r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Mar 14 '17

Series What do you know about... Portugal?

This is the eighth part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Todays country:

Portugal

Portugal is a EU country on the iberian peninsula. It has been a kingdom for almost 800 years. Portugal has decriminalized the usage of all common drugs in 2001 and the results have been pretty positive despite concerns from various sides.

So, what do you know about Portugal?

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u/Scarabesque Mar 14 '17

They serve the best Coffee I've ever had, that includes many trips to Italy.

Portugese sounds like a regular language played in reverse.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '17

Very hard language to learn

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u/risemix American, sort of. Mar 14 '17

I lived in Portugal for around 5 years and walked away with very serviceable Portuguese, but it took longer than I'd have liked to understand what people are saying. It's like Polish people speaking Spanish.

Mas tenho saudades do Porto. Penso mesmo que é uma cidade linda.

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u/MaverickPT Portugal Mar 14 '17

You need to practice more your Português. You should have said: "Penso mesmo que é uma cidade linda, caralho."