How I got fluent in Portuguese - Intermediate Spanish

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Andre explains why she decided to learn Portuguese and how she mastered the language!
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[@cacogenicist]

I know it would be a ton of work to go through all the videos and categorize them, but I think it would be really helpful to split "beginner" and "intermediate" videos into *beginner 1* and *beginner 2,* and *intermediate 1* and *intermediate 2* -- or maybe just split the intermediate videos. As it is, I think many subscribers end up having to hunt around for intermediate videos at the appropriate level, once they've moved past beginner.

[@marionexley7355]

She is absolutely great 👍. Do you have any teachers from Costa Rica please?

[@Coolguyallthetime2k]

eu amo a personalidade dela!

[@andrealamexicana]

Owww Obrigado!

[@matthewkoob7600]

Love you, Andrea

[@andrealamexicana]

❤🤗

[@earlyholocene1649]

Your editor (I don't know if Jostin is the only one!) has been doing a particularly great job recently.

[@andrealamexicana]

❤ #Jostin. I love what he does :)

[@efeese666]

I like how English is represented with a USA flag and Portuguese is represented with a Brazilian flag🤣

[@cuauhtemocxocoyotzin9282]

In Dreaming Spanish videos the flags represent the accent. So Spain Spanish gets a Spanish flag, Mexican Spanish gets a Mexican flag, etc.

[@ledelste]

Well I guess we could say that the second generation always improves upon the work of the first…but yes it is funny

[@saramae9878]

rip europe lol

[@RahulNair193]

En el sitio web de Chino ví que la bandera de inglés era India 🇮🇳 jaja

[@ledelste]

@@RahulNair193 guau qué interesante!

[@dansucio2384]

I've been looking for that song for YEARS (Ai Se Eu Te Pego), and this is how I finally find out the name? Hahaha why thank you, Andrea

[@andrealamexicana]

HAHAHAHA 😂😂😂 you are very welcome

[@ashlynhoover3935]

I really enjoyed this video, thanks Andrea! Also, I want to learn French after I learn Spanish. I'll be on the journey with you! Pablo, this is your sign to create Dreaming French, no pressure though hehe

[@andrealamexicana]

😂😂😂😂❤

[@mistercritter]

This has to be my favorite video of Andrea's. The editing was amazing, and the lesson about immersion is told so well.

[@andrealamexicana]

❤😊😊

[@TeachYourselfPortuguese]

6:39 LMAO, é impressionante como a história da Andrea se assemelha às histórias de vários alunos meus! Me diverti com o vídeo! A edição está MUITO boa e ajudou muito com o ritmo e o andamento da história Da mesma forma que a Andrea descreveu em 7:17, acredito que a maioria dos brasileiros (que não falam espanhol, como eu) também possa ter essa impressão hahaha Eu diria que, dependendo do sotaque e da velocidade, em geral, os brasileiros conseguem entender parcialmente, mas não conseguem responder, e isso é muito frustrante ¡Gracias por el video! Also, I must add I'm very impressed with Andrea's Portuguese!! not as much as I'm impressed with her singing skills though

[@arthurpraxedes5206]

¡Andrea, soy brasileño y aprendo mucho con tus videos! El contenido es excelente y muy divertido.

[@andrealamexicana]

Ahhh gracias!!! Un abrazo!

[@mihai7558]

KZbin recommended me this video for some reason, and I am impressed how I as a romanian could understand almost everything, although I've never learned spanish (except a few DuoLingo lessons). I have some DuoLingo progress in brazilian portuguese though and I hear many words that are similar in the 2 languages.

