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Learn Brazilian Portuguese in São Paulo

São Paulo's Portuguese is fast and urban: você for “you”, a gente for “we”, and meu and mano between friends. It's the Brazilian Portuguese of business, food and nightlife, and nothing like the Portuguese of Lisbon.

In Solvelingua you move to São Paulo, find a home in Pinheiros, and learn Brazilian Portuguese the way people there speak it: by talking with the baker, your landlord, your boss and your friends, by voice or by typing. Everyone remembers you, and gentle feedback after each conversation shows what to say next time.

What you'll hear in São Paulo

Answering the phone

Alô?

Polite and friendly “you”

o senhor / a senhora with strangers, você with friends

Courtesies

com licença, por gentileza and pois não

Money

Brazilian reais

Local words and slang

tá bom
beleza
valeu
meu
mano
da hora
rolê
trampo

Where you'll live

Pinheiros: A Saturday antiques fair on the Praça Benedito Calixto, padarias, bars and the Largo da Batata.
Avenida Paulista: Banks, bookshops and the MASP on its red pillars. On Sundays it's closed to cars.
Centro: The cathedral, the Pateo do Collegio where the city began, and the Mercadão.

You can play in English and Spanish: menus, feedback, lessons and translations come in the language you pick.

More Portuguese: Brasília · All Portuguese cities

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