Whenever I say I come from Portugal, I immediately see a light in people’s eyes. Living in a foreign country, I often come across people who have a trip to Portugal on their bucket list or have some amazing memories of their last visit and can’t wait to go back and delve deeper. It’s not […]
What the heck is European Portuguese?
European or Iberian Portuguese, or Portuguese from Portugal: these are the ways we can refer to the native language of Portugal. Just like Spanish, French, Italian and Romanian, Portuguese is a Romance Language, which means it evolved from Vulgar Latin, after the Romans arrived on the Iberian Peninsula bringing the Latin language with them. Even […]