Cristina Loureiro
     PORTUGUESE Lessons and Translations

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In Portuguese you can say “tenho a barriga a dar horas” if your stomach is growling because you are hungry. Here are 5 idiomatic...

That’s right. It's the preposition POR. Here is a list of 10 verbs followed by the preposition POR: Are you a Learner of Portuguese, a...

Here is the IMPERATIVE made simple, for a smashing kick-off to 2022! Are you a Learner of Portuguese, a Teacher of Portuguese, a Native...

Are you a Learner of Portuguese, a Teacher of Portuguese, a Native Speaker, a Lusophile? Enjoy the reading and add your comment below!...

Fantástico, os acentos em português! Acute ´ e.g. café Circumflex ^ e.g. avô Grave ` e.g. às Are you a Learner of Portuguese, a...

Inspired by the COP26 in Glasgow, the possessives in Portuguese are here to embrace the environmental cause. And they are keen to make a...

Oh no, not the verb TO BE again! First thing to remember: TO BE is either SER or ESTAR, so take your pick.* Then, decide whether it is...

Some of my students asked me to post a more comprehensive list of verbs which conjugate like PREFERIR, i.e., verbs with vowel change in...

Please remember to LIKE and SHARE this post if it was useful to you. Thanks! Personally, I would choose coffee. Needless to say,...

Take a look at these three words and try to say them out loud. The stressed syllable (underlined in the image above) should be pronounced...

What techniques are there to help you remember for longer? You are likely to have tried Post-it notes on your bathroom mirror, on an...

The preposition POR usually pairs up in a lively duet with the preposition PARA, and more often than not they can both cause a lot of...