[@zacharygoldstein3665]

Andrea is so funny, what a delight :)

[@julianabarcelos8208]

Haha omg I’m laughing! I’m Brazilian 😅 representing the Portuguese speakers here 😂😂

[@andrealamexicana]

Hahaha oiiiiiiiiu❤🎉

[@julianabarcelos8208]

@@andrealamexicana Oiii, vamos ser amigas!? haha

[@andrealamexicana]

​@@julianabarcelos8208 😂😂 siiim

[@Learninglotsoflanguages]

I always love hearing these stories to give me hope that one day I will speak Spanish and other languages fluently with enough input. Lately I can watch certain topics in intermediate and understand most, but still have about 200 beginner videos to finish. When I finish those I'll be about the hours for intermediate. I'm so motivated to get there as the intermediate topics became even more interesting. So many I look forward to watching

[@ashlynhoover3935]

I love them too!! It makes me motivated to continue. 255 hours in and I'm just getting started!

[@Learninglotsoflanguages]

@@ashlynhoover3935 Nice job! I'm just over 100 hours. Doing 75 min a day until school is done after next week. Then I will increase to a minimum of 3 hours a day. My hope is over summer vacation I will get to level 4 so when school begins again I will be able to listen to podcasts to keep my time up. Right now definitely still need to be watching and totally focused to understand completely. When I can listen and cook dinner at the same time will really help me get hours in.

[@ashlynhoover3935]

@@Learninglotsoflanguages Yes, it is super helpful to be able to listen to podcasts! Good luck with your journey!

[@Marshblocker]

Si intiendes los contenidos intermedios la mayoría de las veces, entonces puedes empezar a verlos para aprender español más rapído.

[@Learninglotsoflanguages]

Oh, it's been 5 months. I'm at almost 600 hours and this was easy to listen to now :) In the middle of intermediate, watch some advanced, and a few native things without much trouble. Dreaming Spanish rocks!

[@Augustinemelecio]

Andrea, me encanta tu personalidad neta! Soy de y vivo en Chicago y mi abuelitos paternos eran de Mexico (Michoacán y Guerrero). Estoy súper orgulloso que Mexico tiene una buena representante aquí y ademas super Mexicana…😂

[@osmanemral6092]

"estoy orgulloso DE que México tiene......" NO "estoy orgulloso que" .

[@jaysanchez4219]

Part 2 please huhu. I just started studying Portuguese. Especial thanks to Dreaming Spanish, it makes learning Portuguese easier ^.^

[@veverdy7639]

Andrea eres increible

[@andrealamexicana]

😂🎉😊 tú tambieeen!

[@TomRNZ]

Obrigado, Andrea! Muito legal! Estoy aprendiendo portugués ahora que estoy en un nivel intermedio alto en español. ¡Gracias por el vídeo, Andrea! ¡Un fuerte abrazo! 🤗

[@andrealamexicana]

😍🤗🤗🤗🧡🧡Que increíble! Suerteeeeee

[@paulwalther5237]

I studied Spanish for a bit in college and tried studying Portuguese afterwards too. I also thought it sounded like Spanish pronounced incorrectly 😂. I think it's a natural reaction. They probably think the same thing about Spanish.

[@carduzqsl]

Pensamos assim sobre o idioma Galego 😅

[@MrStevekeys]

I really like Dreaming Spanish. It would be nice if there were a Dreaming Portuguese.

[@heroisoaguiar6379]

Oi Andréa! Adorei saber que você fala Português! Parabéns! Canta muito bem a música do Michel Teló!😂😂😂

[@andrealamexicana]

Kkkk obrigada ❤❤❤

[@ThiagoFerreira-er2rq]

Yo soy brasileño y estoy estudiando español,me parece una lengua muy hermosa!😊

[@jamiespanish433]

Really enjoyed the editing in this one.

[@andrealamexicana]

I know!!! So did I! Jostin did an amazing job

[@AndrewLaBreck]

I think this is the best video I have watched at the intermediate level to get more comfortable with past tense very structures. The repeated use of them in this was excellent and it would be useful to see more videos like that!

[@Gutierrez-zy5mm]

Please make a Dreaming French channel. I'm dying for similar content in French but there's not many. I've been learning Spanish almost exclusively on Dreaming Spanish. After about 200 videos I'm able to understand most messages in this video, thank you guys so much ❤️

[@sidneydesousa1993]

Você é muito simpática. Eu entendo você muito bem. Beijos

[@mbslater]

My favorite video of yours, ever. That was outstanding.

