pequeno & grande – menor & maior

Stumbling block #1 for new learners is making sense of how Brazilians say small, smaller, smallest & big, bigger, biggest. (or, large/larger/largest) What’s the big deal? In all Portuguese you express things like short, smart, fat, fast, sexy like this: short = baixo shorter = mais baixo shortest = o mais baixo * And of…

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Portuguese Comparatives

Comparing one thing to another usually involves a comparison word plus a preposition. A comparison word is one of these: superior, inferior, maior, menor, pior, melhor, igual, mais alto, mais baixo Notice in these examples how ‘do que’ means ‘than’ as in bigger than, better than etc. maior > Minha prancha é maior do que…

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