English Words That DON’T EXIST in Portuguese (and What Brazilians Say Instead!)

English Words That DON’T EXIST in Portuguese (and What Brazilians Say Instead!)

From Speaking Brazilian Podcast by Virginia Langhammer

October 31, 2025 · 9 min · Episode 363

About this episode

This episode discusses English words that do not have direct translations in Portuguese and how Brazilians express those concepts instead.

Get Your Free Lesson & Worksheet 👉 https://speakingbrazilian.kit.com/words-that-do-not-exist-in-portuguese Did you know that many words you use every day in English don’t exist in Portuguese? Today we’re going to talk about 7 words that are very common in English but don’t have a direct translation into Portuguese. To express the same idea in Portuguese, we need to use several words and often change the structure of the sentence. For the best experience, watch the video version on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/Xqhl0W_8oCg Learn Portuguese with us! Check out our courses here: https://www.speakingbrazilian.com/online-courses/ Join the Speaking Brazilian YouTube Club to have access to the transcript of my videos: https://school.speakingbrazilian.com/p/youtube Start learning Brazilian Portuguese today! Take advantage of all the free resources offered by Speaking Brazilian Language School: https://www.speakingbrazilian.com/free

People in this episode

Host: Virginia Langhammer

Topics covered

  • language learning
  • Portuguese
  • English words
  • translation
  • language structure

Keywords

  • English words
  • Portuguese translation
  • language structure
  • language learning
  • Brazilian Portuguese

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Organizations: Speaking Brazilian Language School

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