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Coffee Break Portuguese
by Coffee Break Languages
Learn Portuguese with teacher Rafael and his student Ava. Each lesson is like going for a coffee with your friend who happens to speak Portuguese and is helping you learn in a relaxed, enjoyable way. Coffee Break Portuguese does not focus on European or Brazilian Portuguese specifically: instead you'll be learning to use Portuguese in a way you'll be understood throughout the Portuguese-speaking world. Rafael, our main teacher, is from Brazil, but you'll also get to know Catarina from Portugal in our episodes. Coffee Break Portuguese is not a simple series of "listen and repeat" audio programmes: in each lesson Rafael explains how the language works, helping Ava - and you - to manipulate the language and use it in practical situations. As a learner Ava asks questions, and makes mistakes, so through Rafael's explanations, corrections and pronunciation tips you'll build your confidence and begin to understand and speak the language. You'll also build your
Episodes
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CBP 1.40 | An end-of-trip party
Welcome to the final episode of our beginners' course in Portuguese. Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava to listen to the final dialogue recorded on location in Portugal, during Ava's trip to practise her Portuguese. Then, back in the studio, Rafael will help you understand all the language used…
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CBP 1.39 | A special coffee break in Belém, Lisbon
We have something special in today's episode! In the penultimate lesson of this season, we're going to listen to two dialogues recorded on location in Lisbon, Portugal, and hear what happened when Ava and Catarina met up for um verdadeiro cafezinho! This was not just any cafezinho, but a very...
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CBP 1.38 | Making friends in Portuguese
Lesson 38 of our Portuguese course is a chance to review and practise the essential words and phrases that you typically use when you meet someone for the first time. We'll listen to another conversation recorded on location in Portugal, then, back in the studio, teacher Rafael and learner Ava…
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CBP 1.37 | Buying a train ticket to Lisbon
In this newest episode of Coffee Break Portuguese, we’ll be reviewing useful language for buying travel tickets! You'll get the opportunity to practise your listening comprehension through a dialogue that took place during learner Ava's time in Porto, then teacher Rafael will help you understand...
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CBP 1.36 | Asking for help at the pharmacy
Join Rafael and Ava in this latest episode to continue learning Portuguese on your coffee break. The topic of our lesson today is how to ask for help at the pharmacy. You'll practise your listening comprehension by hearing a dialogue that took place during learner Ava's visit to the pharmacy…
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CBP 1.35 | Shopping & lunch at the Mercado do Bolhão
In this episode of Coffee Break Portuguese we hear two dialogues which will help you practise your listening skills in Portuguese. These conversations were recorded on location in Porto, Portugal, when Ava and her friend Mariana were out souvenir shopping, then visiting the well-known Mercado do...
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CBP 1.34 | Breakfast in the hotel
Welcome to lesson 34 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson we’ll be hearing multiple voices and accents in Portuguese. We’ll be listening to two conversations that took place while Ava was having breakfast in the hotel in Porto during her trip. Listen to the episode to practise your…
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CBP 1.33 | At hotel check-in
Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava in the latest episode of Coffee Break Portuguese to review useful words and phrases for checking into a hotel. We'll hear a conversation recorded on location in Portugal between Ava and the hotel receptionist, which will help you expand your vocabulary on this...
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CBP 1.32 | Asking for travel information in Porto
In this lesson we'll be listening to the second recorded conversation that Ava had on her trip to Portugal. This time, she was practising her Portuguese by asking for travel information at the airport. The conversation contained many useful words and phrases, which Rafael and Ava then discussed...
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CBP 1.31 | At the airport: on location in Portugal
Welcome to a new episode... on location in Portugal! It's time to put everything we've learned in our course so far into practice in real-life situations. Over the next 10 episodes, we’re going to be following Ava’s trip to Portugal. Back in the studio, Rafael and her will listen to the...
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CBP 1.30 | End-of-unit review
We've reached lesson 30 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this episode we're reviewing everything we've learned in our beginner's course so far. We’ll be doing this by listening to and studying two short dialogues, which contain words and phrases on many of the topics we’ve covered. After this...
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CBP 1.29 | Making a phone call
In lesson 29 of Coffee Break Portuguese, we're learning how to make a phone call in Portuguese. Join Rafael and Ava to find out what to say when you answer the phone in Portuguese, learn other useful phrases you'll need for a telephone conversation, and hear everything in context in a practice...
