• Candid footage of Portuguese natives in their natural habitat! Explore European Portuguese through the lens of real life in Portugal.
  • Portuguese (português or língua portuguesa) is a Romance group language of Indo-European language family, Ibero-Romance sub-group.
  • To learn to speak Portuguese today is to choose a language of the future which promotes interaction on a global scale.
  • Portuguese boasts over 220 million native speakers, ranking it the world's sixth most-spoken language – impressive! But where did this language begin?
  • These Portuguese-speaking countries and regions are known as Lusophone (Lusófono) and are part of Lusofonia or the Lusophone World (Mundo Lusófono).
  • This tutorial is for Brazilian Portuguese, so if you can speak Portuguese from Portugal, you may notice many differences, but don't worry!
  • There are also supplementary materials for each podcast on the Portuguese Lab website, including transcripts of the podcasts and exercises.
  • The Portuguese language is a Romance language spoken by about 240 million people. It is the official Portugal language and an official language in Brazil.
  • Are you confused about whether to use “portuguese” or “portugese”? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Many people struggle with the proper spelling of these two words.
  • The language entered its modern phase in the 16th century, when the first grammar defined Portuguese morphology and syntax.