what language is closest to portuguese?

Question

I think i stated the question wrong but what i mean is, for what person is it easier to learn portuguese? Meaning if i speak spanish do you think that makes it easier for me to learn portuguese. i really want to learn portuguese. what is the best way? oh ALSO! does ronaldinho speak spanish?

Answer 1

If you speak spanish it would be easy for you to learn portuguese. I speak spanish and I can understand a lot of what portuguese people say. A lot of words are the same, some differ slightly in pronunciation.

Best player in the world in spanish would be "mejor jugador del mundo" and in portuguese would be something like "melhor jogador do mundo. This is just a quick example to show some similarities.

Yes Ronaldinho speaks spanish.

Here is a link to an interview to prove it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da7oc-JzEJI&search=ronaldinho%20interview

Answer 2

Spanish is very close to Portuguese. The best way is taking classes and visiting a country where people speak Portuguese, so you can practice with native people, it is more fun and easier to remember.
about Ronaldinho, I think he speaks a Portunish (Portuguese + Spanish)... heheheh

Answer 3

No, Ronaldinho doesn't speak Spanish. He speaks Brazilian Portuguese. If you speak Spanish, he will understand. In general, Brazilian can understand Spanish without problem. However, Spanish speakers don't seem to understand Portuguese as good. Weird. I speak Portuguese and now learning Spanish. It's very easy. In fact, if you speak at least two languages, you will find the third language very easy to learn.

Tips for learning Portuguese. Learn northern accent if you have Spanish in you, otherwise please speak like the southerners such as Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo people. It sounds sexy. lol

Answer 4

Spanish is pretty close to Portuguese, and it would definitely be easier to learn Portugese if you speak Spanish, but if you don't already speak Spanish, it would be easier to just start off learning Portugese rather than learning Spanish and then Portugese

Answer 5

Spanish is closer. When we watched a portuguese movie in my Spanish 1A class, I understood most of it. It was so cool

Answer 6

yes portuguese is similar to spanish, you will have an a advantage. remember, that Portugal and Spain are both in the Iberian peninsula

Answer 7

yes spanish is the same.and yes ronaldinho speaks spanish

Answer 8

dunno if Ronaldo speaks spanish fluently .. but many spanish speakers can understand a bit of portugese.. and Portuguese speakers can understand much of Spanish..
i speak fluent portuguese.. and i could speak to someone in portuguese and they could speak back in Spanish and we would have a working knownledge of eachother

Answer 9

I would agree that Spanish is closest. Portugese, Spanish, Italian and French are all "romance languages" (i.e. they are derived from Latin).

Answer 10

Yes. Yes.