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Spanish and Portuguese are not mutually intelligible. They are totally separate languages and if you are wishing to communicate with a target audience in one of these languages finding a high quality translations service should be your priority.

Portuguese is a Romance language, which means it shares many of the same roots and grammatical structures as other Romance languages.

It's very similar to Spanish, Italian, French and Romanian and if you are holidaying there, you can often get by in those countries just with your knowledge of Portuguese.

If you're a history buff, you may have wondered about this question.

The answer is... both languages are extremely old.

In fact, Spanish and Portuguese are so old that they predate even Latin! They were spoken in Iberia as far back as the 6th century B.C., and they evolved from Latin over the course of many centuries.

But which one came first? Well, linguists don't know for sure—but there's a good chance it was Portuguese, because it was spoken by people who lived along the Atlantic coast of Europe from Portugal to Galicia (in Spain). And those people were called Lusitani after their homeland of Lusitania (now Portugal).

Centuries ago Brazil was colonised by people from Portugal so today they speak Brazilian Portuguese as their primary language.

Tupian was the main language spoken by Brazil's native people before European settlers.

Portuguese currently has an estimated 356 000 words.

Yes, Portuguese evolved from Latin.

Yes, Portuguese is considered a romance language as it comes from Latin.

Portuguese is not a tonal language, which can add complication when translating Portuguese audio, this is why you should always choose a professional Portuguese translation service.

At Absolute Translations, we can translate all forms of Portuguese from traditional to Brazilian Portuguese in written documents, video footage or audio recordings.

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Yes, as Portuguese evolved from Latin it is considered a romance language.

As one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world and the country is in the European Union there are many benefits to learning to speak and translate Portuguese.

Portuguese is one of the easier second languages to learn as it's a Romance language that shares many similarities with other Romance languages like Spanish and Italian. If you already speak one of those two languages, then learning Portuguese will be even easier for you!