Speaking Brazilian Podcast

By Virginia Langhammer

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Olá! I'm Virginia Langhammer, your Brazilian teacher. Welcome to my podcast! 

I created this podcast to help you learn authentic Brazilian Portuguese.

In this podcast, I publish the audio of my YouTube lessons every Friday with tips on grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation of Brazilian Portuguese. If you prefer watching, click here to go to my YouTube channel.

Since 2024, I have also offered a free worksheet with each lesson to help you practice what you've learned. Look for the download link in the show notes.

About our school: Speaking Brazilian Language School specializes in teaching Brazilian Portuguese as a second language. We offer digital courses, group classes, and private lessons. We work with a team of experienced teachers who are passionate about teaching the Portuguese language.

Would you like to learn more? Send us an email: school@speakingbrazilian.com

See you in the next lesson!

Your teacher,

Virginia


Episode Date
STOP Confusing Tudo and Todo! Learn the Difference in Minutes | Brazilian Portuguese
Dec 12, 2025
When do we use “nós” or “a gente” in Brazilian Portuguese?
Nov 28, 2025
Every preposition you need in one video - Brazilian Portuguese Lesson
Nov 14, 2025
English Words That DON’T EXIST in Portuguese (and What Brazilians Say Instead!)
Oct 31, 2025
MAL vs MAU in Brazilian Portuguese: The Difference Explained!
Oct 17, 2025
BEM vs BOM in Portuguese: Simple Guide with Examples
Oct 10, 2025
Cadê, Onde está, Onde é, Onde fica - Explained! Brazilian Portuguese Lesson
Oct 03, 2025
These 15 Portuguese Verbs DON’T EXIST In English
Sep 26, 2025
Learn All 15 Portuguese Verb Tenses (with Examples) - Brazilian Portuguese
Sep 19, 2025
50 Essential Verbs in Brazilian Portuguese – Present Tense Drill
Sep 12, 2025
TU or VOCÊ? What’s the difference? | Brazilian Portuguese Lesson
Sep 05, 2025
Gestures Only Brazilians Understand 🇧🇷 🧐
Aug 29, 2025
☀️ Best Beaches in Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Vlog in Brazilian Portuguese
Aug 22, 2025
Brazilians Don’t Say SIM (yes)! Is that really true?
Aug 08, 2025
Prepositions Quiz! If you ace this test, your Portuguese is AMAZING!
Aug 01, 2025
Brazil’s Other Big Party (Not Carnival!) 🇧🇷 🤠 Festa Junina
Jul 25, 2025
PARA vs POR: A Simple Guide for Portuguese Learners (with real-life examples)
Jul 18, 2025
Nasal Sounds 🇧🇷 How to Finally Get Them Right in Brazilian Portuguese
Jul 11, 2025
Don’t Speak Portuñol! 20 False Friends to Avoid | Brazilian Portuguese
Jul 04, 2025
Trickiest words to pronounce in Brazilian Portuguese
Jun 27, 2025
How knowing English can help you learn Portuguese | Brazilian Portuguese Lesson
Jun 22, 2025
How to Say “Should”, “Could” and “Would” in Brazilian Portuguese
Jun 13, 2025
10 Brazilian Telenovelas to Learn Authentic Portuguese
Jun 06, 2025
The BEST way to improve your LISTENING and SPEAKING in Brazilian Portuguese
May 30, 2025
15 Most BEAUTIFUL Words in Brazilian Portuguese
May 23, 2025
DE, DA or DO? What’s the difference? Brazilian Portuguese
May 16, 2025
Do NOT say the L in these common words! Brazilian Accent
May 09, 2025
25 Essential Phrases Brazilians Use Every Day!
May 02, 2025
You’re absolutely fluent in Portuguese if you can understand these Brazilian jokes!
Apr 25, 2025
50 Must-Know Verbs — Past Tense Practice in Brazilian Portuguese
Apr 18, 2025
If you know these 15 words, your Portuguese is excellent! Brazilian Portuguese
Apr 11, 2025
Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners: The 3 Most Used Tenses (+ Quiz!)
