Hitting a Wall with Your Portuguese?

I get you!

As an intermediate speaker, you’ve come a long way in your Portuguese learning journey – you can hold conversations, navigate daily activities, and even impress with your vocabulary.

But you feel like your progress has plateaued. There’s an annoying feeling that you’re skating on the surface; you’re missing the spice, the color, the zing of Brazilian Portuguese.

Now, it’s time to dive deeper into the language, improve your listening skills, and expand your vocabulary in a meaningful and enjoyable way.

Join me and achieve all this while having fun and mastering great idiomatic expressions.

I created this course with a genuine desire to offer a light and enjoyable way for intermediate speakers to significantly advance their Portuguese.

Upgrade your Brazilian Portuguese in 30 days

Imagine a month from now, being able to:

  • Use a rich variety of vocabulary in your conversations, including great idiomatic expressions.

  • Understand spoken Portuguese with greater ease.

  • Strengthen your verb conjugation game by using verbs in real-life context.

Get all that while you learn engaging idiomatic expressions

Feel your skills grow with each lesson

Each lesson, taught entirely in Portuguese, immerses you in Brazilian Portuguese by featuring:

One idiomatic expression at the core of each of the 30 Portuguese lessons

Mini stories to explain the expression and provide context

Two examples from daily life to show practical usage and two examples from the media, including online articles and song lyrics, to deepen your understanding

You will learn fun idiomatic expressions, enhance your vocabulary and listening skills, use verb-conjugation in context, and gain insights into the cultural nuances of the language.

Deep dive into this engaging Brazilian Portuguese Experience!

Why Choose the 30-Day Brazilian Idioms Experience?

This course is designed for intermediate speakers to help you bring Portuguese into your daily life in a way that makes a difference in your vocabulary and your ability to interact and communicate.

Here’s what you get:

  • 30 Daily Video Lessons in Portuguese: Immerse yourself in the language with 5-10 minute video lessons fully in Portuguese, with subtitles you can turn on and off, helping you improve your listening skills.

  • 30 Quizzes: Strengthen your understanding and application of the idiomatic expressions through engaging quizzes. These quizzes feature additional examples, expand your vocabulary, and challenge your verb conjugation skills.

  • Comprehensive Vocabulary Lists: Each lesson includes a vocabulary list with a glossary of terms, totaling over 800 words across the 30 lessons.

  • Lifetime Access: Don’t worry if you can’t or don’t want to open a lesson every day—you get lifetime access to the course, the community, and any future updates.

  • Private Community Access: Join a supportive community where you can ask questions, share insights, celebrate wins, and receive feedback from me personally.

The ASA System:
Giving Your Portuguese Wings

I used my teaching expertise to create a three-part framework that takes Portuguese speakers from vaguely recognizing commonly used expressions to confidently dropping them into everyday conversations.
Each lesson takes you through these three components:

  • Assimilate

    Here, you get to know the nitty-gritty of each idiom. I'll explain its meaning, origin, and the situations where it's commonly used. I also offer English equivalents.

  • Situate

    We dive into real-world context. Through relatable life scenarios and authentic examples from Brazilian media and songs, you’ll see the idioms in action in real life.

  • Activate

    Time to roll up your sleeves. You'll put the idioms to use through practical activities and quizzes. Not only will you be applying the idioms, but you’ll also be flexing your Portuguese language muscles across different verb tenses.

Meet your professora

Luciana Lage

If we haven’t met yet, I’m Luciana, and I’ve been teaching Brazilian Portuguese for over a decade. I’ve had the pleasure of teaching at places like UC Berkeley and the University of San Francisco. My real passion is using language to help people connect and build relationships. Language is at the heart of every conversation and the soul of cultural exchange. I’m dedicated to teaching authentic Portuguese that is both correct and natural, bridging gaps and bringing people closer together.

I aim to provide you with a language acquisition experience that opens the door to more authentic and dynamic communication.

What My Students Say About Learning With Me

“The improvement in my Portuguese should be testimonial enough to Street Smart Brazil’s value, but let me just say that it was an immensely enjoyable ride to achieve it!”

Jessica

“Street Smart Brazil has great teachers. They are interested in creating a learning experience that I look forward to every week. I’ve progressed and become comfortable with my use and understanding of the language. ”

Bill

“If you can’t move to Brazil to learn Portuguese, the next best thing is to join the classes at Street Smart Brazil. Luciana taught me the Portuguese that Brazilians actually use, and she made it fun!”