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CBP 1.28 | Hobbies and free time
Welcome to lesson 28 of Coffee Break Portuguese! The topic of this lesson is free time. We’re going to learn how to talk about your hobbies and the activities you enjoy doing, as well as how to say when and how often you do them, using adverbs of frequency in Portuguese. We'll also be joined by...
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CBP 1.27 | Telling the time
In lesson 27 of Coffee Break Portuguese, we’re covering another useful, everyday topic – telling the time. We’ll learn how to ask someone for the time, how to say what the time is in Portuguese, and how to say at what time events start and end. Vamos lá! If you'd like to take advantage of bonus...
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CBP 1.26 | Talking about work
Olá! The topic of today's lesson is work. In this episode we're learning new vocabulary to refer to different types of work and professions, as well as finding out how to ask someone what their job is and how to talk about what you do. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson...
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CBP 1.25 | Descriptions and appearances
We've reached lesson 25 of our course and today's topic is describing people in Portuguese. We'll be learning useful words and phrases to describe someone's appearance and say what they are like. This means that we'll also be reviewing the basics of adjective agreement in Portuguese. Finally…
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CBP 1.24 | The present tense and the alphabet
In lesson 24 of Coffee Break Portuguese we're covering two essential topics to help you take your beginner's Portuguese further. Join Rafael and Ava to learn how to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense and learn the Portuguese alphabet. Vamos lá! If you'd like to take advantage of bonus...
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CBP 1.23 | At the pharmacy
Welcome to lesson 23 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson we're covering the transactional language that you'll need on a trip to the pharmacy in a Portuguese-speaking location. We'll be learning how to ask for medicine and ask how to take it, as well as other useful words and phrases on…
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CBP 1.22 | Aches and pains
In lesson 22 of our course, teacher Rafael and learner Ava are talking about aches and pains, and how to say that you’re not feeling well. We’ll be learning some parts of the body in Portuguese, how to say that we are experiencing a problem with one of these, the vocabulary for some other health...
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CBP 1.21 | The weather
Welcome back to another lesson of Coffee Break Portuguese! We’re now halfway through our 40-lesson course and in lesson 21 we are talking about the weather. We’ll be learning how to ask what the weather is like today and what it is going to be like tomorrow, how to answer these questions to...
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CBP 1.20 | End-of-unit review
We've reached lesson 20 of Coffee Break Portuguese, which marks the halfway point in our beginners' course. In this episode we’re reviewing what we’ve learned throughout the first 19 lessons. We’ll be doing this by listening to a dialogue that incorporates many of the topics we’ve covered so far....
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CBP 1.19 | Travelling by public transport
This lesson of Coffee Break Portuguese is all about travel. Join Rafael and Ava to learn the phrases you need to know when dealing with travel situations in a Portuguese-speaking country, including using public transport and buying travel tickets. We'll also listen to a practice dialogue set in a...
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CBP 1.18 | Understanding and giving directions
Welcome to lesson 18 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson we are talking about how to ask for directions and how to give directions in town. If you haven't already listened to episode 8 of our course, we would recommend finding it wherever you're listening to this episode, as we'll be...
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CBP 1.17 | Shopping at the market
In lesson 17 of Coffee Break Portuguese we're taking what we learned in our previous lesson a stage further and continuing with the topic of shopping. This time, we're at the market, and we're applying some of the same language to a new context, as well as learning lots of new words for the food...
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CBP 1.16 | Shopping for souvenirs
Welcome to lesson 16 of Coffee Break Portuguese! This is the series in which we're learning Portuguese right from the beginning, along with Rafael and Ava. The topic of this lesson is shopping. We're learning some transactional language that will come in useful when you’re in a shop. We learn the...
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CBP 1.15 | Numbers, days and months
The topic of lesson 15 of Coffee Break Portuguese is numbers. Join Rafael and Ava as they count up to the thousands in Portuguese, and learn the days of the week, the months of the year, as well as some helpful phrases which use numbers and dates. We learned the numbers up to 10 in lesson 6 of…
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CBP 1.14 | Arriving at the hotel
Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava for lesson 14 of Coffee Break Portuguese. Today, we are learning transactional language that you can use in a hotel scenario, including how to make a reservation and ask about the facilities. We'll hear a dialogue between two Portuguese speakers and we'll also...
