Given the fact that Portuguese is one of the most spoken languages worldwide, it’s no surprise that you show an interest in wanting to learn how to avoid common mistakes when speaking the language as that will tell that you’re not a native speaker. This can be even harder for English speakers as the differences (…)
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Portuguese Public Holidays in Lisbon
Like many other countries, Portugal has its set of yearly public holidays. However, not all public holidays are celebrated around the globe, some are shared among some countries (Portugal included), others are only a piece of Portugal’s unique History and culture. Since Portugal has a strong religious background, many public holidays are, naturally, of religious (…)
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Portuguese Idiomatic Expressions And Their Meaning
It’s true that in all languages there can be found many idiomatic expressions that don’t exactly translate to other languages. The reason for this is because every culture presents their differences and use their language to express a meaning through combining words that have a literal sense, but they also present a double meaning that (…)
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Portuguese Online Classes: Keeping your Mind Active
Online classes have always been a great option to learn a subject from distance. Now that we should leave the house for the smallest amount of time as possible, learning through online platforms can help you to keep a busy mind and to focus on other things rather than the fear of uncertainty that this (…)
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Are Portuguese and Spanish similar? Yes, but not that much
Surely you have thought about how similar are Spanish and Portuguese. Well, let us tell you something: not everything is what it seems. There are indeed many similarities but there’s also a lot of differences that you’ll discover in the next paragraphs. Both the Spanish and the Portuguese evolved from the Latin. The Iberian countries (…)
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