https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/Articles on learning European Portuguese, by Diogo Portugal.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/phone-calls-in-portuguesehttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/phone-calls-in-portugueseMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000A2–B1The phrases you need to call the clinic, the school or the landlord, and how people answer the phone in Portugal. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/personal-infinitive-portuguesehttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/personal-infinitive-portugueseMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000B1–B2Para fazermos, antes de saíres, depois de chegarem: an infinitive with endings. What it is, when to use it and the most common mistake. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/public-transport-in-portugal-vocabularyhttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/public-transport-in-portugal-vocabularyMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000A1–A2Comboio, autocarro, elétrico: the words used in Portugal (not Brazil) and the phrases to buy a ticket and find your stop. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/ficar-in-portuguesehttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/ficar-in-portugueseMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000A2–B1To stay, to be located, to become, to keep… One verb, six everyday uses, with examples from European Portuguese. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/present-tense-portuguese-ar-er-irhttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/present-tense-portuguese-ar-er-irMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000A1Three patterns, five forms each in everyday European Portuguese. Learn them once and you can use hundreds of verbs. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/eating-out-in-portugalhttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/eating-out-in-portugalMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000A1–A2What's on the table before you order, what the dish of the day is, and the phrases to order and pay like a local. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/portuguese-at-the-supermarkethttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/portuguese-at-the-supermarketMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000A1–A2Talho, peixaria, fiambre fatiado, cartão de cliente: the words and questions from a normal shopping trip. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/portuguese-slang-from-portugalhttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/portuguese-slang-from-portugalMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000B1–C1Ten informal words you'll hear in Portugal (most of them rare in Brazil), so you can follow a conversation among friends. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/how-to-pronounce-ao-portuguesehttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/how-to-pronounce-ao-portugueseMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000A1–A2The sound that tells everyone you're speaking Portuguese. Three steps to get close, and the three plurals it hides. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/formal-email-in-portuguesehttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/formal-email-in-portugueseMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000B1–B2For the landlord, the school, the Finanças or a job: the phrases that make a Portuguese email sound polite and natural. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/weather-in-portuguesehttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/weather-in-portugueseMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000A1–A2Está calor, está a chover, que frio! The weather is the easiest small talk in Portugal. Here's how to join in. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/future-tense-in-portuguesehttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/future-tense-in-portugueseMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000A2Portuguese has a future tense, but in everyday speech people rarely use it. Here's what they say instead. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/numbers-and-prices-in-portuguesehttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/numbers-and-prices-in-portugueseMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000A1Two numbers have a feminine form, Portugal spells three of its teens differently from Brazil, and prices have their own rhythm. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/telling-the-time-in-portuguesehttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/telling-the-time-in-portugueseMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000A1Que horas são? How to ask and answer, the half and quarter hours, and when Portugal uses the 24-hour clock. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/where-do-pronouns-go-in-portuguesehttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/where-do-pronouns-go-in-portugueseMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000B1–C1In Portugal, me, te, o and a usually come after the verb, joined with a hyphen, but a few words pull them in front. Here's the short version. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/portuguese-diminutives-inhohttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/portuguese-diminutives-inhoMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000A2–B1In Portugal, -inho isn't just “small”. It softens requests, adds warmth and sometimes irony. A quick guide to using it like a local. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/portuguese-at-the-doctorhttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/portuguese-at-the-doctorMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000A2–B1Centro de saúde, número de utente, SNS 24 and the phrases to explain what's wrong. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/renting-a-flat-in-portugal-vocabularyhttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/renting-a-flat-in-portugal-vocabularyMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000A2–B1T1, caução, fiador, renda: the words in every rental ad and contract, plus the questions to ask before you sign. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/greetings-and-goodbyes-portugalhttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/greetings-and-goodbyes-portugalMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000A1–A2When to say boa tarde, how to sign off a message, and why you'll hear até já when someone means “see you in a bit”. https://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/days-of-the-week-in-portuguesehttps://orabemportuguese.com/blog/en/days-of-the-week-in-portugueseMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000A1Portuguese is the only major Romance language that numbers its weekdays instead of naming them after planets and gods. Here's how it works, and how people actually say them.