Garinho

“I found Street Smart Brazil after studying Brazilian Portuguese for about a year and a half. I’d studied with some good teachers in that time, but my lessons with Street Smart Brazil really outshine all others. I’ve really seen my Portuguese improve since starting lessons with Street Smart Brazil!”

Jordan

Introducing The 30-Day Brazilian Idioms Experience

The 30-Day Brazilian Idioms Experience is a course designed to help intermediate Portuguese speakers dive deeper into the language.

Through this journey, you’ll not only learn engaging idiomatic expressions but also enhance your overall language abilities, including listening skills, vocabulary, and verb conjugation.

With the expressions you learn, you’ll express yourself with more precision using the authentic language that Brazilians use and cherish.

Each day for 30 days, you’ll receive a new lesson and quiz focused on a specific idiomatic expression.

These lessons are crafted to ensure you’re not just learning but truly internalizing these valuable expressions.

Don't worry if you can't or don’t want to open a lesson every day— you get lifetime access to the course, the community, and any future updates.

You’ll get access to a student community space where you can ask me questions, start discussions, celebrate wins, share feedback with each other, and receive feedback from me.

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  2. ⚽️ Expressões Idiomáticas do Futebol

  3. 🖖🏼 Expressões Idiomáticas com Partes do Corpo

  4. 🐮 Expressões Idiomáticas com Animais

  5. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Expressões Idiomáticas para Comportamentos Desafiadores

  6. 🙀 Expressões Idiomáticas para os Desafios da Vida

About this course

  • 30 lessons and 30 quizzes, dripped one per day
  • Videos in Portuguese with subtitles in Portuguese
  • 30 vocabulary lists, one per lesson, with over 800 words in total

All our students also get

  • Lifetime access to the curriculum, including future updates

  • A certificate of completion

  • Access to our private student community

By the end of this course, you will have enhanced your overall Portuguese skills

You will also be better able to communicate and interact with Brazilian family, friends, and coworkers

I created this course with a genuine desire to offer a light and enjoyable way for intermediate speakers to significantly advance their Portuguese.

I wish to offer you a language acquisition experience that opens the door to more authentic and dynamic communication.

Practice your listening skills with daily video lessons in Portuguese

Expand your vocabulary with over 800 words through 30 vocabulary lists, one for each lesson

Strengthen your verb conjugation game by using verbs in context as you practice the idiomatic expressions of the course

Express your thoughts and feelings with more precision and rich imagery

Real Impact, Real Progress

Beyond Expressions: A World of Learning Awaits

5 star rating

My best investment

David Fiore

"The 30-day Brazilian Portuguese Experience" integrates all of the essentials needed by anyone who has the goal of becoming a fluent speaker of Brazilian Portuguese. After living in the US and visiting many of the online sites for about five years...

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"The 30-day Brazilian Portuguese Experience" integrates all of the essentials needed by anyone who has the goal of becoming a fluent speaker of Brazilian Portuguese. After living in the US and visiting many of the online sites for about five years, I recently moved to Brazil and have discovered that if I wanted to achieve my goals I was going to have to make a much more focused effort. This course has been the solution for me. It is one thing to master the grammar and vocabulary of this beautiful language but quite another to be able apply that knowledge and engage in a meaningul dialogue with a native Brazilian. This course dives deeply into those nuances focusing, for example, on the integration of idioms into your conversations. In her compelling videos Luciana reveals to you what "real" Brazilian portuguese sounds like and how it is expressed on "the street", in a manner that is sincere and charming. The technical quality of the online course is impressive, and reflects a very serious effort to deliver an engaging experience, for the learner. The content of the course is immense and I refer you to the course description for the details. If you decide to subscribe to this course I am confident that you, like me, will regard this to be one of the best decisions that you have ever made. Feliz em falar português brasileiro!!

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Students are already reporting significant improvements in vocabulary, oral comprehension, and grammar 💪🏼

100% Satisfaction Guarantee

I’m really proud of this high-quality course, and it’s important to me that you feel confident and excited about joining this program.


As an avid course-taker myself, I also completely understand that not all programs are created equally, and I’ve been burned by bad purchases before. So I completely get it if you’re feeling skeptical or concerned.

