{"id":85214,"date":"2024-04-18T11:30:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T11:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/?p=76107"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:26:24","slug":"european-brazilian-portuguese-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/european-brazilian-portuguese-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"The Main Differences Between European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Portuguese is the sixth most spoken language in the world<\/a>. Around 280 million people speak Portuguese worldwide. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe, and East Timor. Part of the population in other territories also speaks Portuguese, such as in Macau, China. So, what are the differences between European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1990, an international treaty between Portuguese-speaking countries was signed aiming to unify the Portuguese spelling in all countries. Since then, a few adjustments have been made to the agreement, and new rules were adopted. The objective of the agreement was to unify the spelling of the Portuguese language, making it stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The changes mainly affected the accentuation of words, hyphenation, elimination of silent c and p from European\/African words, and the addition of letters K, W, and Y to the Portuguese alphabet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, there are still many differences between the European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese spoken around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this in mind, let\u2019s cut to the chase and compare European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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