Apr 06, 2025
Top 10 Weird and Funny Words in Brazilian Portuguese
Mar 28, 2025
Crazy Expressions ONLY Brazilians Understand | Learn Brazilian Portuguese
Mar 21, 2025
Mastering the ‘S’ Sound in Brazilian Portuguese | Accent and Pronunciation Lesson
Mar 14, 2025
100 Most Common Words in Brazilian Portuguese
Mar 07, 2025
The Fascinating History of Brazilian Carnival
Feb 28, 2025
ADVANCED PORTUGUESE QUIZ - Do you accept the challenge? | Infinitivo Pessoal vs. Impessoal
Feb 21, 2025
17 most ROMANTIC and SENSUAL words in Brazilian Portuguese
Feb 14, 2025
Don't be RUDE in Brazil - Brazilian Portuguese
Feb 07, 2025
How to Use YouTube to Skyrocket Your Portuguese 🇧🇷
Jan 31, 2025
What’s your Portuguese level? Take this test!
Jan 24, 2025
Brazilian Accent Secrets | How To Sound Like A Native Speaker
Jan 10, 2025
Practice Speaking Portuguese with Me! Shadowing Technique in Brazilian Portuguese
Jan 02, 2025
How to start a conversation in Brazilian Portuguese - Step by Step
Dec 20, 2024
Easy Brazilian Phrases for Travel 2025
Dec 13, 2024
Do NOT say the M in these common words! - Brazilian Accent
Dec 06, 2024
70 Must-Know Brazilian Expressions & Idioms in 30 Minutes
Nov 29, 2024
Black Friday Sale 🇧🇷 Learn Portuguese with up to 45% OFF 🎉
Nov 27, 2024
Make These 3 Mistakes to Sound Like a Brazilian 🇧🇷 Real Portuguese
Nov 22, 2024
Top 20 Irregular Verbs in Brazilian Portuguese
Nov 15, 2024
Don't Say "Obrigado" 🇧🇷 9 Ways to Say “Thank You” in Brazilian Portuguese
Nov 08, 2024
🇧🇷 9 Brazilian Words You’re Probably Mispronouncing
Nov 01, 2024
If You Know These 15 Words, Your Portuguese Is Amazing!
Oct 25, 2024
Easy Conversation Practice in Portuguese 🇧🇷 50 Common Questions & Answers
Oct 18, 2024
This common MISTAKE will reveal you’re American
Oct 11, 2024
The Subjunctive in Portuguese - Verb Tenses Explained
Oct 04, 2024
Don’t say FACEBOOK! How Brazilians Pronounce English Words
Sep 20, 2024
SER or ESTAR? Brazilian Portuguese Grammar for Beginners
Sep 06, 2024
60 Essential Verbs Used with Prepositions
Aug 23, 2024
🇧🇷 Last Chance: Join Our Final Portuguese Group Classes of the Year!
Aug 20, 2024
Brazilian Customs 101: Can You Get Them All Right?
Aug 16, 2024
How to be FORMAL in Brazilian Portuguese.
Aug 09, 2024
ADVANCED PORTUGUESE: QUER VS QUISER
Aug 02, 2024
You’re NOT a BEGINNER if you pass this test!
Jul 26, 2024
Speak Like a Brazilian: How to use the gerund in Portuguese?
Jul 19, 2024
Paradise in Rio de Janeiro | Boat Tour in Ilha Grande
Jul 12, 2024
Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Places You Must Visit At Least Once
Jun 28, 2024
Discover Florianópolis with Me! 🇧🇷 Vlog in Brazilian Portuguese
Jun 21, 2024
Boost Your Brazilian Pronunciation 🇧🇷 X, O, E, and Nasal Sounds
Jun 14, 2024
EM, NA or NO? What’s the difference?
Jun 07, 2024
Do THIS to sound like a Brazilian - Conjugation Drill
May 31, 2024
TONGUE-TWISTERS in Portuguese for Pronunciation Practice!
May 24, 2024
Two Brazilian Expressions You Need to Know!
May 17, 2024
Are you too old to learn Portuguese? | Reflections on Age & Second Language Acquisition
May 03, 2024
Brazilian Portuguese Week 2024 | A Full Week of Immersion — FREE
Apr 26, 2024
Basic Sentence Structure in Brazilian Portuguese
Apr 26, 2024
30 Verbs in the Present Subjunctive - Conjugation Drill | Brazilian Portuguese
Apr 19, 2024
The Lost Brazilian Language: Exploring Tupi Antigo
Apr 12, 2024
Brazilian Pronunciation in 30 minutes | The MOST DIFFICULT sounds
Apr 05, 2024
SABER vs CONHECER | Can you pass this TEST?
Mar 29, 2024
30 Key Verbs in the Past Tense | Brazilian Portuguese
