Fun With Brazilian Portuguese

Welcome to Fun With Brazilian Portuguese!

Welcome to Fun With Brazilian Portuguese, a site for anyone learning Brazilian Portuguese as a foreign language. I’m a Brazilian Portuguese teacher, translator and interpreter based in London. Here you will find posts on grammar, idioms, expressions, Brazilian culture, interactive quizzes and videos of Brazilian songs. If you are a beginner you can listen to the Podcast Lessons and download the Lesson Notes for FREE by signing up to my weekly newsletter. I hope you like the site! Muito obrigado! Fernando Nonohay

Learning with Brazilian Novelas

I’ve always recommended my students to watch Brazilian films but there is another fun way to practice listening skills: watching Brazilian novelas. It’s a great way to be “immersed” in the language and even if you, at the beginning, don’t understand much of what’s being said, slowly you will find that you understand more and…

I´ve arrived in Brazil last Saturday, 10th December, for a well deserved holiday! I´ll be here for a whole month visiting Rio, the Amazon, Iguaçu Falls, Porto Alegre, Florianopolis and Paraty! Today is the end of my 5-day stay in Rio and it´s been great. The city looks as beautiful as ever and the highlight…

Join an online language community to find a language buddy to practice your Portuguese!

Test your clothes vocabulary!

No more excuses for writing Portuguese texts without accents!

TAM-is-one-of-the-best-airlines-in-America

Learn the vocabulary you will need to show off your Portuguese at the airport check-in desk!

Test yourself on names of accessories in Portuguese with this fun, interactive quiz!

Fun With Brazilian Portuguese - Telephone Vocabulary

Learn the vocabulary you’ll need when making a phone call.

In this post you will learn how to use expressions such as “no fim das contas” and “não me leve a mal”.

The difference between ‘mau’ and ‘mal’ has always confused people, even Brazilians!
In this post you will learn how to use them correctly.

“A cavalo dado não se olha os dentes.”
Learn the meaning of this proverb and many more in this new series.

Learn the difference between “gente”, “a gente” and “agente”.

Learn the different meanings of the word “jeito” and what “jeitinho brasileiro” means.

In this post you will learn how to use expressions such as “dar uma olhada” and “jogar fora”.

Welcome to Fun With Brazilian Portuguese!

Learning with Brazilian Novelas

On Holiday in Brazil

Online Language Communities

Quiz: Name the Item of Clothing

AX – accents and special characters made easy

Airport check-in vocabulary

Quiz: Name the Accessory

Alô? Telephone Vocabulary

Common Expressions Part 5

The difference between ‘mau’ and ‘mal’

Proverbs – Part 1

Gente! Que complicado!

Jeito and the Little Brazilian Way

Common Expressions – Part 4