Why does Portuguese sound like Eastern European?

Some experts have explained this by highlighting that both Russian and Portuguese are stress-timed languages, which makes their intonation sound very similar, but only in rhythm. A stress-timed language involves uttering stressed syllables at approximately regular intervals.

Does Portuguese sound like Italian?

In terms of phonetics, Brazilian Portuguese sounds much more similar to Italian than European Portuguese, which sounds more Slavic. It is important to know that the second-largest Italian population outside of Italy lives in São Paulo, Brazil, after Buenos Aires and before New York.

Are Brazilian and Portuguese the same?

Portuguese is the official language of ten countries across the entire globe. Brazil is the one with the most Portuguese speakers. In Europe, Portugal is the only country of which the official language is Portuguese.

Why does Portuguese sound like Russian?

European Portuguese and Russian are stress-timed languages and their rhythms sound similar. The fact that Portuguese uses the sound “sh” a lot also contributes to the similarity to Russian. In fact, most Slavic languages are stress-timed and this is the main reason why European Portuguese sounds like a Slavic language.

Does Portuguese sound like Russian?

They both are in their own way. Portuguese has certain sounds which resemble Russian which aren’t found in neighbouring languages like Spanish and if you are expecting Portuguese to sound like Spanish, which naively a lot of people do, then those sounds will jump out at you like a fist in your face.

What does Portuguese sound like?

Portuguese from Brazil sounds like musical and happy Spanish mixed with French while Portuguese from Portugal sounds like a Slavic language and is almost completely unintelligible to a Spanish speaker with no experience in it.