[@heyou9023]

Hands down my favorite DS video so far after 370 hours

[@wallaceoliveira4707]

¡Andrea, nuestros idiomas son muy parecidos! ¡Yo también hablo Portugués, Inglés y Español, pero Inglés y Espanõl yo aprendí por mi cuenta! ¡Portugués es mi idioma natural, pues soy Brasileño, pero siempre me gustó Inglés y Español, y como yo dije, nuestros idiomas son muy parecidos! ¡Saludos de Brasil!

[@whererugoing]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, "you are a gifted storyteller!" Thank you for sharing! It was enthralling, interesting & motivating!

[@hansgruber9093]

Great video Andrea. You speak very clearly and are very engaging.

[@jonnyborgesdev]

O mais estranho de ser brasileiro, é que ha tantos sotaques diferentes no Brasil, que para nos, espanhol é apenas mais um deles. Eu demorei para perceber que ela estava falando espanhol, porque estava entendendo tudo claramente, como se fosse português.

[@borogas]

O espanhol dos mexicanos me parece mais facil de entender do que outros paises vizinhos a nós. Um boliviano achei bem desafiador, argentino um pouco menos, mas nao tão bem quanto aos dos mexicanos.

[@marcosjoaquimpereira3359]

Eu consigo entender no modo slowly 90% do que é dito! Eles, obviamente, não falam tão devagar no dia a dia então quando entram no modo hard fica impossível entender coisa alguma!

[@jonnyborgesdev]

@@marcosjoaquimpereira3359eu assisto em 2x e entendo 100%

[@jorgeeduardodecampospinto1152]

Você é muito simpática e linda! que bom que não há necessidade de traduzir esta mensagem. Você é muito engraçada, simpática e linda!

[@catikornx1292]

me encanta tu personalidad jaja yo empecé a aprender español en el año pasado y ahora entiendo el contenido intermediate ☺️

[@kimzierap]

Me encantan los videos de Andrea. Siempre me rio. También me gusta el acento brasileño. Me suena a música.

[@andrealamexicana]

😂😂😂 Graciaaaaas❤❤❤

[@marionexley7355]

I loved this video, thank you so much.

[@andrealamexicana]

❤❤❤

[@TheOneChannelToRuleThemAll]

Great video as usual. I love your content Andrea. Plus I love any content about language learning so it was a double win for me.

[@kirstylambert2021]

Very entertaining 👍🏾👍🏾

[@nicolaoskostidis7632]

Your best cast,thank you Andrea

[@andrealamexicana]

❤😢😊😊

[@marywright8221]

Andrea es estupendo! Gracias por todos sus videos pero este es el mejor!

[@andrealamexicana]

❤😊😊

[@GreenPhenomenaUK]

so portuguese is the language of love after all lol great video andrea has to be the first time ive heard your english in a video too :)

[@probablyprowler6307]

Oi Andrea você me encantou cantando em português, parabéns! Quisiera yo tener una maestra de español como tu! Besos quédate con Dios.

[@sergioarenare]

Muito legal ver estrangeiros falando nossa língua, e te digo mais, o português brasileiro é mil vezes mais bonito que o português de Portugal... ahaha Grande abraço e beijo pra você querida, daqui do Rio de Janeiro, cidade maravilhosa!

[@valdemarvaldesmanriquez1679]

LINDA, MUY SIMPÁTICA.

[@rodneyfernandes5415]

Legal demais quero ver mais videos

[@donbearden9821]

After many years of studying Spanish, I still can't speak it. Pablo has given me hope that I can acquire enough Spanish to speak it within a year. At the present moment I'm taking his advice that he gave in a video and am viewing hours of "Peppa Pig en Español Latino". I think it's going to work!

