Learn essential European Portuguese phrases for everyday conversation, travel, and cultural interactions. This tag includes greetings, expressions of thanks, and common phrases to help learners communicate confidently.
When learning European Portuguese, you’ll probably want to talk about where you’re from, where you live and which languages you speak. These are useful things to know when introducing yourself and getting to know other people. But how do you say Irish, Dutch, American or English in Portuguese? And what’s the difference between the name … Read more
Olá outra vez! If you’re learning Portuguese, one of the first things you’ll want to know is how to say goodbye in Portuguese. And, just like with greetings, there’s more than one way to do it! When first learning a new language, I always recommend learning useful expressions in chunks rather than trying to translate … Read more
Meeting someone for the first time is an important step when learning a new language. You might already know how to say olá (hello) or bom dia (good morning), but what comes next? How do you tell someone your name, say where you’re from, or ask a few questions to get to know them? In … Read more
One of the first things we learn when we start speaking Portuguese is how to say our name. In Portuguese, we usually use the verb chamar-se to say what our name is. The literal translation is “to call oneself”. For example: Eu chamo-me Adelina.My name is Adelina. (I call myself Adelina) Como te chamas?What’s your … Read more
Olá pessoal! In this lesson, I bring you yet another sentence structure that doesn’t translate into English neatly. If you want to describe starting to do something as a new situation, habit or way of doing things in European Portuguese, you’ll often come across: passar a + infinitive For example: Passei a estudar português todos … Read more
Often, languages don’t translate into each other neatly. The sentence structure I bring in this lesson is one of them. If you want to say “to no longer do something” in European Portuguese, you’ll often come across this structure: deixar de + infinitive For example: Deixei de fumar.I stopped smoking. Ela deixou de trabalhar aqui.She … Read more
September means regresso às aulas em Portugal. After the long summer holidays, children and teenagers return to school, families get back into their routines, and shops fill with school supplies. For Portuguese learners, this is also a great opportunity to learn vocabulary that you will hear in everyday Portuguese conversations. In this guide, we’ll look … Read more
If you are in Portugal today, you may notice something a little different in some towns and cities: there are fewer cars on the streets! Today, 22 de setembro, is the Dia Europeu Sem Carros (European Car Free Day). It is the final day of the Semana Europeia da Mobilidade, which takes place every year … Read more
The verb voltar means “to return” or “to go back”, but the preposition that follows it can change what we mean. Two very common structures are: voltar a + infinitivevoltar a/para + place At first, these can be confusing because voltar a can have two different meanings. Let’s look at how they work. Voltar a … Read more
If you want to say that someone started doing something in Portuguese, you probably already know the structure: começar a + infinitivo Comecei a estudar português.I started studying Portuguese. But there is another very useful construction that can sometimes be translated similarly: passar a + infinitivo Passei a estudar português. At first, these two structures … Read more