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How easy is Portuguese for Spanish speakers?

Going from Spanish to Portuguese (Português) has a composite linguistic distance of 12% (curated lexical data). Below is the dimension-by-dimension breakdown.

12% distance FSI Cat I (Easiest) — 600–750 hours
Lexical similarity
89%

Shared vocabulary, cognates, and loanwords.

Grammatical distance
100%

Morphology, syntax, word order, cases.

Phonological similarity
20%

Shared sounds and phoneme inventory.

Writing-system match
100%

Latin → Latin

Genealogical kinship
100%

Indo-European ↔ Indo-European

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Sample sentences side-by-side

How everyday sentences look in both languages:

🇪🇸 Spanish
El gobierno nacional apoya la educación y la cultura en todo el país.
🇵🇹 Portuguese
O governo nacional apoia a educação e a cultura em todo o país.
🇪🇸 Spanish
La música popular refleja la historia y la identidad del pueblo.
🇵🇹 Portuguese
A música popular reflete a história e a identidade do povo.

Curated cognates between Spanish and Portuguese

Word pairs that share a common etymological root — instantly recognisable across both languages:

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