This podcast is intended for those who want to learn European Portuguese in a fun way, through the listening of stories and everyday interactions. It’s intended for all levels. Each episode has its own level. If you want to know more about European Portuguese, go to: www.learn-portuguese.org
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Learn Portuguese with teacher Rafael and his student Ava. Each lesson is like going for a coffee with your friend who happens to speak Portuguese and is helping you learn in a relaxed, enjoyable way. Coffee Break Portuguese does not focus on European or Brazilian Portuguese specifically: instead you'll be learning to use Portuguese in a way you'll be understood throughout the Portuguese-speaking world. Rafael, our main teacher, is from Brazil, but you'll also get to know Catarina from Portug ...
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Easter in Portugal – Unique Traditions You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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3:34Explore 4 unique Easter traditions in Portugal—from folar bread to Holy Spirit festivals. A cultural deep dive you don’t want to miss! 👉🏼 WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3hnnpQsw30 ✅ Do you want to learn European Portuguese in a structured and fun way and become part of our community within Mia Esmeriz Academy? If ye…
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O Natal em Portugal - Christmas in Portugal [European Portuguese Podcast]
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9:10This is how we spend Christmas in Portugal! É assim que passamos o Natal em Portugal! E no teu país? Como passas o Natal? Celebram esta festividade ou não? Beijinhos e Bom Natal! Do you want to learn European Portuguese in a structured and fun way and become part of our community within Mia Esmeriz Academy? If yes, feel free to check out my FREE TR…
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Welcome to the final episode of our beginners' course in Portuguese. Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava to listen to the final dialogue recorded on location in Portugal, during Ava's trip to practise her Portuguese. Then, back in the studio, Rafael will help you understand all the language used in the conversation. Vamos lá! If this is the first t…
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CBP 1.39 | A special coffee break in Belém, Lisbon
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37:05We have something special in today's episode! In the penultimate lesson of this season, we're going to listen to two dialogues recorded on location in Lisbon, Portugal, and hear what happened when Ava and Catarina met up for um verdadeiro cafezinho! This was not just any cafezinho, but a very special coffee break at the Pastéis de Belém bakery – fa…
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5 Tips to learn Portuguese as a Solo Learner [+Black Friday Portuguese Course Offer]
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10:22Learn more about my Black Friday offer (50% OFF + Exclusive Bonuses) here: 👉🏼 https://start.learn-portuguese.org/holiday-package-2024-pod?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=black+friday+2024 In this episode you will hear me speaking about 5 Tips to learn Portuguese as a solo learner. You will also get some information about my A…
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Lesson 38 of our Portuguese course is a chance to review and practise the essential words and phrases that you typically use when you meet someone for the first time. We'll listen to another conversation recorded on location in Portugal, then, back in the studio, teacher Rafael and learner Ava will talk through all the language used. If you'd like …
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CBP 1.37 | Buying a train ticket to Lisbon
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23:50In this newest episode of Coffee Break Portuguese, we’ll be reviewing useful language for buying travel tickets! You'll get the opportunity to practise your listening comprehension through a dialogue that took place during learner Ava's time in Porto, then teacher Rafael will help you understand everything that was said. If you'd like to take advan…
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CBP 1.36 | Asking for help at the pharmacy
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17:33Join Rafael and Ava in this latest episode to continue learning Portuguese on your coffee break. The topic of our lesson today is how to ask for help at the pharmacy. You'll practise your listening comprehension by hearing a dialogue that took place during learner Ava's visit to the pharmacy, then teacher Rafael will help you understand everything …
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From CLUELESS to CLEVER: 50 Portuguese Adjectives and Opposites | European Portuguese Podcast
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5:52If you're clueless about the adjectives in Portuguese, this video about 50 European Portuguese Adjectives and their opposites will help you out! You can learn them by including them in your flashcards, or even listen to it while on your way to work! 👉🏼 WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/63IANa6QgW8 ✅ Do you want to learn European Portu…
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European Portuguese Podcast | A família e as relações familiares em Portugal
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10:01In this episode I speak about family and relationships in Portugal, specifically about the big Portuguese meals, and long goodbyes. ✅ Do you want to learn European Portuguese in a structured and fun way and become part of our community within Mia Esmeriz Academy? If yes, feel free to check out my FREE TRAINING, where I will speak about 10 SECRETS t…
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CBP 1.35 | Shopping & lunch at the Mercado do Bolhão
