direct object (masculine and feminine) 2 indirect object 3 reflexive or reciprocal, direct or indirect object The pronoun "you" edit If you've made it this far that means you probably enjoy learning Portuguese with engaging material and will then love FluentU. OPEN Aberto ( ah-BEHR-too) CLOSED Fechado ( feh-SHAH-doh) ENTRANCE Entrada ( ehn-TRAH-dah) EXIT Saída ( sah-EE-dah) PUSH Empurre ( ehng-POO-hee) PULL Puxe ( POO-sh) Notice! When you hear 'push', the Portuguese mean 'pull'! TOILET Casa de banho MEN Homens ( OH-mehns) WOMEN Mulheres ( moo-LYEH-riss) FORBIDDEN Proibido ( proh-ee-BEE-doh) To give you an idea of the themes covered in our phrasebook, here are some of the topics you’ll be able to talk about with the help of this Brazilian Portuguese travel guide: 🙋‍♀️ The Basics

Whether you need a reminder of your basic hellos and goodbyes, or you’re yet to learn them, here are some of the key greetings you need to know: Portuguese

Review a complete interactive transcript under the Dialogue tab, and find words and phrases listed under Vocab. Portuguese consonants mostly sound like their English equivalents. A few can only be given as approximations, such as ʎ (ly), ɲ (ny), ɾ (r), ʁ (rr). As a general guide, stress the penultimate (last-but-one) syllable in most words unless it ends with any of the following letters: -i, -l, -r, -u, -x, -z, -im, -um, -ins, -is, -uns, -us – in which case, the stress is on the last syllable. Words that are stressed on syllables not according to these rules will have a written accent on the accented syllable. The Brazilian phrasebook details a few vocabulary differences between the two countries' varieties.

Some phrases in this phrasebook still need to be translated. If you know anything about this language, you can help by plunging forward and translating a phrase. If you’re talking to a native Portuguese speaker, use these phrases to aid your comprehension: Portuguese If you know a Romance language, it will be easier for you to learn Portuguese. It is closely related to Spanish, and even more closely related to Galician, which descends from the common ancestor tongue of Galician-Portuguese (also known as Old Portuguese, Medieval Galician, or galego-português). However, people who know a little Spanish may hastily conclude that Portuguese is close enough that it need not be studied separately. While they may be able to figure out the meaning of some signage, items on a menu, etc., understanding of verbal communication will be very low to nothing. Words such as "gente" (people) are pronounced so differently in either variant of Portuguese, that you would hardly recognise them. Also, some personal names such as "Jorge Ramos," for example, will be pronounced quite differently as well. If you speak Spanish fluently, invest a few hours getting used to the sound differences and some common words—after that you'll be able to make rapid progress understanding what people are saying to you. If you know Spanish, watch for a lot of new vowels, a large number of contractions (comparable to del and al) and irregular plurals. Some pronunciation differences can be easily missed, such as año (year) becoming ano. If you speak good French, you may find Portuguese pronunciation to be fairly easy, though much of the vocabulary will have changed substantially. Portuguese-speaking areas Distribution of Portuguese speakers by percentage in the four countries with most speakers. ( Outros = "Others")On the tombstone of St. Ignatius of Loyola, it is written, "Non coerceri a maximo, sed contineri a minimo, divinum est" (Not to be limited by the greatest, and yet to be contained in the tiniest—this is the divine). In short, one should not be frightened of the big things; one should go forward and take into account the smaller things.