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How easy is Portuguese for English speakers?

Going from English to Portuguese (Português) has a composite linguistic distance of 56% (curated lexical data). Below is the dimension-by-dimension breakdown.

56% distance FSI Cat I (Easiest) — 600–750 hours
Lexical similarity
18%

Shared vocabulary, cognates, and loanwords.

Grammatical distance
77%

Morphology, syntax, word order, cases.

Phonological similarity
0%

Shared sounds and phoneme inventory.

Writing-system match
100%

Latin → Latin

Genealogical kinship
40%

Indo-European ↔ Indo-European

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Sample sentences side-by-side

How everyday sentences look in both languages:

🇬🇧 English
The climate of the tropical region is humid and very hot.
🇵🇹 Portuguese
O clima da região tropical é úmido e muito quente.
🇬🇧 English
The national park protects animals and plants that are in danger.
🇵🇹 Portuguese
O parque nacional protege animais e plantas que estão em perigo.

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