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30:04In this episode of Coffee Break Portuguese we hear two dialogues which will help you practise your listening skills in Portuguese. These conversations were recorded on location in Porto, Portugal, when Ava and her friend Mariana were out souvenir shopping, then visiting the well-known Mercado do Bolhão. Back in the studio, Rafael and Ava talk throu…
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O resgate da minha gata Josie | European Portuguese Podcast
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13:04In this episode of Mia's Portuguese Podcast, I speak about my cat Josie and how I rescued her from the street when she was a baby kitten. ✅ Do you want to learn European Portuguese in a structured and fun way and become part of our community within Mia Esmeriz Academy? If yes, feel free to check out my FREE TRAINING, where I will speak about 10 SEC…
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Welcome to lesson 34 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson we’ll be hearing multiple voices and accents in Portuguese. We’ll be listening to two conversations that took place while Ava was having breakfast in the hotel in Porto during her trip. Listen to the episode to practise your listening comprehension and to join Rafael and Ava as they ta…
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Fires in Portugal - how can we stop them? (Portuguese Podcast)
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14:52In this episode I speak about the fires in Portugal. Last week, there were really a lot of wild fires in the north and centre of Portugal, and a lot of houses, goods, companies, and forest area burnt. People and animals also lost their lives... I believe that the Portuguese Government needs to take some measures in order to stop this calamity from …
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Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava in the latest episode of Coffee Break Portuguese to review useful words and phrases for checking into a hotel. We'll hear a conversation recorded on location in Portugal between Ava and the hotel receptionist, which will help you expand your vocabulary on this topic and practise your listening skills. Vamos lá! I…
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I played Virtual Reality in Portugal - This is how it went...
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10:54✅ Do you want to learn European Portuguese in a structured and fun way and become part of our community within Mia Esmeriz Academy? If yes, feel free to check out my FREE TRAINING, where I will speak about 10 SECRETS to learn European Portuguese Fast and Effectively: https://learn-portuguese.org/free-training-pcd ___________________________________…
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CBP 1.32 | Asking for travel information in Porto
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28:52In this lesson we'll be listening to the second recorded conversation that Ava had on her trip to Portugal. This time, she was practising her Portuguese by asking for travel information at the airport. The conversation contained many useful words and phrases, which Rafael and Ava then discussed back in the studio. If you'd like to take advantage of…
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CBP 1.31 | At the airport: on location in Portugal
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25:57Welcome to a new episode... on location in Portugal! It's time to put everything we've learned in our course so far into practice in real-life situations. Over the next 10 episodes, we’re going to be following Ava’s trip to Portugal. Back in the studio, Rafael and her will listen to the conversations recorded while she was there and discuss the int…
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Thank you for listening! If you would like to support my work and help me continue making great content in Portuguese for you, please go to: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1392994/support Olá, Hello! In today's new episode, I will speak about one of my passions - ballet - and what I have been up to lately. Furthermore, I will share what I will do in th…
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My Favourite Festivity in Porto - São João
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14:39Thank you for listening! If you would like to support my work and help me continue making great content in Portuguese for you, please go to: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1392994/support Olá! Hello! In this episode I am back to my more informal approach, where I simply "have a conversation" with you about different topics. This week's topic is São Joã…
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We've reached lesson 30 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this episode we're reviewing everything we've learned in our beginner's course so far. We’ll be doing this by listening to and studying two short dialogues, which contain words and phrases on many of the topics we’ve covered. After this episode, we will be taking a break and will be back with e…
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Giving Birth in Portugal | Expert Answers Most Asked Questions
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32:47Are you thinking about giving Birth in Portugal? There are so many questions around this topic, so I interviewed Iliona from BirthInPortugal, who is an expert on the field, and has helped many expecting mothers in Portugal. She will share with us the most asked questions around this topic and give some insights about the process of having a baby in…
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In lesson 29 of Coffee Break Portuguese, we're learning how to make a phone call in Portuguese. Join Rafael and Ava to find out what to say when you answer the phone in Portuguese, learn other useful phrases you'll need for a telephone conversation, and hear everything in context in a practice dialogue. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus mate…