Mar 22, 2024
Meet My Virtual Clone! Practice Portuguese 24/7 with “Me”
Mar 15, 2024
Tsc, tsc... What does it mean in Brazil? 🇧🇷
Mar 08, 2024
How to Use Ordinal Numbers in Portuguese
Mar 01, 2024
Word Stress in Portuguese - 3 tips to improve your pronunciation
Feb 23, 2024
Life Update: My Applied Linguistics Master's Journey
Feb 16, 2024
Don’t say POR! Avoid this common mistake.
Feb 09, 2024
What’s your level in Portuguese?
Jan 19, 2024
How to talk on the phone in Portuguese | Must-know phrases
Jan 05, 2024
Practice Speaking With Me! | How To Talk About The Holidays
Dec 22, 2023
How to start a conversation in Portuguese
Dec 08, 2023
Empowering Brazil’s Future: A Heartfelt Talk with NAVE’s Founders on Transforming Children’s Lives
Nov 23, 2023
🇧🇷 Black Friday savings start NOW!
Nov 21, 2023
PRONUNCIATION CHALLENGE: Language Teachers Try Brazilian Portuguese
Nov 10, 2023
PORTUGUESE vs ITALIAN with @PodcastItaliano
Oct 27, 2023
BRAZILIAN vs PORTUGUESE - A Fun Breakdown with Leonardo Coelho.
Oct 13, 2023
ERA or ESTAVA?
Sep 29, 2023
FOI or ERA? How to use the verb SER in the past tense | Brazilian Portuguese
Sep 13, 2023
Verbs Used with the Preposition “a”
Aug 30, 2023
Verbs used with the Preposition “em”
Aug 16, 2023
Verbs Used with the Preposition “de”
Aug 02, 2023
History of Brazilian Portuguese
Jul 19, 2023
Life update - What’s happening to Speaking Brazilian?
Jul 05, 2023
Journaling with Jo Franco
Jun 28, 2023
How to learn Portuguese with Jo Franco
Jun 21, 2023
Lover’s Day in Brazil & Relationship Vocabulary
Jun 14, 2023
How to use the words Tão, Tanto, Quão and Quanto
Jun 07, 2023
10 grammatical terms you need to know!
May 31, 2023
Should we learn grammar? What’s the best method?
May 24, 2023
Words of Arabic origin in Portuguese
May 17, 2023
Stop saying “MUITO”! – Improve your Portuguese vocabulary
May 10, 2023
Can you pass this test? Expressions with the word JEITO
May 03, 2023
Portuguese Test – masculine or feminine?
Apr 26, 2023
Brazilian Portuguese Week 2023
Apr 12, 2023
Florianópolis – My Favorite Places on the Island of Magic
Apr 05, 2023
Ilha Grande: A Brazilian Paradise
Mar 29, 2023
BRAZILIAN ART IN RIO DE JANEIRO | Vlog in Portuguese
Mar 22, 2023
RIO DE JANEIRO: Discover the most beautiful library in Brazil
Mar 15, 2023
Rio de Janeiro’s Marvelous Botanical Garden
Mar 08, 2023
Rio de Janeiro: My favorite places
Mar 01, 2023
Brazilian Street Market: Vlog in Portuguese
Feb 22, 2023
What to buy in a Brazilian supermarket? | Vlog in Portuguese
Feb 15, 2023
AMAZING BRAZILIAN BACKYARD! Vlog in Authentic Portuguese
Feb 08, 2023
Portuguese Test: Brazilian expressions that use fruits
Feb 01, 2023
Internet Language in Brazil: Abbreviations and Acronyms
Jan 25, 2023
Brazilian Accent: How to link words to sound like a native speaker
Jan 18, 2023
Brazilian Accent: How to reduce words to sound like a native speaker
Jan 11, 2023
Why learn Portuguese?
Jan 04, 2023
New Year’s Eve in Brazil: Fun Traditions
Dec 27, 2022
Interesting Facts about Christmas in Brazil
Dec 21, 2022
How to have a good study routine
Dec 14, 2022
How to avoid speaking “Portuñol”
Dec 07, 2022
How to improve your language skills: Interview in Portuguese with polyglot Eva Bándi Maťová
Nov 30, 2022
How to improve your Portuguese in 30 days
Nov 23, 2022
How to learn two languages at once? An interview in Portuguese with Gabriel Poliglota.
Nov 16, 2022
Listening test in Portuguese
Nov 09, 2022
American customs that Brazilians should adopt
Nov 02, 2022
American customs that shock Brazilians
Oct 26, 2022
NASAL SOUNDS IN PORTUGUESE
Oct 19, 2022
