Learn Portuguese: Food

04/23/24 • 3 min

This episode exposes you to phrases, repeated in English and Portuguese, to improve your Portuguese vocabulary and help you to express yourself in Portuguese.

These episodes are meant to accompany and accelerate your existing Portuguese language studies, whether you're using an app like DuoLingo, or you're enrolled in a more formal Portuguese class. The more you expose your brain to Portuguese audio, the faster you'll learn.

View the full list of English and Portuguese phrases in this episode.

Phrases in this episode:

Do you like to cook?
What’s your specialty dish?
Do you like baking?
What sort of things do you like to bake?
Do you have a favorite local restaurant?
What is your favorite food?
What is your least favorite food?
If you could eat the same meal every day, what would you eat?
Do you have a favorite dessert?
Did your parents cook for you as a child?
Did your parents teach you how to cook?
Tell me about a memorable meal with your loved ones.
What are some of the food traditions you grew up with?
Did you share food with your neighbors or community?
What type of meat do people eat where you’re from?
What types of seasonings do they use?
Did you eat street food growing up?
Is there a regional cuisine you enjoy the most?
What was the best meal you've ever eaten?
What was the worst meal you've ever eaten?

This episode exposes you to phrases, repeated in English and Portuguese, to improve your Portuguese vocabulary and help you to express yourself in Portuguese.

View the full list of English and Portuguese phrases in this episode.

Phrases in this episode:

Do you like to cook?
What’s your specialty dish?
Do you like baking?
What sort of things do you like to bake?
Do you have a favorite local restaurant?
What is your favorite food?
What is your least favorite food?
If you could eat the same meal every day, what would you eat?
Do you have a favorite dessert?
Did your parents cook for you as a child?
Did your parents teach you how to cook?
Tell me about a memorable meal with your loved ones.
What are some of the food traditions you grew up with?
Did you share food with your neighbors or community?
What type of meat do people eat where you’re from?
What types of seasonings do they use?
Did you eat street food growing up?
Is there a regional cuisine you enjoy the most?
What was the best meal you've ever eaten?
What was the worst meal you've ever eaten?

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Learn Portuguese: Meeting People 3

This episode exposes you to phrases, repeated in English and Portuguese, to improve your Portuguese vocabulary and help you to express yourself in Portuguese.

View the full list of English and Portuguese phrases in this episode.

Phrases in this episode:

Where is your family from originally?
Do you speak any other languages?
Where did you grow up?
How old are you?
What do you do for work?
Are you married?
Do you have any siblings?
Where do your parents live?
What type of work did your parents do?
I’m sorry that your dad passed away.
I’m sorry for your loss.
Do you have any children?
How old are your kids?
What do your kids do for a living?
Do your kids come here to visit you often?
Do you have any grandchildren?
How often do you see your family?
When was the last time you went home?
Do you miss your home?
Are you happy that you live here now?
What do you like most about living here?

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Learn Portuguese: Conflict Resolution

This episode exposes you to phrases, repeated in English and Portuguese, to improve your Portuguese vocabulary and help you to express yourself in Portuguese.

View the full list of English and Portuguese phrases in this episode.

Phrases in this episode:

I’m really sorry about what happened.
I take responsibility for my side of the problem.
I want to resolve this with you.
I just wanted to see if we can get on the same page about this.
Let’s take a minute to calm down together.
Let’s sit down at the table and talk.
Can you help me to understand what the problem is, as you see it?
Let me repeat back to you what I heard you say.
I just want to make sure I’m understanding you.
I think I understand where you’re coming from.
Let’s start with what we agree on.
I just wanted to clarify some things I didn’t understand.
I think we both feel the same way about this.
Maybe there’s a way to work this out so we can both get what we want.
I agree with you about this, but not about that.
Thank you for helping me to understand your point of view.
I’m sorry that you feel that way.
Do you have a suggestion of what we can do differently going forward?
I really value your friendship, and I don’t want this to come between us.

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Transcript

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Let's go! Do you like to cook? Você gosta de cozinhar? What’s your specialty dish? Qual é o seu prato especial? Do you like baking? Você gosta de assar? What sort of things do you like to bake? Que tipo de coisas você gosta de assar? Do you have a favorite local restaurant? Você tem um restaurante local favorito? What is your favorite food? Qual sua comida favorita? What is your least favorite food? Qual é a comida que voce menos gosta? If you could eat the sa