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Welcome to lesson 28 of Coffee Break Portuguese! The topic of this lesson is free time. We’re going to learn how to talk about your hobbies and the activities you enjoy doing, as well as how to say when and how often you do them, using adverbs of frequency in Portuguese. We'll also be joined by Catarina in a Cafezinho com Catarina all about Portugu…
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In lesson 27 of Coffee Break Portuguese, we’re covering another useful, everyday topic – telling the time. We’ll learn how to ask someone for the time, how to say what the time is in Portuguese, and how to say at what time events start and end. Vamos lá! If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each le…
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Olá! The topic of today's lesson is work. In this episode we're learning new vocabulary to refer to different types of work and professions, as well as finding out how to ask someone what their job is and how to talk about what you do. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can acces…
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We've reached lesson 25 of our course and today's topic is describing people in Portuguese. We'll be learning useful words and phrases to describe someone's appearance and say what they are like. This means that we'll also be reviewing the basics of adjective agreement in Portuguese. Finally, we'll be joined by Catarina, who has a fascinating cultu…
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CBP 1.24 | The present tense and the alphabet
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29:02In lesson 24 of Coffee Break Portuguese we're covering two essential topics to help you take your beginner's Portuguese further. Join Rafael and Ava to learn how to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense and learn the Portuguese alphabet. Vamos lá! If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each le…
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Welcome to lesson 23 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson we're covering the transactional language that you'll need on a trip to the pharmacy in a Portuguese-speaking location. We'll be learning how to ask for medicine and ask how to take it, as well as other useful words and phrases on the topic of health. This episode expands on what we le…
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10 Beautiful Hiking Trails in Portugal (For All Levels)
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13:17In my opinion, these are 10 of the best hiking trails in Portugal (Continental) you can discover this year. Join Destination: Portugal today with a 45% discount: https://school.learn-portuguese.org/p/destination-portugal-podcast?coupon_code=HIKINGPODCAST&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=destination+portugal&utm_content=hiking+…
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In lesson 22 of our course, teacher Rafael and learner Ava are talking about aches and pains, and how to say that you’re not feeling well. We’ll be learning some parts of the body in Portuguese, how to say that we are experiencing a problem with one of these, the vocabulary for some other health problems, and some other useful phrases that you can …
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Language Learning with ChatGPT: 5 Ways AI might be HURTING Your Portuguese
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10:29Are you considering language learning with ChatGPT? If you are studying European Portuguese you might have tried to learn with ChatGPT. While it can be a great tool, you have to consider these disadvantages, so you don't learn Portuguese incorrectly. Check my All-In-One Portuguese Course here: https://school.learn-portuguese.org/?utm_source=podcast…
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You'll know your Portuguese is getting better when you see these 5 things happening. 👉🏼 WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/StQ_4E176KM ✅ Do you want to learn European Portuguese in a structured and fun way and become part of our community within Mia Esmeriz Academy? If yes, feel free to check out my FREE TRAINING, where I will speak ab…
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Welcome back to another lesson of Coffee Break Portuguese! We’re now halfway through our 40-lesson course and in lesson 21 we are talking about the weather. We’ll be learning how to ask what the weather is like today and what it is going to be like tomorrow, how to answer these questions to describe various types of weather, and hear a weather fore…
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7 Simple Reasons to join a Portuguese Study Community
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6:34A Portuguese Study Community can help you learn Portuguese faster. If you want to join our community at Mia Esmeriz Academy, you can join today with 30% OFF: https://school.learn-portuguese.org/p/all-in-one-portuguese-course?coupon_code=COMMUNITY30YT&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=aio&utm_content=portuguese+study+community 👉…
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Portuguese YouTubers: Learn European Portuguese Naturally
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6:46Learn Portuguese with these (non-language related) Portuguese YouTubers. Immersing yourself as much as possible into the language when learning European Portuguese is a great way to improve. In this video, I will speak about some YouTubers from Portugal that I think create great content that you might watch to improve your Portuguese. The Portugues…
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My 5 Tips to learn Portuguese in 2024 (+ New Year's Surprise)
