Learn Portuguese by watching Netflix
Portuguese is one of the best-value languages to learn from Netflix: Brazil produces a large and growing slate of originals, the speech is clear and expressive, and Portuguese sits in the fastest tier for English speakers. Graded subtitle immersion lets you pick up everyday Brazilian vocabulary from shows you would watch anyway.
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How long does it take to learn Portuguese?
Why learn Portuguese?
- Around 260 million speakers across Brazil, Portugal, and Lusophone Africa.
- Brazil is one of Netflix's largest production hubs outside the United States.
- It is an FSI Category I language, the fastest tier for English speakers.
- Strong mutual intelligibility with Spanish once you have one of the two.
A few Portuguese words to start
- olá
- hello
- obrigado
- thank you (obrigada if you are female)
- agora
- now
- gente
- people (used constantly to mean 'you guys' or 'we')
- legal
- cool, great (Brazilian, extremely common)
- bom
- good
- água
- water
- amigo
- friend
Frequently asked questions
- Which Netflix shows are best for learning Portuguese?
- 3%, Sintonia, and Invisible City are widely recommended Brazilian originals. Dialogue-led dramas are easier for beginners than fast comedies, where slang and overlapping speech arrive too quickly.
- Should I learn Brazilian or European Portuguese?
- For Netflix, Brazilian Portuguese is the practical choice: the catalogue is far deeper and the pronunciation is generally considered more approachable for beginners. The written language is largely shared, so switching later is not starting over.
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