How to pronounce the letter R in Brazilian Portuguese
Oct 12, 2022
Interesting facts: political and electoral system in Brazil
Oct 05, 2022
What time is it? How to tell the time in Portuguese
Sep 28, 2022
DATES & YEARS in Brazilian Portuguese
Sep 21, 2022
Advanced Portuguese: How to use the word CUJO?
Sep 14, 2022
Learn Portuguese with me!
Sep 07, 2022
Can you pass this test? – Brazilian Idioms
Aug 31, 2022
Fun facts about Brazil
Aug 10, 2022
Is Brazil a dangerous place?
Aug 03, 2022
Things you need to know before visiting Brazil
Jul 27, 2022
WEIRD BRAZILIAN CUSTOMS!
Jul 20, 2022
Portuguese vs English: Suffixes [vocabulary test]
Jul 13, 2022
DON’T DO THIS IN BRAZIL! 10 things that annoy Brazilians.
Jul 06, 2022
False Friends Portuguese/Spanish – Part 2
Jun 29, 2022
Don’t Speak Portuñol! False Friends Portuguese/Spanish
Jun 22, 2022
Pronunciation test: similar words – Portuguese/English
Jun 15, 2022
Can you pronounce these words correctly? | Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation Test
Jun 15, 2022
Don’t make these mistakes! | False Friends Portuguese/English
Jun 08, 2022
False Friends – Portuguese/English
Jun 01, 2022
10 weird things about Brazilians
May 25, 2022
How to use the word QUE | Brazilian Portuguese
May 18, 2022
QUE, O QUE, QUAL or QUEM?| Brazilian Portuguese Lesson
May 11, 2022
VLOG in Brazilian Portuguese - Scuba Diving in the Florida Keys
May 04, 2022
My Trip to Key West - Vlog in Brazilian Portuguese
Apr 27, 2022
Brazilian Portuguese Week 2022
Apr 13, 2022
Double negative in Portuguese. Is it correct?
Apr 06, 2022
My trip to Bahrain [Vlog in Brazilian Portuguese]
Mar 30, 2022
ALGO or ALGUM? What is the difference?
Mar 23, 2022
SÓ, SOMENTE or APENAS? What is the difference?
Mar 16, 2022
Advanced Portuguese: What is the grave accent?
Mar 09, 2022
Every Brazilian makes this mistake! PARA or A?
Mar 02, 2022
Can you use these words? | Aqui, Cá, Aí, Ali or Lá?
Feb 25, 2022
Pronunciation Test in Portuguese
Feb 18, 2022
Can you pass spelling this test? | Homophones in Portuguese
Feb 09, 2022
Can you use these words? | Homonyms in Portuguese
Feb 02, 2022
BRAZILIAN ACCENT | How to sound like a native speaker
Jan 26, 2022
EM ESSE or NESSE? Word contractions in Brazilian Portuguese
Jan 19, 2022
Formal vs Informal Language in Brazilian Portuguese
Jan 12, 2022
My New Year’s Resolutions
Jan 05, 2022
Pronunciation Tips - How to pronounce ”Feliz Ano Novo”?
Dec 29, 2021
How to say ”Happy Holidays” in Portuguese
Dec 22, 2021
Phrases you need to know before you travel to Brazil
Dec 15, 2021
Imperative Mood | Advanced Brazilian Portuguese
Dec 08, 2021
Brazilian vs European Portuguese | Vocabulary
Dec 01, 2021
Acabar or Terminar? What is the difference?
Nov 24, 2021
Verb Conjugation in Portuguese | 15 tenses you need to know!
Nov 17, 2021
How to use the words Embaixo, Debaixo and Abaixo?
Nov 10, 2021
Gender-Neutral Language in Brazilian Portuguese
Nov 03, 2021
Brazilians don’t say NO (NÃO)
Oct 27, 2021
4 different uses of the verb APANHAR (to catch)
Oct 20, 2021
Present Subjunctive Tense [Portuguese Test]
Oct 13, 2021
3 Most Used Verb Tenses [Portuguese Test]
Oct 06, 2021
Perfect or Imperfect? [Portuguese Test - Intermediate Level]
Sep 29, 2021
Can you use the past tense? [Upper-Beginner Level]
Sep 22, 2021
Can you pass this test? [Beginner Level Portuguese]
Sep 15, 2021
Obrigada ou Obrigado? How to say ‘thank you’ in Portuguese.
Sep 08, 2021
Brazilians don‘t say SIM (yes)
Sep 01, 2021
How to congratulate someone in Portuguese
Aug 25, 2021
Brazilian Portuguese Online Courses
Aug 18, 2021
How long does it take to learn Portuguese?
Aug 11, 2021