Brazilian Portuguese  A glowing sign with the Metro logo and
station stops shines white on black.  Sign in Rio’s Metro. Photo
© Rodrigo Galindez licensed Creative Commons Attribution.  Those
who come to Brazil with a knowledge of Portuguese from Portugal
will have a much easier time in terms of communication but will
also run into trouble. The differences between Portuguese from
Brazil vs. Portuguese from Portugal are perhaps more acute than
those between American and British English, particularly when it
comes to the spoken version. Vowel and consonant sounds in
Portuguese from Portugal are often distorted beyond easy
recognition (even many Brazilians have difficulty understanding
the Portuguese spoken by their linguistic forefathers). During
its five centuries in the New World, Brazilian Portuguese has
incorporated hundreds of words from other idioms.In contrast,
Brazilian Portuguese is pretty much pronounced as it is written
(a blessing for those trying to master it as a second language).
Portuguese gramma