Brazilian Portuguese

The World Cup (a Copa do Mundo) starts in just a few days. Brazilians all over the world have their jerseys ready and futebol has been present in every conversation with friends.

World Cup trivia: The first World Cup was in 1930 and since then only seven countries won the competition: Brazil, Italy, Germany, Uruguay, Argentina, France, and England. Brazil has 5 victories. No one else won as many times :) READ MORE>

Book is sold out! A few more samples are on the way. If you would like to reserve one, please email me and I will let you know as soon as they arrive.

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This is a short post, but I believe that you will find it very useful.

In English we sometimes use the verb "to get" when we mean "to buy": READ MORE>

Check out our Picture Gallery from Aula Viva!

We had our premier Aula Viva this past Saturday and to our delight it was a great success! The students were fully engaged in working hard and totally willing to learn and have fun. What a wonderful time Larissa and I had with the students. We worked long and hard to create this unique experience for students of Portuguese and we were rewarded by the outstanding feedback that we received. READ MORE>

Finalmente!!! Aula Viva is tomorrow, Saturday April 10!

We are excited about it! Tomorrow you will meet uma brasileira que é super bacana. Our character is originally from Salvador. Her adventurous spirit and curious nature has taken her around Brazil and off the beaten path. READ MORE>

This past Sunday 30 Portuguese language enthusiasts got together to chat. What a great way to end the Easter weekend! Our bate papo was really great! I met some old MeetUp friends and made new ones. I learned about their experience with Brazil and the Portuguese language, got to know about other countries, talked about art, and laughed a lot! Larissa -- our Aula Viva actress and instructor -- was fantastic performing mime quizes :) READ MORE>

Today I will answer your questions about the use of the word muito. Students often feel confused with muito. When is it just muito and when does it have a plural and a feminine?

I will organize my answer in three parts.

1) When muito means “very” it does not vary. Check out these examples: READ MORE>

On February 3, 2010 the San Francisco Brazilian Portuguese Language MeetUp Group got together to meet and greet the new group organizer, Rodrigo. The meeting was such a joy! I had the chance to see some of the fantastic people from previous MeetUps and was fortunate to meet new friends.

We had name tags in which we also indicated the cities or sites in Brazil that we know or that we would like to learn more about. The tags made it easy to start conversations and meet new friends. READ MORE>

I recently saw the new Cirque du Soleil show: OVO.  Yes, ovo = egg in Portuguese. The name is not by chance. Deborah Colker, a Brazilian dancer and choreographer, created, wrote and directed the show. This is the first time a woman has done so for Cirque du Soleil and the first time a Brazilian has had this honor. READ MORE>

Our YouTube subscriber Martin has asked me to create a video about words that are confusing in Portuguese. He had all the reasons to ask for this video. He wanted to ask his friend if she had cleaned her kitchen. Instead, he asked if she had cleaned her “behind”. It sure gave me a good laugh, but I understand that things can get pretty embarrassing. So here is a list of words that can save your day. READ MORE>