It will be easier to find someone that speaks english, even though spanish has become more popular in the foreign languages schools. I went to brazil las t summer and found many americans with no knowledge in the portuguese language getting their word across….do not speak spanish – they consider it rude , they will think that you are just one self important, ignorant american who does not know that the language is portuguese.

Probably not. Hope you know, we speak Portuguese. We may understand, but not everybody.

Nope!!!
The English is so much more common as a second language than Spanish and people will get offended if will try to speak Spanish with them because they will think you’re confusing them with people from surround countries and thinking in Brazil speaks Spanish as them!

If you’ve studied Spanish and want to hone your skills with a little bit of practice, Brazil is not the place to go.

The foreign language that most Brazilians speak, when they do, is English. Spanish is a distant second, and, if you’ve studied it, you’ll speak better than most Brazilians, especially those that are trying to ***** that up just because we speak Portuguese, which is close to Spanish, but quite different, mind you.

Now knowing Spanish can help you getting around in Brazil, because it is easy for locals, with little effort, to understand a basic conversation in Spanish.

Well the majority of them speak Portuguese (well not really that close to Portuguese, because even though I am from Portugal I have trouble understanding them) but many of them probably speak Spanish, since the languages are fairly close and they are surrounded by Spanish-speaking countries.

NO =O People in brazil speak portugeese. wow. and you thought all those years of spanish were going to help.

Portuguese. Its similar to spanish, though.

Yes! There are a lot of folks there who speak primarily spanish but also speak a little english. They are excited for every opportunity to work with english speaking people to enhance their spanish vocabulary and help themselves with their english at the same time.

No, but there may be a few. Portuguese is the main language.

“Languages

Portuguese is the official language of Brazil. English, French and Spanish are also spoken. Brazil is unusual in being South America’s only non-Spanish speaking country, a legacy of the Portuguese colonial past.” -Worldinfozone.com

I do believe so, since it’s bordered by Spanish speaking countries. Also workers from those countries tend to go into Brazil for jobs.