[@jamesmccloud7535]

Takes time. Like growing a plant. I'm only 300 hours in, I plan to get at least 1000 hours of input before I speak. ¡Buena suerte!

[@edp508]

I have been learning Spanish for the past 5 months. The fact that I already learned French really helped as the grammar structure of of French and Spanish is similar. I made sure that I already knew basic Spanish before I started to practice speaking Spanish online to Spanish speakers. I only study high frequency words and grammar that I know I will use in daily conversations.

[@steventaylor1602]

@@jamesmccloud7535 Why wait so long? Small exposure to speaking through tandem has drastically helped me. It is hard but it highlights what you need to work on.

[@sasx1389]

Yo adoro escuchar la lengua brasileira jjeje, me suena muy divertido su acento

[@fernandoideal1]

Muito legal esse video

[@roelandaudenaerde8312]

Gracias por el video divertido. Es verdad que vivir en el país es la mejor fazón de aprender un idioma, y que si esto no es posible mejor vale oir, leer etc el más que posible.

[@andrealamexicana]

Así es! Gracias a ti!

[@Blagraite]

Muy interesante porque yo ablo portugues, "soy brasileño, inglés y español intermediano, tu eres coml yo, la diferencia es que yo nunca sali con una mexicana 😅

[@perryemerald9156]

me alegro que yo pudiera entender casi 90-95% sin problemas! Al inicio, yo nege la validez de este metodo de immersion. No puedo mentir mi gente. Tal vez haya pensado que estaba un poco mas lejos lo que era o yo sentia arrogante y queria saltar los niveles que deberia haber estudiado pero mi gente, ya no! He regresado al sitio de Dreaming Spanish. Solo quiero ver el contenido que me gusta y tambien es interesante y esto es asi! La belleza de esta historia me dio risa y tambien me ayudo con mi habilidad de comprension. Lo admito que saltare todos los videos que son "Beginner" por que es demasiado facil y incluso un video asi tambien pero quiero permenacer de lo que estoy y estar enfocado en el presente! Un video o dos asi cada dia me llevaria tan lejos y espero que me ponga a entender y hablar con fluidez tan rapido como pueda! Una vez mas, lo aprecio pila!

[@cathybroadus4411]

This is my girl. I love the women of Dreaming Spanish too much but damn if Pablo isn’t the best for me at this level. I’m crazy about Andrea, got me saying Cathy La Americana.

[@andrealamexicana]

😂😂😂

[@neoantrop]

Lástima que realmente no respondiste la pregunta: ¿Cómo aprendiste portugués? Además, sería bueno escuchar este video solo en portugués con subtítulos en español. Una cosa que puedo decir es una sugerencia que escuché una vez: que 1000 horas de escucha harán que automáticamente hables el idioma que estás escuchando...

[@cacogenicist]

It certainly helps to be a native speaker of Spanish, as they are very nearly mutually intelligible. I wish there were another language that close to English. Alas, the West Germanic Frisian language dialects do not have anywhere near as many words of Latin origin as English. I can no more understand Frisian than I can Old English, which is to say not very well.

[@michellesands9618]

Scots

[@cacogenicist]

​@@michellesands9618 - Yeah, but it's debatable whether Scots is a distinct language or an English dialect (admittedly a somewhat arbitrary distinction). Is it an old, divergent dialect, or a Modern English sister language? I think I see it as the former. And it's a continuum today, between the sort of full Scots dialect, and Scottish Standard English, or whatever they call it. I think the Scots end of the spectrum is on life support; not many speakers. As I understand it, the Vulgar Latin daughter dialect that evolved into Portuguese was already very distinct from the Vulgar Latin dialects everywhere else in the Iberian Peninsula, particularly the dialects that evolved into Castilian, by late 11th century. I know reading Scots is a lot easier than understanding spoken Scots, but it does look pretty much like English, to me.

[@emanuelcamacho9316]

jejeje si es verdad! El portugués brasileño es un poco como cantar. El portugués de Portugal (Europa) es mucho más normal con su tono de voz.

