Portuguese for Travel4 min practice
Talk About a Concert in Portuguese: Tickets, Artists, and Plans — Practice Guide
Use music vocabulary and practical questions to talk about a show before, during, and after the event.
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Everyday Conversation4 min practice
Talk About Art in Portuguese: Ask an Artist About Their Work — Practice Guide
Ask about a creative process with open questions that invite the artist to explain the work in their own words.
Open practice guideEveryday Conversation4 min practice
Talk About Feelings in Portuguese: Estou Feliz, Cansado, or Nervoso — Practice Guide
Use estar with common feeling adjectives and add porque to explain what is affecting your mood.
Open practice guidePortuguese for Sports4 min practice
Talk About Running Pace in Brazilian Portuguese: Slow, Steady, or Fast — Practice Guide
Learn natural Brazilian Portuguese for explaining your pace, checking whether a partner wants to speed up, and asking for a short break.
Open practice guideBrazilian Portuguese Vocabulary4 min practice
Talk About Volleyball in Brazilian Portuguese: Court, Teams, and Score — Practice Guide
Go beyond football vocabulary with practical words and questions for following or discussing volleyball in Brazil.
Open practice guidePortuguese Grammar4 min practice
Talk About Weather Plans in Portuguese: If It Rains, We’ll Stay In — Practice Guide
For a realistic future possibility, Brazilian Portuguese commonly uses the present tense after se and the future or present in the result clause.
Open practice guideEveryday Conversation4 min practice
Talk About Your Hobbies in Brazilian Portuguese: Ask and Follow Up — Practice Guide
Use a few flexible patterns to say what you like doing and invite someone to share a little more.
Open practice guidePortuguese for Work5 min practice
Talk About Your Workday in Brazilian Portuguese: Tasks, Meetings, and Breaks — Practice Guide
Use present-tense verbs and everyday workplace phrases to explain what you do during a typical day at work.
Open practice guidePortuguese for Daily Life4 min practice
Talk to a Building Manager in Brazil: Portuguese for Maintenance Requests — Practice Guide
Learn clear Portuguese phrases for reporting a leak, broken light, or access issue to a síndico, doorman, or building manager and confirming the next step.
Open practice guidePortuguese for Study4 min practice
Talk to an Academic Advisor in Brazil: Portuguese for Study-Plan Questions — Practice Guide
Prepare useful Portuguese questions for an advising meeting, from reviewing your course history to confirming what to do before the next term.
Open practice guideEveryday Conversation4 min practice
Talvez vs. Quem Sabe: Say ‘Maybe’ in Brazilian Portuguese — Practice Guide
Talvez is a direct ‘maybe,’ quem sabe sounds like ‘who knows,’ and pode ser often accepts a possible plan.
Open practice guideEveryday Conversation4 min practice
Talvez, Acho Que, and Ainda Não Sei: Express Uncertainty in Portuguese — Practice Guide
Learn short Brazilian Portuguese phrases for maybe, I think so, and I haven't decided yet.
Open practice guidePortuguese Grammar4 min practice
Tampouco vs. Tão Pouco: Neither or So Little — Practice Guide
Tampouco means ‘neither’ or ‘not either’; tão pouco means ‘so little’ or ‘such a small amount.’
Open practice guideEveryday Expressions4 min practice
Tanto Faz vs. Qualquer Um: Say ‘Either Is Fine’ in Portuguese — Practice Guide
Tanto faz describes your lack of preference; qualquer um or qualquer uma says that any member of a group is acceptable.
Open practice guidePortuguese for Travel5 min practice
Taxi and Rideshare Portuguese in Brazil: Give Directions and Confirm the Ride — Practice Guide
Learn a clear sequence for starting a taxi or rideshare trip and checking where the driver will take you.
Open practice guidePortuguese for Work4 min practice
Tell a Client About a Project Delay in Portuguese — Practice Guide
Send a clear update when a project is delayed: state the impact, explain what you are doing, and offer a realistic new date.
Open practice guidePortuguese Conversation4 min practice
Tell a Hiking Story in Portuguese: Describe the Route and What You Saw — Practice Guide
Organize a short hiking story with onde, primeiro, depois, and no final, then practice useful past-tense verbs.
Open practice guidePortuguese Grammar5 min practice
Tem que vs. Precisa: How to Say “Have To” and “Need To” in Portuguese — Practice Guide
Compare two common patterns for saying that you or someone else needs to do something.
Open practice guidePortuguese Grammar4 min practice
Tem vs. Têm: When Does Portuguese Use the Circumflex — Practice Guide
Tem is singular; têm is plural. The circumflex marks the third-person plural form of ter.
Open practice guidePortuguese Grammar4 min practice
Tenho Estudado vs. Estudei: Two Portuguese Past Patterns — Practice Guide
Portuguese tenho estudado often describes an activity repeated or continuing recently; estudei presents a past event as completed.
