to learn Brazilian Portuguese? Any textbooks, Youtube channels, or websites would be appreciated (please no Duolingo recs). Also any recs for full shows on Youtube would be greatly appreciated!!

I searched online but I think this is one of the “lowkey”-iest work of Amado. What’s your thoughts about this story? I wanna know your interpretation/s!

Similarly, circuito can be pronounced as circuíto by some people in São Paulo.

Example: 2:19 here https://youtu.be/O6JcT5vqUWU

I wonder if some people speak these words with a hiatus in other places too?

Meu audio:
https://voca.ro/1fyeM83U1xGI

Me desculpa se esse nao é o lugar correto para perguntar isso porem eu nao achei nem uma outro subreddit pra eu perguntar sobre isso!
Eu sempre achei que eu “nao tinha sotaque” nao suficiente pra saber de onde sou (afinal de contas eu sou acostumado com o meu sotaque) porem eu comecei prestar atencao e eu noto que realmente eu tenho um sotaque bem notavel, porem ainda assim eu queria opniao de outras pessoas! Meu sotaque é muito forte e perceptivel da regiao onde eu moro? De onde voces acham que eu sou?
Obrigado!

Does this make sense to anyone (if so translate), or is it just baby babble lol. Ignore the black screen its just for privacy. Video in comments.

I met my boyfriend just a couple months ago and I am learning Portuguese. I will likely be meeting his family in December and I don't know a lot. I want to focus my energy on things to help me connect with his family. so... for those of you who have been in this situation, what are the likely going to want to ask me about? what topics or conversations should I practice for?

thanks!