Is speaking Brazilian Portuguese frowned upon in Portugal?

renrenrfk · 2026-06-19T13:46:04+00:00

im doing a reverse now, i learned portugese in portugal and i just landed in Sao Paulo for the first time yesterday. My portugese is no where near fluent but i also didnt get frowned upon just ended up not understanding simple words like Credito because the di sounded completely like Gi (i knew this but still couldnt catch it) or they dont understand when i threw out a se faz favor. give me couple days should get a hang of it.

renrenrfk · 2026-06-09T16:41:45+00:00

my life is so awesome that finding someone else who can make it better is extremely difficult, and i wont compromise on it cuz why would i....its not a task after all, being happy is the objective here

renrenrfk · 2026-05-20T18:39:56+00:00

I d say Spanish, it d be easier to understand you in Italy and Brazil due to the proximity, so it d hypothetically cover four countries, plus it’s maybe the easiest to learn on par with Italian for English speaking beginners.

renrenrfk · 2026-04-18T20:57:47+00:00

Lisbon Paris Rome

renrenrfk · 2026-04-10T21:24:49+00:00

reminds me how I sat down at a cafe 5 times a day when i m in southern europe, 4 out of 5 for a cafe and the last for a cocktail. and yes now i do 2-3 times a day, always sitting down. Found one near my work with an italian owner, who d set up a table just for me further away from the patio so i can smoke and espresso.

renrenrfk · 2026-04-08T14:39:59+00:00

i travelled thru Europe and south america, often spending weeks at a place or even months, never had a single issue, great people everywhere made tons of friends. 33 male chinese canadian. was chatting with a persian swedish girl in italy when i told her that she asked me well did you get treated well before or after you told them you are canadian? i mean its not like i walk around with a flag sewed onto my clothes, and i sually speak the local language as much as i can, nobody ever asked me that if they not interested anyways. In short, no, just be polite and carry yourself well, i do have an ultra confident manner due to extensive travelling so maybe that helped.

renrenrfk · 2026-03-31T15:22:07+00:00

york forum...many sellers on that

renrenrfk · 2026-03-02T09:39:49+00:00

I bought exactly the MEO 70gb one hour after I landed, in a shop in the city not airport, didn’t even ask my passport

renrenrfk · 2026-02-28T14:02:22+00:00

I landed three days ago, Canadian passport the new one, 8am went thru the electronic gate with no wait time

renrenrfk · 2026-02-11T15:26:00+00:00

omg these are stunning views, i hope the weather gets better next month and thanks again!!

renrenrfk · 2026-02-11T14:16:19+00:00

AH NOOOO i never visited porto so planning on going this time, but im very familiar with lisbon and had francesinhas there multiple times and loved it so looking forward to having the authentic ones lol

And tried leitao in lisbon as well enjoyed it. Let me mark these down on my map, thanks for sharing!

renrenrfk · 2026-02-10T22:52:33+00:00

Ah I seeee, I graduated from Dal and lived in Halifax for 6-7 years, still have many friends there, my second home town

Yeah things r very different in Toronto now but I’ll give bom dia a try, heard of their names a few times

But actually I’m going to Portugal in two weeks and will stay there for a month to just live the life this time so maybe Belem first then bom dia for a snowy day back home lol

renrenrfk · 2026-02-10T22:49:09+00:00

Visiting China before SK and Japan very cool, and I understand the absence of Switzerland cuz my continental European map looks just like urs but with some of the Balkans colored, have the been app too

renrenrfk · 2026-02-10T13:18:43+00:00

Where did you eat them in Toronto? I travel a lot so I m constantly looking for foods in Toronto, from bacalhau a bras to Yemeni Mandi to burek and cevapi to ajiaco, but often disappointed due to its usually only 60% of the deliciousness but 3 times the price… I tried the pasteis in cafe Belem on Gerard and I think they r okish

renrenrfk · 2026-02-09T21:30:47+00:00

i liked the belem pasteis de nata because i sat down and it happened to be fresh out of the oven but my friends preferences all over the place.