Open practice guideEveryday Grammar4 min practice
Tenho Feito vs. Fiz: Talking About Repeated Actions in Portuguese — Practice Guide
English “I have done” does not always translate with Portuguese ter + participle. Learn when Brazilians use tenho feito and when fiz is clearer.
Open practice guideEveryday Conversation4 min practice
Ter Fome, Ter Sede, and Ter Sono: Talk About Needs in Portuguese — Practice Guide
Portuguese often uses ter in everyday expressions where English uses ‘be’: ter fome, ter sede, and ter sono.
Open practice guidePortuguese Grammar4 min practice
Ter vs. Haver in Brazilian Portuguese: How to Say “There Is” — Practice Guide
Brazilian speakers often use tem in everyday existential sentences, while há is common in formal writing and time expressions.
Open practice guidePortuguese Grammar4 min practice
Ir + Infinitive in Portuguese: Forms, Negatives & Questions
Build vou estudar and vamos sair step by step. Practise subject forms, negatives, questions and common double-conjugation mistakes with explained answers.
Open practice guidePortuguese Grammar4 min practice
The Personal Infinitive in Portuguese: A Clear Brazilian Guide — Practice Guide
Portuguese can mark who performs an infinitive action, especially when the subject needs to be clear in a longer sentence.
Open practice guidePortuguese Grammar4 min practice
The Personal Infinitive in Portuguese: Fazer, Fazermos, and More — Practice Guide
Portuguese can mark the subject on an infinitive: para nós fazermos isso means ‘for us to do that.’
Open practice guidePortuguese Grammar4 min practice
The Portuguese -Íssimo Ending: Say ‘Very’ with Emphasis — Practice Guide
A form such as rapidíssimo means ‘extremely fast’; the ending agrees with the adjective’s gender and number.
Open practice guidePortuguese Grammar4 min practice
The Portuguese Future Subjunctive: Quando, Se, and Assim Que — Practice Guide
Use the future subjunctive for a possible future action after words like quando and se: quando eu chegar, se você quiser.
Open practice guidePortuguese Grammar4 min practice
The Portuguese Future Subjunctive: Use Se and Quando Naturally — Practice Guide
After se or quando refers to an uncertain future event, Brazilian Portuguese often uses a future subjunctive form: quando eu chegar.
Open practice guidePortuguese Grammar4 min practice
The Portuguese Imperative: Give Directions and Make Requests — Practice Guide
Use common imperative forms in directions and everyday requests, and soften them with por favor or a question.
Open practice guidePortuguese Grammar4 min practice
The Portuguese Present Progressive: Estou Falando and Everyday Actions — Practice Guide
To say what is happening now, combine a form of estar with a gerund: estou estudando, ela está trabalhando.
Open practice guidePortuguese Grammar4 min practice
The Portuguese Present Subjunctive: Wishes, Advice, and Possibility — Practice Guide
Learn useful cues such as espero que, é importante que, and talvez, then practice the present subjunctive in complete sentences.
Open practice guidePortuguese Grammar4 min practice
The Present Subjunctive in Portuguese: Hope, Doubt, and Requests — Practice Guide
The present subjunctive often follows expressions of hope, uncertainty, necessity, and requests about what another person may do.
Open practice guideSpoken Portuguese5 min practice
Tô vs. Estou: Understanding a Common Spoken Shortcut — Practice Guide
You may hear tô constantly in conversation. It is an informal spoken reduction of estou, not a different verb.
Open practice guidePortuguese Vocabulary4 min practice
Tocar vs. Jogar in Portuguese: Play an Instrument or a Sport — Practice Guide
Portuguese does not use one verb for every English meaning of ‘play’: tocar and jogar each fit different activities.
Open practice guideEveryday Grammar4 min practice
Todo Dia vs. O Dia Todo in Portuguese: Every Day or All Day — Practice Guide
A small change in word order changes whether you mean “every day” or “the whole day.”
Open practice guidePortuguese Grammar5 min practice
Todo Dia vs. Todos os Dias: Say ‘Every Day’ in Portuguese — Practice Guide
Todo dia and todos os dias both describe daily routines; compare their form, placement, and everyday examples.
Open practice guideEveryday Conversation4 min practice
Tomar Cuidado: How to Say ‘Be Careful’ in Portuguese — Practice Guide
Tomar cuidado means to be careful or take care. Learn how to mention a risk, an action, or a situation that needs attention.
Open practice guidePortuguese Grammar4 min practice
Tomar vs. Pegar in Brazilian Portuguese: Take a Bus, Have a Drink, or Take Medicine — Practice Guide
Both verbs appear in everyday combinations, but common collocations change with the thing you take or do.
Open practice guidePortuguese Vocabulary4 min practice
Trabalho vs. Emprego vs. Profissão: Talk About Work in Portuguese — Practice Guide
Trabalho is broad, emprego often means a paid job, and profissão names an occupation or career. The borders can overlap in context.
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