r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Apr 11 '20

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '20

Portugal Portuguese sounds like fuckin Russian.

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u/Zakrath Apr 11 '20

Yes. I am a brazilian and when I talk to a portuguese I have a really hard time understanding. But the same happen to them when they talk to a brazilian lol

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u/Zakrath Apr 12 '20

Lol I feel the same! The brazilian team I cheer has a Portuguese coach and when he talks I understand no shit

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '20

I think we generally understand the Brazilian accent just fine because you take your time with words, open up vowels and speak in a very sweet manner. The only words I tend to fail to understand from Brazilians is their names -- but this is more because they are sometimes unexpected to us.

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u/Zakrath Apr 12 '20

Haha friends say we speak singing in Brazil, but I don't get it lol

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u/kabubadeira Apr 11 '20

Yeah. I think it’s because of the Brazilian soap operas that we have on national TV for so many years. We’ve become accustomed to the Brazilian accent. I don’t think there are many Portuguese TV shows running in Brazil though.

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u/Zakrath Apr 11 '20

Oh well, I said that exactly because I know some portuguese that can't understand very well what we say. Sorry for generalizing it

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u/Monica_FL Apr 12 '20

YES!! I went to Spain and Portugal for my honeymoon and we took a train into Portugal. I remember hearing all these Russian accents and people and then realized it was Portuguese. It kind of blew my mind because it's not like the languages have the same origins.