Tag: Brazilian Portuguese

Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Brazil!
Learning Languages

Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Brazil!

Brazil is often called the "Russia of South America" due to it being the only Portuguese-speaking country on the continent, as well as their refusal to adopt Spanish. This got me thinking, what are the languages of Brazil like? For the most part, the languages spoken in Brazil are split into two categories: foreign and indigenous. As you'd probably expect, the foreign languages are more well spoken than the indigenous ones! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Brazil According to the Constitution of Brazil, there is only one official language... Portuguese Having been discovered by Portuguese explorer and diplomat, Pedro Álvares Cabral, in 1500, what's now called Brazil (then called Terra do Brasil or Brasileiros), soon b...
15 Brazilian Slang Words You Need to Start Using!
Culture

15 Brazilian Slang Words You Need to Start Using!

Brazilian Portuguese is one of the most beautiful languages in the world. As such, it would stand to reason that Brazilian slang is incredibly rich and diverse, borrowing words from a number of different foreign languages. As of the time of writing, in excess of 252 million speak Portuguese as either a first or second language, making it one of the most spoken languages on the planet. Of this, 209 million people speak Brazilian Portuguese! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Topar - To agree When you were learning Portuguese, you were likely taught that concordar is the only verb you could use to mean "agree". In many ways, your teacher was right, but in other ways, they were wrong. In Brazil, they also have a very colloquial verb, topar, whi...