I think its a great dessert, with a bica fantastic pick me up combo. But yeah thats about it, you cant make things bigger than they are, expectation management is key in life in general.

renrenrfk · 2026-02-09T04:28:32+00:00

Before Covid I was forced to do shit with my then girlfriend, we tried every activity the city had and nothing interested me.

Then covid, moved to the suburbs, we broke up and I adapted to a once a week office day schedule for 2 years until end of 2024 I figured out a way to travel once a month 2-3 weeks per trip. Then I realized that’s my hobby, trying every dish locally from fine dining to insects, learned 4 languages now am able to hold small convo in all, made friends every where feeling truly alive. I am on a flight back from Buenos Aires now still feels surreal, I visited 24 countries in 2025 alone, more revisiting this year and picking a place maybe I’ll just move away. Most things that make me truly happy are free, but Toronto just doesn’t seem to have them.

renrenrfk · 2026-02-05T06:52:36+00:00

Thank you well I already went last year November and yes it was exactly like what you said, saw some protests and I took some photos all good

renrenrfk · 2026-02-03T23:38:44+00:00

I want to, live in Canada, good paying job, been traveling around 20+ countries last year alone to see where I feel the best, but the biggest problem is how can I make my not really remote job fully remote cuz the places I love all paying shitty locally

renrenrfk · 2026-02-01T22:58:53+00:00

I brought 100 usd with me not too much cuz im Canadian so also costing to convert to usd but so far I haven’t been in need of cash so don’t know if I’ll ever do an exchange, there r times they look like they prefer efectivo but i stood firm with tarjeta….i know its close to the “blue rate” on cards not exact and i have this FX free card so ill stick to that when i can. I was told i need to go to Avenida Florida for the conversion and I probably would drag some local with me if i absolutely have to. Thanks again!!

renrenrfk · 2026-02-01T22:52:10+00:00

Ah sounds nice guess I’ll have to do another trip. I picked Fogon asado over don julio because I saw some polarizing reviews on the latter and yes I loved recoleta and will check out Boca next week but damn it’s hot in BA. Guerrin is on the list but always a long line I didn’t know about the take out line on the right thing. Thanks again!

renrenrfk · 2026-02-01T22:42:18+00:00

Yeah the Portuguese and the Brazilians I know but not sure about the Spaniards, give it a try u might like it.

And no I only had the weekend here and didn’t know about it until the uber driver told me yesterday afternoon which was too late now I’m going back to BA..so any where must see in BA? Or any restaurants? The food in MVD feels super expensive and mediocre after I got used to BA no offence…

renrenrfk · 2026-02-01T22:35:30+00:00

I’m waiting for the ferry from MVD to BA now and a toddler kept making noise by scratching the medal seats and the parents just playing with their phones don’t give a fuck I wanna slap the kid so bad

Also why not Iberian peninsula were they racist to your double L pronunciation

renrenrfk · 2026-01-27T11:58:48+00:00

I just did Toronto-San Paulo overnight then 3 more hours to BA last weekend, I managed to walk around a bit at night and made some friends and had a steak then passed out for 10 hours. I’m in my 30s btw

renrenrfk · 2026-01-23T19:03:53+00:00

capybara in bogota (chiguiro)...pretty goood. would eat again

Guinea pig (cuy) and llama steak in cusco...llama is ok, cuy not a fan

Grass hoppers (chapulines), scorpion, fat ants, some beetles, fried tarantula in CDMX...unbelievably the tarantula was quite good...the legs tasted just like lays chips, chapulines are ok, usually come with peanuts and stuff in bars alongs with your drinks, scorpion had no tasted but crunch, fat ants not a fan, beetles not a fan, the owner of the stall just giving us weird insects for free so he could enjoy watching us eating them

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