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Portuguese Pronouns: When Do You Drop Them, and Why?

In Portuguese, pronouns aren’t always directly articulated like they are in English. Instead, the pronoun is dropped from the sentence, w...

Portuguese Vocabulary for Going to the Beach: 50 Nouns and 10 Verbs

Whatever your reason for traveling, if you visit Portugal or particularly Brazil you’ll be quite likely to make a trip to the seaside. Bo...

Progressive Portuguese Tenses: Gerund or Infinitive?

In this post, we look at a common kind of Portuguese tense: progressive tenses. These are relatively straightforward in some ways, but how...

Portuguese Verbs: Expressing Wishes and Desires

Expressing wishes and desires is one of the most important things to work on when learning a foreign language, because being able to say w...

40 Portuguese Words for Geography: Talking about Valleys, Hills, and Rivers

Although they are most famous for their cities, both Portugal and Brazil have some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. If you lik...

50 Portuguese Words and 10 Phrases for Talking About Your Job

Work is a common subject of conversation, and knowing some Portuguese words and phrases in this area will be useful if you’re traveling t...

How to “Be Able To” in Portuguese

The Portuguese verb poder is one of the most common in the language. The infinitive form doesn’t have a direct translation in English, bu...

Portuguese Conjugation: Using the Past Participle

The past participle is a common part of everyday speech. If you learn the Portuguese conjugation rules for it, you’ll make your Portugues...

35 Portuguese Words for Talking About Studying

If you’re studying Portuguese, it’s highly probable that at some point you’ll want to talk in Portuguese about your studies. Beyond that,...

Portuguese Plurals: Using them Might Be Harder than You Think

Portuguese plurals, like many areas of Portuguese grammar, are more complicated than English ones, and there are more things to learn. To...

Portuguese Verbs: Making and Doing

In this post, we’ll look at how to talk about making and doing things in Portuguese. This important part of everyday speech involves usin...

Portuguese Personal Pronouns in the Second Person: Tu, Você, or Vós?

In English, personal pronouns in the second person are very straightforward. There’s just one word: you. English learners of foreign lang...

Portuguese Grammar: Double Negatives

The rules of English and Portuguese grammar are quite different when it comes to double negatives. When you learn with one of our tutors,...

Portuguese Demonstrative Pronouns: How to Talk about This, These, That, and Those

Portuguese demonstrative pronouns don’t work in quite the same way as their English counterparts. In English, there’s a binary distinctio...

Unraveling the Portuguese Subjunctive Mood

The subjunctive mood is one of the most notoriously tricky parts of Portuguese grammar to master. It’s particularly tough for native Engl...

The Portuguese Present Tense and How to Use It

The Portuguese present tense is fundamental to the majority of Portuguese vocabulary. Having a basic grasp of it will help you in a wide ...

Indefinite Portuguese Pronouns: Talking about Nothing and Everything

In this post we’ll look at a particular type of Portuguese pronouns: indefinite pronouns. Although not as common as personal pronouns, th...

How to Use 30 Essential Portuguese Words for Discussing Personality

People love to talk about other people, and gossiping is a great way to get to know someone (as long as it’s not malicious!). By knowing ...

40 Helpful Portuguese Words for Talking about Emotions

People talk about how they’re feeling all the time. If you can do this in Portuguese, and understand what others are saying, you’ll find ...

The Portuguese Future Tenses: Learn the Different Types

The future tense comes up a lot in everyday situations, whether we’re planning business strategies, talking about our dreams or ambitions...

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