The Olympics should inspire people to learn Portuguese, says the British Council Britons "should give Portuguese a go" as the Olympics get under way in Rio de Janeiro, urges the British Council.

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The Portuguese Cultural Association of Bermuda has formed a partnership that will see it join a global network of schools and centres for the promotion of Portuguese language and culture. The ...

In the 15th and 16th centuries, the Portuguese language surged as a Romance tongue, spreading its roots globally as Portugal forged the pioneering and most enduring colonial and commercial empire in ...

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Sara Santa Maria holds weekly classes at her home teaching kids how to speak their native tongue of Melaka Portuguese. While sorting through her late father’s belongings in 2008, Sara Santa Maria came ...

Britons "should give Portuguese a go" as the Olympics get under way in Rio de Janeiro, urges the British Council. Almost two in five of 2,000 UK adults surveyed for the charity did not know Portuguese ...