Make your Brazilian Portuguese more authentic, natural, and correct.
Speak with confidence, clarity, and joy — the way language is meant to be 💛
Fix grammar gaps that keep tripping you up, build your vocabulary for life & work, and feel good about your Portuguese.
Personal Support
Access to a private student community where I personally answer your questions, offer guidance, and help you move forward.
Experienced Teacher
Since 2008, I’ve helped thousands speak Portuguese through my blog, private lessons, and teaching at UC Berkeley and USF.
Practical Portuguese
Learn the grammar and vocabulary you need to express yourself clearly — at work, with loved ones, and everywhere in between.
Why Learn with Street Smart Brazil
When Portuguese becomes part of your life, it’s not just about getting by. You want to express yourself fully — to sound more natural, more like yourself, in every conversation.
That’s exactly why I created Street Smart Brazil. Since 2008, thousands of learners have improved their Portuguese through my blog, private lessons, and now through these self-paced courses — all designed to help you connect with more clarity, confidence, and ease.
I’ve been teaching Portuguese for almost 20 years, including at UC Berkeley and the University of San Francisco.
I created Street Smart Brazil because I wanted a space where learners could go beyond the textbook, learn grammar in a clear and practical way, and build the kind of vocabulary that truly matters in real conversations.
Seu português merece 💚
Find the Course That Fits You Best
Choose between grammar that makes sense and sticks, or a focus on vocabulary and expressions that bring your Portuguese to life.
Whichever path you choose, you’ll grow your vocabulary and improve how you build sentences.
30-Day Brazilian Portuguese Challenge
Connect with confidence in Brazilian Portuguese — with daily expressions, useful vocabulary for work and life, and guided practice to help it all stick. Transform your Portuguese in 30 days, even if you don’t have hours to study. Perfect for intermediate speakers who want their Portuguese to flow more naturally.
Bootcamp de Verbos e Preposições
Get the hang of everyday verbs in Portuguese — and the prepositions that come with them. Who says grammar has to be scary or boring? Learn through story-based lessons, real-life examples, and hands-on practice. Perfect for intermediate learners.
Bootcamp do Verbo Gostar
So many learners get the verb gostar wrong — without even realizing it. Here, you’ll finally understand how Portuguese works and stop repeating the same small mistakes. What you learn here will improve your Portuguese — everywhere.
Bootcamp on POR & PARA
Finally make sense of POR and PARA — even if the rules have never fully clicked — while also expanding your vocabulary for real-life conversations. You’ll see POR and PARA in conversations, news articles, music, — more examples than any other resource.
Artigos em Português 101
Meu or o meu? Anna or a Anna? Get it all cleared up — in under an hour.
I’ll help you understand when and how to use articles in Portuguese, so your grammar doesn’t get in the way of your message, even if “o meu”, “a Anna”, and “o Brasil” have always been a mystery.
Get the Full Bootcamp Experience
Get all four Bootcamp courses in one bundle and save.
Fix the grammar mistakes that keep tripping you up.
Demystify tricky rules with clear, simple explanations.
Grow your vocabulary for life and work — and build stronger sentence structure naturally along the way.
Conheça Sua Professora de Português
Luciana Lage
I’ve been teaching Portuguese for nearly 20 years — including at UC Berkeley and the University of San Francisco.
What I love most is helping learners reach that moment when everything clicks. That moment when Portuguese starts to feel like yours.
I created Street Smart Brazil in 2008 to help people like you speak Portuguese with confidence, clarity, and heart.
I believe grammar should feel simple and practical, not scary or boring — and I love showing learners how to make the language work for their real life.
Whether you’re learning for family, for love, for work, or for travel, I’m here to help you sound more natural, feel more at home, and connect more deeply — in Portuguese.
Because when a language is part of your life — your family, your friendships, your identity — you want to get it right.
You want to belong. You want to feel like yourself.
"This Bootcamp de Verbos e Preposições course ....rocks!!"
David F.
Intermediate Portuguese speaker living in Brazil
David C.
Street Smart Brazil student, advanced speaker
David F.
Street Smart Brazil student, intermediate speaker living in Brazil
Keith
Street Smart Brazil student, intermediate speaker with friends in Brazil
This course helped me to understand the correct preposition(s) to use with popular verbs (some not needing a preposition at all), how to avoid common mistakes, and even some handy sayings that I was not aware of beforehand. And of course I also learned some new verbs along the way. It is a lot of information to take in, and thus will of course require additional time, practice, and repetition.
Robert
Street Smart Brazil student, intermediate speaker with Brazilian partner
Gary
Street Smart Brazil student, advanced speaker
Kenneth
Street Smart Brazil student, advanced speaker
Jordan
Street Smart Brazil student, advanced speaker immersed in Brazilian culture
Erik
Street Smart Brazil student, advanced speaker with Brazilian partner
Jessica
Street Smart Brazil student, advanced speaker with Brazilian partnerType of person