Virar is an interesting, useful verb in Portuguese. In this Portuguese lesson you will learn three meanings of the verb virar and two great Brazilian colloquial expressions with the verb. The lesson has 12 examples to make your proficient using the verb virar. Read More
How to Say More and More and Less and Less in Portuguese
Do you feel that speaking Portuguese gets more and more fun as you become more and more fluent? Are your Portuguese lessons helping you become less and less shy to talk to people in Brazil? Have you noticed that more and more people are interested in traveling and speaking foreign Read More
Bem pertinho: How to Use Bem to Mean Very
I bet that one of the first words that you learned in Portuguese was Bem, which means well. In fact, my most watched video lesson is the one that tells you what Tudo bem really means. But we also use Bem a whole lot with a different meaning, and that's what I'm going to teach you today. Bem Read More
Dar-se bem: To get along well & To do well
The verb Dar is extremely useful because we use it in so many colloquial expressions in Brazilian Portuguese. Today you will learn how to use the expression Dar-se bem with two different meanings: to get along well with someone and to do well in something. You will likely find yourself using Read More
Colloquial Portuguese is a Great Holiday Gift
What would you answer in the following situation? You are in Brazil and you meet your friend to go out for dinner: YOU: Oi, tudo bem? YOUR FRIEND: Nossa! Tô um bagaço. Bati perna o dia todo resolvendo coisas. YOU: O quê? YOUR FRIEND: Vamos? Estou verde de fome! E hoje vamos colocar o Read More
What does Tudo Bem mean? How to Greet Your Friends in Portuguese
I am often asked: "What does tudo bem”mean?" It is no surprise that this is a popular question. Your Brazilian friends likely greet you with "tudo bem?” on a daily basis. Let’s see what exactly tudo bem means and how you can answer the “tudo bem?” question. In this lesson you will Read More
Learn Colloquial Portuguese: Entrar de Sola – Expressions from Soccer – Portuguese lesson
Today's Portuguese lesson is about the colloquial Brazilian Portuguese expression Entrar de sola, which comes from soccer vocabulary. This is a commonly used expression in Brazil. It's an important part of our futebolês. I will also show you a few different uses of the verb Read More
A Sneak Peek at Our New Logo
I wish I had kept pictures of our first website, back in 2008. It was a simple website and I loved it so much. It was a big deal for me to decide to stop teaching elsewhere and start my own Portuguese language school. I owe the inspiration to do so to my client Blake who kept telling me time and Read More
Learn Colloquial Portuguese: Pendurar as Chuteiras – Expressions from Soccer – Portuguese lesson
https://youtu.be/poqseODBOzA This is our third post in the futebolês series: Portuguese lessons about Brazilian colloquial expressions that come from soccer vocabulary. Learn how to use the expression Pendurar as chuteiras. The expression can also show up in the singular: Pendurar a Read More
Learn Portuguese: Oops, there's no accent there!
Even after a decade since I picked up my first Brazilian Portuguese grammar book, I still wonder about the placement of an accent here or there. Online, there’s tons of blogs and sites in Portuguese that talk about the spelling reform from a few years back, and all the rules that accompanied Read More
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