{"id":166,"date":"2008-03-06T15:17:22","date_gmt":"2008-03-06T19:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=166"},"modified":"2008-03-06T15:17:22","modified_gmt":"2008-03-06T19:17:22","slug":"part-i-transitioning-from-spanish-to-portuguese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/part-i-transitioning-from-spanish-to-portuguese\/","title":{"rendered":"Part I: Transitioning from Spanish to Portuguese"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learning Portuguese is considerably easier if you have a background in Spanish, since much of the grammar and even the vocabulary is similar. However, here are some of the pitfalls of transitioning from Spanish to Portuguese.<\/p>\n

SPANISH<\/u>                   ENGLISH<\/u>                PORTUGUESE<\/u><\/p>\n

practicar<\/b>                   practice                    treinar<\/b>* <\/p>\n

Example: <\/p>\n

Tengo que practicar el ingl\u00e9s antes de que yo vaya para Inglaterra.
I have to practice English before I go to England.<\/p>\n

Tenho que treinar o ingl\u00eas antes de ir para Inglaterra.<\/p>\n

*praticar does exist, but it means to do something over and over again. It’s better to use treinar.<\/p>\n

cruzar*                      cross                       atrevessar<\/b><\/p>\n

Example:
Vamos a cruzar la calle.
Let’s cross the street.
Vamos atrevessar a rua.<\/p>\n

*cruzar, in some contexts in Portuguese, means streets or lines that cross; in others, it means “to have relations with”<\/p>\n

acordarse<\/b>               to remember               lembrar-se
<\/b>despertarse             to wake up                 acordar<\/b><\/p>\n

Example:<\/p>\n

Me acuerdo bien de mi ni\u00f1ez.
I remember my childhood well.
Me lembro bem da minha inf<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>ncia.<\/p>\n

Me despierto a las siete todos los dias.
I get up at 7 every day.
Acordo<\/span> \u00e0<\/span>s sete todo dia.<\/p>\n

apellido                       last name                sobrenome
apodo                          nickname                 apelido<\/b><\/p>\n

Example:
Nuestro apellido es S\u00e1<\/span>nchez.
Our last name is S\u00e1<\/span>nchez.
Nosso sobrenome \u00e9<\/span><\/p>\n

S\u00e1<\/span>nchez.<\/p>\n

No tengo apodo.
I don’t have a nickname.
N\u00e3<\/span>o tenho apelido.<\/p>\n

exquisito                   delicious                delicioso
extra<\/b><\/span>\u00f1<\/b>o                      weird                     esquisito<\/b><\/p>\n

Example:
El pollo est\u00e1<\/span><\/p>\n

exquisito.
The chicken is delicious.
O frango \u00e9<\/span><\/span> delicioso.<\/p>\n

Ese muchacho es un poco extra\u00f1o.
That boy is a little weird.
Esse garoto \u00e9<\/span><\/p>\n

um pouco esquisito.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Learning Portuguese is considerably easier if you have a background in Spanish, since much of the grammar and even the vocabulary is similar. However, here are some of the pitfalls of transitioning from Spanish to Portuguese. SPANISH                   ENGLISH                PORTUGUESE practicar                   practice                    treinar* Example: Tengo que practicar…<\/p>\n

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