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The Essential Brazilian Portuguese Everyday Phrasebook

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150 Brazilian Portuguese phrases for the moments that actually fill a week: the Monday morning catch-up, the long lunch with the whole office, the pharmacy on the corner, the Sunday barbecue where nobody leaves before dark. Ten categories, each with a short story in Brazilian Portuguese and five exercises, and every phrase with a pronunciation guide, a formality label and an example sentence.

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Real Everyday Brazilian Portuguese: 150 phrases people actually use at home, at work and with friends, not the ones a translation app suggests
Ten Situations: socializing, family, opinions, emotions, health, work, errands, home, weather and technology
Say It Right: every phrase with a plain English pronunciation guide, so you can use it before you can read it
Know the Register: each phrase marked Informal, Neutral or Formal, so you know who you can say it to
See It Used: an example sentence in Brazilian Portuguese for every phrase, plus similar expressions you can swap in
Practice Built In: a short story in Brazilian Portuguese and five multiple-choice exercises per category, with an answer key at the back

Product details

Title: The Essential Brazilian Portuguese Everyday Phrasebook
Phrases: 150 in 10 categories
Stories: 10 short stories in Brazilian Portuguese, one per category
Exercises: 50 multiple-choice questions, with answers
Format: Paperback, A5 (printed on demand)
Language: Brazilian Portuguese with a pronunciation guide and English explanations
Audience: Beginner and intermediate Brazilian Portuguese learners

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Paperback, A5 format. Printed on demand and shipped physically.

150 Phrases Built Around Real Situations

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The phrases are grouped into ten categories that follow the shape of a normal week: socializing and small talk, family and relationships, opinions and debate, emotions and reactions, health and the body, work and career, errands and services, home and daily routines, weather and seasons, and technology and the internet. Fifteen phrases in each, chosen because people say them, not because they fit a grammar point.

Every entry follows the same structure: the phrase in Brazilian Portuguese, its pronunciation, a plain English definition, a formality label, an example sentence showing it in use, and similar expressions you can reach for instead.

Each category closes with a short story written in Brazilian Portuguese that drops its fifteen phrases into a situation you would recognise, followed by five multiple-choice questions. The answers are at the back.

Who This Book Is For

Learners who can hold a basic conversation in Brazilian Portuguese and want the everyday phrases that textbooks and apps tend to skip.
Anyone living in or moving to Brazil who needs the language of the office, the pharmacy and the family table.
Practical learners who prefer real sentences with a formality label over grammar tables.

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About this book

Is this a paperback or a digital download?

This is a paperback, printed on demand and shipped to you physically. There is no PDF, ePub or Kindle version. Because it is printed to order, each copy is made specifically for you rather than taken off a shelf.

Is this European or Brazilian Portuguese?

Brazilian. Every phrase, example and story uses the Portuguese spoken in Brazil, including the vocabulary and the forms of address that differ from European Portuguese.

Is this a grammar book?

No. The focus is on phrases you can use as they are, with a formality label so you know when each one fits. Grammar appears only where it changes what you should say.

Do I need to go through the categories in order?

No. Each category is self-contained, with its own phrases, story and exercises, so you can start with whichever situation you need first. Within a category, read the phrases before the story: the story reuses all fifteen.

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