Work

Laura introduces herself, sharing details about her family, work, and hobbies. Then you’ll hear the same introduction from a 3rd-person perspective.

Afonso talks about himself and his friend Sónia in this simple introduction.

Meet Olga, a German expat living in Portugal, embracing rural life with her wife Lucie and their two dogs.

Luís chats briefly about his work at Practice Portuguese.

António’s job interview takes an unexpected turn! Note: Candidatura espontânea is a term used if someone applies for a job when the company is not even hiring. In this Shorty, it ends up having a double meaning. 🙃

Learn Portuguese with Joana and Damiana as they organize the office and try a questionable protein bar. 🥴

Joel and Rui discuss some of Joel’s views on adapting to life in Portugal, from the lack of “real salads” to the differences in work culture.

Joel talks about career choices and adapting to life in Portugal. (Listeners: Rui & Joel are outside filming, so the sound in the background is a nearby water feature.)

Explore relative pronouns in this passage about how Anabela began her new career.

A man talks about what he did yesterday and today. Notice how different forms of the past tense are used throughout the story.

Joel gets an inside look into the strike happening in Lisbon tomorrow. Márcia explains the reasons behind the strike, including the struggle for fair wages and better working conditions. Practice your Portuguese listening skills and learn vocabulary as you hear about the challenges workers are facing in Portugal!

Martim finds his calling. Verbs practice: irregular Portuguese verbs in the simple past tense (pretérito perfeito).

Sara writes an email to her colleague before leaving for vacation.

Marcelo gets fired after stinking up the office one too many times.

After almost a decade of Practice Portuguese, it’s time for us to move onto the next phase…

In today’s European Portuguese Listening Practice, a brother confronts his sister about an exciting job offer she has been keeping a secret. Why has she been trying to hide it from everyone? 🚀 Explore the difference between the verbs dizer, falar, and contar.

Luisa finally stands up to her terrible boss.

Mónica and João are coworkers who are getting ready for an upcoming holiday. Will they accomplish everything they planned during their time off work?

Explore the difference between the verbs dizer, falar, and contar in this dialogue between a brother and sister.

What would you do? Explore the conditional and the subjunctive as Sofia struggles to make a decision about a job opportunity.

Raul tells Soraia about his love of football (i.e. soccer for you Americans)! Use the dialogue to help familiarize yourself with a variety of conjunctions.

Remote learning and working is not easy! Carlota logs into her online class just as her mother starts a work meeting. With so many voices, it becomes difficult for either of them to focus…

Vanda and António discuss how to handle a work emergency. Notice how the speakers use acabar + de + infinitive verb to refer to the recent past, i.e. something that “just” happened.

Ivo emails a cover letter along with his resume to apply for a position as a Chief Financial Officer.