Portuguese Grammar
How to Talk About Hypothetical Plans in Portuguese
Build hypothetical sentences such as Se eu tivesse mais tempo, viajaria mais, and learn how they differ from real future conditions.
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A Brazilian Portuguese Job Interview: Introduce Yourself and Your Experience
Organize a short professional introduction, give a concrete example of your work, and ask about the role in a Portuguese interview.
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Portuguese at a Brazilian Farmers’ Market: Ask, Choose, and Buy Produce
Practice useful feira vocabulary and short questions for choosing produce and confirming a quantity before you buy.
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How to Ask for a Return or Exchange in Portuguese in Brazil
Use clear phrases to show a receipt, describe a defect, ask whether an exchange is possible, and understand what the store needs.
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Portuguese for a Brazilian Concert: Tickets, Music, and Plans
Use useful concert vocabulary for tickets, opening acts, venues, meeting points, and sharing what you think of a show.
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How to Talk About Movies and Series in Brazilian Portuguese
Use practical phrases for streaming, genres, episodes, and spoiler-free recommendations in a conversation about what to watch.
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Portuguese at a Brazilian Gym: Memberships, Classes, and Equipment
Learn practical phrases for visiting an academia, asking what a plan includes, and finding out how to join a group class.
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Portuguese at a Post Office in Brazil: Send a Package and Ask for Help
Practice post-office vocabulary and questions for mailing a package, confirming the address, and understanding tracking information.
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Portuguese at a Hotel: Explain a Room Problem and Ask for Help
Learn polite phrases for reporting a room issue, describing what is happening, and checking what the hotel can do next.
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Portuguese at a Brazilian University: Ask a Professor and Join Class
Learn respectful classroom phrases for asking questions, following a lecture, and checking a deadline or assignment requirement.
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Portuguese for Work Video Meetings: Join, Clarify, and Take a Turn
Practice natural phrases for remote meetings when you need to check sound, ask to speak, clarify an idea, or confirm an action item.
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Tenho Feito vs. Fiz: Talking About Repeated Actions in Portuguese
English “I have done” does not always translate with Portuguese ter + participle. Learn when Brazilians use tenho feito and when fiz is clearer.
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Acabar de in Portuguese: How to Say You Just Did Something
Use acabei de, acabou de, or acabamos de to say that someone has just done something, and distinguish it from finishing an activity.
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Pra, Pro, and Para: Common Spoken Forms in Brazilian Portuguese
Brazilians often reduce para to pra in casual speech, while pro combines the spoken form with the masculine article o.
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Brazilian Portuguese for Recipes: Kitchen Verbs and Measurements
Learn the verbs and quantities you need to talk through a recipe, from chopping and mixing to a spoonful or a cup.
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Embora and Mesmo Que: Subjunctive After “Although” and “Even If”
These connectors introduce a contrast or an uncertain condition. Learn the present subjunctive forms you will hear in everyday examples.
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Passive Voice with Ser and Se in Brazilian Portuguese
Portuguese can foreground what happened rather than who did it. Learn two passive patterns and a common everyday alternative.
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How to Pronounce Final S in Brazilian Portuguese
Word-final s may sound like an s, a z, or a sh-like sound depending on the next sound, the speaker, and the region.
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