[@horaciopires7640]

Eu sou português de Portugal e sei que é mais fácil para um português aprender o espanhol, que um espanhol aprender o português; mas de todas as línguas latinas as que são mais semelhantes e mais próximas, sāo precisamente o português e o espanhol; pois tem de 70 a 80 por cento que se escrevem e se pronunciam da mesma maneira. Pois há muitas e muitas palavras que são iguais, e não vejo o porquê para quem fala o espanhol ser tāo difícil aprender o português.

[@lailja21]

Muy bonito conocer el porque y la manera que aprendiste el portugués. Ahora tengo ganas/interés en oír cómo tú y tu pareja se conocieron... porfa 😊 Aquí te espero ◉⁠‿⁠◉

[@andrealamexicana]

Jajaja algún día... ❤😅

[@lailja21]

@@andrealamexicana ok Aquí te espero (⁠✿⁠^⁠‿⁠^⁠)

[@seriesaddict441]

esta chica tiene su propio canal? es muy divertida y sabe bien como hacerle sonreír a la gente 😅😊

[@andrealamexicana]

Siii jaja, mi canal está un poco loco 😅😂😂❤❤ saludooos

[@misteriosanatural2876]

jjajajja I just fell in love with you! u are so funny!

[@andrealamexicana]

😂😂😂thank uuuu

[@indigobr5590]

Parabéns minha querida!! O brasileiro é uma língua muito difícil de se aprender devido a variação de colocações em frases. São muitas colocações que chega a causar uma confusão... Fala minha língua muito bien... Brazil, índigo 👉 SP.

[@MarceloGalvao-es1lz]

Idioma brasileiro não existe meu amigo

[@indigobr5590]

@@MarceloGalvao-es1lz Tem um versiculo biblico que diz: meu povo perece por falta de conhecimento... Se apure

[@pierreparent6829]

Con velocidad x1.5 esta bien! 😅 Ojala hicieras mas contenido avanzado, que me gustant tus historias!

[@robswitzer8334]

Funniest Andrea video I've seen yet! 😂😂😂

[@andrealamexicana]

Hahaha yet*😂😂😂

[@jahzbasulto509]

Que linda chica

[@andrealamexicana]

❤🫣

[@TheMiliPro]

1:35 esta es una de mis nuevas cosas favoritas en la vida 😂

[@fabricio4794]

Andreia Então Você é nossa"Brasileira Honoraria"ou "prata da casa"...

[@sloan_9026]

Ella es divertida 😂

[@andrealamexicana]

👻❤

[@famosoquem1216]

7:09 Na verdade, não é um espanhol sujo, mas um português modificado. Nós acabamos falando um português diferente do europeu. Mais simplificado, tipo não pronunciamos a letra L no final das palavras, ou seja "Mal e Mau" nós pronunciamos como se fosse a mesma palavra... pronunciamos papéu (papel); méu (mel); sáu (sal)... nem sempre pronunciamos o R no final dos verbos tipo "ficá", "falá", "comprá"... além de não conjugarmos corretamente os verbos, tipo "tu vai", "tu qué", "tu foi"... ◙ Em alguns países de língua portuguesa, quando a língua local de distancia tando da oficial, ela é chamada de língua crioula.

[@DanielBrahneborg]

Imagine the confusion if she had said that she simply finished the Portuguese tree in DuoLingo, and then spoke fluently on the next trip. Pablo in his next video: "We need to talk, Andrea". :) And Andrea, congrats to both you and your boyfriend (assuming you haven't broken up, now 6 months later)!

