Most of the Portuguese who arrived throughout the centuries in Brazil sought economic opportunities. Although present since the onset of the colonization, Portuguese people began migrating to Brazil in larger numbers and without state support in the 18th century. … Many more people are of Portuguese descent however. Does allRead More →

Most Portuguese sausages have always contained pork, but alheira is an exception. … Since they couldn’t eat pork, they made sausages with other kinds of meat like poultry and game, adding bread for texture. Garlic (alho in Portuguese) was also a common ingredient, hence the name alheira. What does PortugueseRead More →

The roots of the Portuguese language are based in Galicia, a region in the northwest of Spain. … In fact, speakers of Galician and European Portuguese can still understand each other perfectly! Is Galician similar to Portuguese? Galician is a Romance language (i.e., from Latin) spoken by about 3 millionRead More →

Nando’s origins lie much further afield than west London: not in Portugal, but in South Africa. In 1987, Robert Brozin and his friend Fernando Duarte popped into a Johannesburg restaurant called Chickenland. The chicken was the best they’d ever tasted, they thought, and promptly bought the joint. Where is NandosRead More →

The history of Spanish, and of Portuguese, starts with the Romans bringing Latin to the peninsula when they conquered it in the 3rd century BC. Latin was the dominant language there for around 600 years, but during this time the language itself evolved and changed. Is Portuguese mixed with Spanish?Read More →

Despite the proximity of the two countries and how the two languages are related, it would be wrong to assume that Portuguese people speak Spanish. The two countries and languages have developed separately for centuries, after all, and most Portuguese don’t understand Spanish at all. Is Portuguese the hardest languageRead More →