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4:07Use the coupon code "2024" at checkout and get a 30% discount on any of my courses. Let me help you achieve your Portuguese Language Goals For 2024: https://start.learn-portuguese.org/new-year-2024-all-courses?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=new+year+2024&utm_content=5+tips+to+learn+portuguese+in+2024 👉🏼 WATCH THIS EPISODE ON…
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We've reached lesson 20 of Coffee Break Portuguese, which marks the halfway point in our beginners' course. In this episode we’re reviewing what we’ve learned throughout the first 19 lessons. We’ll be doing this by listening to a dialogue that incorporates many of the topics we’ve covered so far. We hope you enjoy seeing how much you’ve learned ove…
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CBP 1.19 | Travelling by public transport
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30:47This lesson of Coffee Break Portuguese is all about travel. Join Rafael and Ava to learn the phrases you need to know when dealing with travel situations in a Portuguese-speaking country, including using public transport and buying travel tickets. We'll also listen to a practice dialogue set in a train station and hear from Catarina in today's Cafe…
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CBP 1.18 | Understanding and giving directions
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26:29Welcome to lesson 18 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson we are talking about how to ask for directions and how to give directions in town. If you haven't already listened to episode 8 of our course, we would recommend finding it wherever you're listening to this episode, as we'll be expanding on what we learned in that lesson. Vamos lá! If …
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In lesson 17 of Coffee Break Portuguese we're taking what we learned in our previous lesson a stage further and continuing with the topic of shopping. This time, we're at the market, and we're applying some of the same language to a new context, as well as learning lots of new words for the food items you might find there and how to express quantit…
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Welcome to lesson 16 of Coffee Break Portuguese! This is the series in which we're learning Portuguese right from the beginning, along with Rafael and Ava. The topic of this lesson is shopping. We're learning some transactional language that will come in useful when you’re in a shop. We learn the words for different types of souvenirs, and how to a…
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The topic of lesson 15 of Coffee Break Portuguese is numbers. Join Rafael and Ava as they count up to the thousands in Portuguese, and learn the days of the week, the months of the year, as well as some helpful phrases which use numbers and dates. We learned the numbers up to 10 in lesson 6 of our course, so if you haven't already listened to that …
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Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava for lesson 14 of Coffee Break Portuguese. Today, we are learning transactional language that you can use in a hotel scenario, including how to make a reservation and ask about the facilities. We'll hear a dialogue between two Portuguese speakers and we'll also learn a little more about one particular country wher…
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CBP 1.13 | More about food and eating out
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29:20Bem-vindos a Coffee Break Portuguese lesson 13! In this lesson we are expanding on what we learned in lesson 12, in which we were talking about how to order in a restaurant. We’ll be taking this a step further and talking about how to express likes and dislikes, and say what you can and can’t eat. We'll also learn some other useful phrases which wi…
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CBP 1.12 | Ordering a meal in a restaurant
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28:08Olá! In this episode of Coffee Break Portuguese we're learning vocabulary and phrases that will come in useful if you’re going to a restaurant. We’ll be learning how to ask for a table and how to order a meal, as well as the words for some specific dishes from the Portuguese-speaking world. This is the 12th lesson of our course, so if you haven't y…
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We're back with episode 11 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson, Rafael and Ava are talking about the transactional language that you'll need to know to order drinks in a café. We’ll also be joined by Catarina in today’s Cafezinho com Catarina, in which we’ll find out more about coffee-drinking habits in the Portuguese-speaking world. Vamos l…
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We have reached lesson 10 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this review lesson we go over what we learned in the first nine lessons of the season. We talk through the key points we’ve covered so far, then practise by listening to a dialogue. We hope you enjoy seeing how much you’ve learned over the past nine lessons! If you'd like to take advantage of…
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We've reached lesson nine of Coffee Break Portuguese – the series that will teach you Portuguese right from the beginning. In this lesson we’re talking about something which is very important to us here at Coffee Break Languages … and that is language! We’ll be learning some helpful phrases that you can use to express that you don’t understand some…
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We're back with another episode to help you learn Portuguese on your coffee break. In our eighth lesson we're delving further into the topic of places in town. Join Rafael and Ava to learn some more words and phrases that you should now if you're visiting a new Portuguese-speaking town or city, and learn how to understand and give directions. This …
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