[@TheMiliPro]

She said she’d been there many times even staying 4 months once so it’s obviously a lot longer than 6 months. She also said ‘pareja’ not ‘novio’ so you can’t automatically assume she has a boyfriend. I noticed though she said they’re not married, the partner’s mom was her “suegra” which gives the impression that the relationship is/was serious. The story reminds me of Natalie who made a video how as a teenager she moved to LA with her boyfriend (spoiler 🚨 it didn’t have a fairytale ending)

[@Football_editzzzzzzs]

Nossa fala português perfeitamente

[@stopthatluca]

Gracias Andrea, eres loca, pero me encantas 😅

[@andrealamexicana]

😂😂😂❤ gracias

[@Zapatero078]

este es un canal para aprender español

[@albertkesselring6505]

Credo che potresti imparare molto facilmente anche l'italiano!

[@FabianoFernandesGarcez]

Siempre tuve la misma percepción, desde el punto de vista opuesto, de que el español es más serio que el portugués.

[@yarathofficial404]

Is there a Portuguese program that is similar to Dreaming Spanish? Is there Dreaming Portuguese that you can learn Portuguese naturally by watching videos like Dreaming Spanish?

[@gerontodon]

I wish there was because I'm slightly more interested in Brazilian Portuguese than Spanish. However, I already know enough Spanish to at least follow along with this video, and there's not much Portuguese comprehensible input.

[@amandaoliveiracg7644]

Eu sou do Brasil, sou brasileira e estou aprendendo espanhol 😂😂😂😂

[@abdelkrimzaouche1881]

Hola Como estas, estoy el professor de la lingua allemana, porfavor quiero apprendre la lingua espagnol, queres ayudar me, puede enviami in prive

[@vucablox]

Kkkk esta ótima

[@nerydias]

hola amiga mexicana português de Brasil es muy fácil así como yo aprendí el español solo mirando videos de algo que me gusta otra persona de que hable español también puede aprender un gran saludo desde Brasil hasta tu hermoso México que Dios te bendiga solo una cosita más el español es un português mal hablado jajajaja jajajaja perdona la broma

[@franciscosoares6772]

Para mim o espanhol é como se fosse alguém tentando falar português com a boca anestesiada, sempre achei estranho kkkkk

[@Zapatero078]

11:27

[@SpanishPaulDank-lg3km]

Quiero aprender el portugués tan mucho no sé porque pero me encantan los idiomas latinos pero no el italiano

[@andrealamexicana]

Que increíble!! Espero que siii

[@SpanishPaulDank-lg3km]

​@@andrealamexicana Muchas gracias y cuando lo haga voy a necesitar Dreaming Portugues jajaja

[@whiterabit09]

Andrea learnt Portuguese because of thirst...

[@cagycee5296]

Andrea is my favorite 😂

[@andrealamexicana]

❤❤❤🤩

[@emersonferreira9356]

Para nós brasileiros é mais fácil aprender espanhol, mas mesmo assim exige um bom estudo kkkk.

[@MysticCommerce]

O te vienes a Suiza 🇨🇭 😂😂

[@juanmiguelperdomo1525]

Más cerca del gallego

[@prestonthayer6338]

Dreaming Portuguese?!?!? Que piensa a Andrea??

[@andrealamexicana]

❤😍

[@prestonthayer6338]

@@andrealamexicana ¿Hay planes para agregar idiomas adicionales a Dreaming Spanish? ¡Muchas gracias por todos tus videos!

[@franciscojosecano2217]

un comentario los portugueses tambien son hispano y iberico latino

[@reginaldorodriguesandrade6028]

For Andrea, Brazilians speak like R2D2 hahahahahah

[@aldozilli1293]

Pa que carajo pones bandera de EEUU y Brazil por Ingles y Portugues? Pone de los paises de donde viene el idioma como hiciste con Espanol!

[@angelinfiel3472]

….

[@DWS2023-uy3yx]

Eu já achei o espanhol uma língua irritante, mal falada. Mas, estou começando a gostar.

[@cesaru3619]

Tu problema era este: MALA ACTITUD.

[@gaelsummer8763]

Así es, esa es la mejor forma de aprender otro idioma. Viviendo en otro país, si eres millonario.. 🙄🙄🙄

[@pauloem71]

Coitado do namorado dessa chata.