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English Portuguese False Friends to Keep an Eye Out For
There are many English-Portuguese false friends (or false cognates if you will). Looking quite similar, these are words that people often assume to have the same meaning. Except that they don’t! See, there are thousands of English and Portuguese words…
Personal Infinitive in Portuguese: What Is It and When to Use It
The so-called personal infinitive is unique to Portuguese, and we use it a lot. Because there is no parallel in other languages, it is no wonder that learners of Portuguese often struggle to wrap their heads around it. For starters,…
Portuguese Preposition ‘De’
The Portuguese preposition de is primarily a preposition of origin and the Portuguese equivalent of from. Additionally, we use de in genitive constructions, as a noun modifier, and to express time, among others. Here’s an example of de used as…
Portuguese Verbs Poder vs. Conseguir – How to Tell One from the Other
It’s not always easy for Portuguese language learners to discern between the verbs poder and conseguir. That’s, for example, the case for native speakers of English where the verb can semantically encompasses both. So, how do we know when to…
Past Participle in Portuguese: Conjugation and Usage
In Portuguese, we use the past participle to form perfect tenses as well as the passive voice. In addition, we use past participles as adjectives. In what follows, I will walk you through the Portuguese past participle’s usage in greater detail…
Portuguese Tão vs. Tanto – What’s the Difference Exactly?
Portuguese language learners often struggle to distinguish between the adverbs tão and tanto. Are you one of them? I totally get it! After all, both tão and tanto are modifiers used to intensify the meaning of other words. Also, both…
Portuguese Irregular Verbs Students Need to Learn as Soon as Possible
Did you notice that some of the most frequently used Portuguese verbs are irregular? You should learn them as soon as possible to readily expand your language skills. Put simply, irregular verbs are verbs that don’t follow regular conjugation patterns.…
Portuguese Gerund: Progressive Tenses and Beyond
The Portuguese gerund (gerúndio) is used to build progressive tenses such as the present continuous – it is the equivalent of the English present participle, that is, the -ing verb form. To form the Portuguese gerund you only need to…
Portuguese-Spanish Cognates and False Friends
Being familiar with Spanish gives those starting to learn Portuguese a huge head start – these languages are closely related and there are thousands of cognates between them. Wondering about what a cognate is? Cognates are words that share a…