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CBP 1.13 | More about food and eating out
Bem-vindos a Coffee Break Portuguese lesson 13! In this lesson we are expanding on what we learned in lesson 12, in which we were talking about how to order in a restaurant. We’ll be taking this a step further and talking about how to express likes and dislikes, and say what you can and can’t…
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CBP 1.12 | Ordering a meal in a restaurant
Olá! In this episode of Coffee Break Portuguese we're learning vocabulary and phrases that will come in useful if you’re going to a restaurant. We’ll be learning how to ask for a table and how to order a meal, as well as the words for some specific dishes from the Portuguese-speaking world. This…
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CBP 1.11 | Ordering drinks in a café
We're back with episode 11 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson, Rafael and Ava are talking about the transactional language that you'll need to know to order drinks in a café. We’ll also be joined by Catarina in today’s Cafezinho com Catarina, in which we’ll find out more about...
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CBP 1.10 | End-of-unit review
We have reached lesson 10 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this review lesson we go over what we learned in the first nine lessons of the season. We talk through the key points we’ve covered so far, then practise by listening to a dialogue. We hope you enjoy seeing how much you’ve learned over the...
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CBP 1.09 | Talking about language
We've reached lesson nine of Coffee Break Portuguese – the series that will teach you Portuguese right from the beginning. In this lesson we’re talking about something which is very important to us here at Coffee Break Languages … and that is language! We’ll be learning some helpful phrases that...
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CBP 1.08 | More places in town
We're back with another episode to help you learn Portuguese on your coffee break. In our eighth lesson we're delving further into the topic of places in town. Join Rafael and Ava to learn some more words and phrases that you should now if you're visiting a new Portuguese-speaking town or city…
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CBP 1.07 | Asking where things are
Olá! Welcome to another episode of Coffee Break Portuguese. Our topic for today is places in town. Rafael and Ava will cover some useful words and phrases to help you find your way around a town or city and talk about how to ask for directions. This lesson is an introduction to the topic and…
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CBP 1.06 | Numbers 1–10
Join Rafael and Ava in the latest episode of Coffee Break Portuguese, in which we're learning how to count from 1–10, how to ask for and give telephone numbers, and how to give more information about your family using numbers. We'll also be joined by Catarina for more listening practice and some...
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CBP 1.05 | Introducing your family
We've reached episode 5 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson Rafael and Ava are covering another useful topic for when you're travelling in the Portuguese-speaking world or meeting someone who speaks Portuguese – how to introduce your family. We'll be learning some of the words for…
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CBP 1.04 | Where you live
Ready to learn some more Portuguese on your coffee break? In this fourth lesson, we'll be learning how to ask someone where they live and how to talk about where you live. We'll also be taking some of our knowledge from previous episodes a step further by learning how to use the verb ser ("to…
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CBP 1.03 | Where you're from
Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava in this third episode of Coffee Break Portuguese. This time, we'll be focusing on talking about where you're from and learning some words for different nationalities. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each...
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CBP 1.02 | Introducing yourself
We're back with Lesson 2 of Coffee Break Portuguese! This time we'll learn some more greetings that you can use at different times of the day, how to ask what someone's name is, and how to introduce yourself. Rafael and Ava also talk about how to address people formally and informally across...
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CBP 1.01 | Meeting people
Welcome to this first episode of Coffee Break Portuguese! Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava to start learning Portuguese right from the beginning. In our first lesson we'll be learning key words and phrases like "hello", "goodbye" and "thank you". We'll also learn how to ask "how are you?" and...
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Introducing Coffee Break Portuguese
In this short introductory episode of Coffee Break Portuguese, teacher Rafael and learner Ava explain what’s to come in this series for beginners in Portuguese. We hear more about the types of topics that will be covered to help us when travelling to a place where Portuguese is spoken. We also…
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Coffee Break Portuguese is a language-learning podcast from Coffee Break Languages, for complete beginners. Throughout this 40-lesson series, teacher Rafael guides learner Ava from the very beginning of her Portuguese-learning journey and equips her (and you as the listener!) with the skills...
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Learn Portuguese with teacher Rafael and his student Ava. Each lesson is like going for a coffee with your friend who happens to speak Portuguese and is helping you learn in a relaxed, enjoyable way.
Coffee Break Portuguese does not focus on European or Brazilian Portuguese specifically: instead you'll be learning to use Portuguese in a way you'll be understood throughout the Portuguese-speaking world. Rafael, our main teacher, is from Brazil, but you'll also get to know Catarina from Portugal in our episodes.
Coffee Break Portuguese is not a simple series of "listen and repeat" audio programmes: in each lesson Rafael explains how the language works, helping Ava - and you - to manipulate the language and use it in practical situations. As a learner Ava asks questions, and makes mistakes, so through Rafael's explanations, corrections and pronunciation tips you'll build your confidence and begin to understand and speak the language.
You'll also build your
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