Olà! This week our featured language is Portuguese. Keep reading to learn more about the language and our favorite resources.

Quick Facts:

• Portuguese is the sole official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, and São Tomé and Principe (co-official language in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau)
• Only 5% of Portuguese speakers live in Portugal
• Portuguese is the fastest-growing European language after English
• There are about 230 Million Speakers
• Portuguese uses the 26 letter Latin Script
• The Portuguese language is different in Brazil than it is in Portugal
• Portuguese words like cobra, flamingo, and piranha are also used in English
• The longest Portuguese word (anticonstitucionalíssimamente, which means “in a very unconstitutional way”) has 29 letters

Key Words and Phrases:

Yes - sim
No - não
Thank You - obrigado
Good Bye - adeus or chao
Good Morning - bom dia
Good Afternoon - boa tarde
Good Night - boa noite
I'm Sorry - desculpe
See You Later - até logo
Can I? - posso?
How much? - quanto?
Here - aqui
There - ali
Near - perto
Far - longe
Hot - quente
Cold - frio
New - novo
Old - velho
Yesterday - ontem
Today - hoje
Tomorrow - amanhã
I need help. - Preciso de ajuda
Where's __ Street? - Onde é a rua __
Do you know...? - Você sabe...?
Good - bom
Bad - mau
Breakfast - pequeno-almoço
Lunch - almoço
Snack - lanche
Dinner - jantar

Where Can I Learn Portuguese?

• Lexody
• Babbel
• Busuu
• Rocket Languages
• City Speakeasy Beginner Portuguese Class
• BBC
• Duolingo
• Easy Portuguese
• Rosetta Stone
• Zig Zag
• Learn Portuguese with Rafa
• Semantica Portuguese
• Portugueses No Mundo Podcast
• NHK World News
• Recontando

Portuguese Music

• Amália Rodrigues
• Chico Buarque
• Raul Seixas
• MCs Racionais
• Best Youth
• Sam the Kid
• Buraka Som Sistema  
• Xutos e Pontapés  

Portuguese Movies/TV Shows

• Alice
• City of God
• The 3%
• Central Station