Description

Brazilian Portuguese is written and spoken by over 180 million inhabitants of Brazil and around  world, including over 1 million Brazilian Americans. Portuguese is taught at more than 280 colleges and universities in the United States. Portable and concise, this is the perfect Brazilian Portuguese reference for businesspeople, travelers, and students.

Brazil is the most popular tourist destination in South America, enjoying over 5 million visitors in 2008. It is also the second largest economy in the Americas (after the United States). This compact dictionary features:

• 10,000 essential entries
• Each entry includes key grammatical information and pronunciation
• Many entries include related words and phrases
• Spelling updated in full accordance with the Reforma Ortográfica da Lingua Portuguesa, 2009

About the author(s)

Amadeu Marques is an English and Portuguese teacher and author whose books have been published in Brazil for over thirty years. Among his many books are Dicionário Amadeu Marques Inglês-Português, Português-Inglês, Say It Right! - Guia Prático de Pronúncia and Snowball - Basic English Vocabulary. A native of Lisbon, Marques lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.