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