That’s why I offer a full 7 days to experience the program. If you aren’t satisfied, email me within 7 days of having the first lesson availble to you, and I’ll refund your purchase.


Still not sure this course is for you?

I want course participants to truly thrive in this learning journey.
This course is perfect for you if you have:

Intermediate knowledge of Portuguese
(all videos and text lessons are in Portuguese)

A desire to deepen your Portuguese proficiency beyond the basics

Eagerness to expand vocabulary and speak in a more authentic way

A genuine intention to apply new knowledge in real-life situations

FAQ

If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to email me at [email protected].

I'd love to help you figure out if this is right for you.

  • Can't I just find Brazilian idiomatic expressions online? Why should I take this course?

    This course is more than learning idiomatic expressions. You will learn expressions that I chose very intentionally because they will make your Portuguese more precise, fun, and authentic. But the course is about more than that. It’s about being in contact with Portuguese and learning something new every day for 30 days. You’ll watch videos in Portuguese, listen to detailed explanations, and learn idiomatic expressions with examples and quizzes. This structured approach helps you internalize the expressions, ensuring you can use them fluently and appropriately in conversations. The quizzes reinforce and deepen your learning in a way that a list of expressions cannot match.

  • What level of Portuguese proficiency is required to benefit from this course?

    This course is designed for intermediate speakers. Each of the 30 lessons features a video in Portuguese with Portuguese subtitles, along with text lessons, quizzes, and community interactions all conducted in Portuguese. If you can engage in everyday conversations in Portuguese (B1 to B2 level), you will benefit greatly from this course. If not, it might be better suited for you later in your journey.

  • I am a beginner Portuguese learner; is this course suitable for me?

    This course is primarily tailored for intermediate learners. The video lessons, subtitles, written materials, and community interactions are all conducted in Portuguese. Beginners might find the course challenging. To benefit fully, it’s best to have a proficiency level that allows you to understand the content and participate in discussions.

  • How much time will I need to dedicate to this course?

    Let’s face it, no one wants to watch 100 hours of video lessons. That’s why this course offers brigadeiro-sized lessons—sweet, short, and satisfying. Each video is between 5 and 10 minutes, giving you the essence of learning without the fluff. The time you take to complete each quiz will vary based on your Portuguese skills; it could take around 10 minutes, or you might spend more time exploring the vocabulary and grammar. The best part? The course is self-paced, so you can learn whenever it suits you. No rush, no fuss - just effective learning on your terms.

  • Will I get personal attention in this course?

    Absolutely! The course includes access to a dedicated community space on the course platform (not on Facebook), where you can ask questions about the course content or Portuguese in general. I personally respond to all questions, ensuring you get the support you need.

  • How long do I keep access to the course?

    You have lifetime access to the course curriculum and student community as long as the program is active. So, don’t worry if you can’t or don’t want to open a lesson every day. The course is self-paced, so you can learn whenever it suits you. No rush, no fuss—just effective learning on your terms.

  • Can you guarantee that I will improve my Portuguese?

    No course can promise guaranteed results because factors like personal effort and your starting proficiency level play significant roles. However, this course is designed using proven language acquisition techniques and my extensive teaching experience to provide you with the best tools for success. Your progress will depend on how actively you engage with the materials, but rest assured, the course is structured to facilitate and support your improvement in Portuguese.

  • Can I access the course on mobile devices?

    Yes, you can access the course on mobile devices. The course is mobile-friendly, so you can view the video lessons, access course materials, and take the quizzes directly through your mobile browser. There is also a Thinkific mobile app available, which allows you to access most of the course content. However, please note that the app currently does not support quizzes. For the best experience, including taking quizzes, it is recommended to use a mobile browser or a desktop computer.

  • Do you have a refund policy?

    I’m proud of my course, and it’s important to me that you feel confident and excited about joining this program. As an avid course-taker myself, I understand that not all programs are created equally, and I’ve experienced disappointment with some purchases. So, I completely understand if you’re feeling skeptical or concerned. That’s why I offer a full 7 days to experience the program. If you aren’t satisfied, email me within 7 days of accessing the first lesson, and I’ll refund your purchase.

Engage in authentic conversations

Enhance your listening skills, vocabulary, and verb conjugation
while you learn engaging idiomatic expressions