Q&A for How to Speak Brazilian Portuguese

Absolutely! If you learn better in a more structured environment, taking a Portuguese class can be a phenomenal way to learn.

Immerse yourself in the culture! Watch Brazilian movies, talk to Brazilian people, and listen to Brazilian music. The more you surround yourself with the language, the faster you'll pick it up.

They're actually pretty different. The Portuguese language changes a fair bit whether you're in Brazil or Portugal. You'd still be able to understand and communicate, but the language itself has a fair number of differences.

In portuguese it is, "Eu te amo (very common in Brazil)" or "amo-te (very common in Portugal)."

You can try to study some of the basics, like some simple verb conjugation and nouns. Listen to someone speak the language as well.

Do you mean "Carioca"? I'm Brazilian, and I have never hear someone saying "Eu sou Carica", but I hear a lot "Eu sou Carioca". Carioca is the name given to people who are born on Rio de Janeiro. "Eu sou carioca" means technically "I am from Rio de Janeiro".

Duolingo helps a lot. It is free, and it has a wide variety of languages in case you aren't enjoying Portuguese. It also has a mobile app for your phone and/or tablet.

In Portuguese it is "Qual é seu nome?" but you also can say "Como te chamas?"

The most common form to say "what's your name" is "qual é o seu nome", or, in the north of Brazil, "qual teu nome".

The difference is in the gender attributed to the word - "o" is masculine and "a" is feminine. Similar to how in Spanish, you would use "el" or "la" depending on the 'gender' of the word. For example, the article for apple ("maçã" - a feminine word) is "a", and for cheese ("queijo" - a masculine word), it's "o".

In January, the Portugal has several different climatic factors. To the north, it is cool and rainy. In the higher elevations throughout the country, snow can be common. When you get further south, the climate becomes more mild. Along the coast, the temperature is relatively warmer than the temperature in the inner parts of Portugal.

I believe "muta bien" would be "very good" in Spanish, actually. "Muito bem" would be the equivalent in Portuguese.

Names won't change, so Roy Michael Duncan would be the same.

You say "bonito/a" or "lindo/a". For instance, if you wanted to say "This place is beautiful!", you can say it in Portuguese as "Esse lugar é lindo!"

Kiss: beijo. Give me a kiss: me dá um beijo / me beija. I wanna kiss you: quero te beijar / quero beijar você.

You can say "Estou com ciúmes" or "Estou enciumado(a)." (Use "o" for men and "a" for women.)

You can say "com amor." For example; it's used if you are closing a letter "Com amor, Anna."

Friend in Portuguese is ''amigo'' for masculine and ''amiga'' for feminine. The possessive pronoun ''my'' should always be the same gender as the noun friend. My friend (masculine): Meu amigo. My friend (feminine): Minha amiga.

It means "serious" and can be used to say that someone is a serious person ("Ele é muito sério" = "He's very serious") or used informally to express disbelief ("Tá falando sério?" = "Are you serious?" or "Sério isso?" = "Seriously?").

“Bonito/a” and “lindo/a” mean “beautiful."

You can say, "Pode trabalhar mais rápido?" This means, "Can you work faster?" which is the more polite way to say it. If you want it to be more imposing, you can say, "Dá pra trabalhar mais rápido?"("Can you work faster?") in a harsher and more serious tone of voice. You can also say, "Anda logo," which is literally "walk already," but the meaning changes depending on what the person is doing. In your case, it can mean "work faster" or "finish working already." The tone of your voice also helps. If you say any of those in an imposing and serious tone, the message will come across as an order. (The exception to this is "Pode trabalhar mais rápido?"; while "pode" literally means "can," it carries the same meaning as "could.")

Yes, of course! A native speaker can really help with pronunciation and improving your vocabulary.

"Você pode se apresentar?" or "Apresente-se, por favor." The latter is a more formal way and it sounds more polite.

This is easy: Gosto de voce is ''I like you'', while eu te amo is ''I love you''.

That sentence or phrase translates to, "And reading."

The word papibaquígrafo has no meaning in the Portuguese language. It is a word with complicated pronunciation and was possibly created to be a tongue twister. The goal is to pronounce the tongue twister quickly and without making mistakes.