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Learn Portuguese in Chicago

Learn to actually speak Portuguese by making friends with native speakers

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Shaina

Shaina

Chicago

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Portuguese

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Korean

My favorite topics

Books, languages, movies, history, culture, and food. I love...

My language exchange partner is

Similar interests to mine because the conversation can keep flowing.

My learning goals

I want to be able to practice the language I am learning.

Andreia

Andreia

Chicago

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Ideal language community partner

Anyone who is interested in helping!...

My learning goals

Improve my English. Learn polish.

My favorite topics

Psychology, Yoga, meditation, music, astronomy

Felipe

Felipe

Chicago

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Basque

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My learning goals

Practice Spanish and help people that want to practive Portuguese...

My favorite topics

Traveling!

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Outgoing and fun

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Portuguese speakers in Chicago

Arina

Arina

Chicago

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Chinese (Traditional)

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Korean

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Portuguese

My favorite topics

Food, filmmaking, k-dramas, languages, cultures, musi...

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone serious about languages only

My learning goals

Having more courage to just speak/write

Brandon

Brandon

Chicago

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Afrikaans

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Hindi

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who loves the world, loves exploring, and someone who...

My learning goals

Hope to learn more of the other languages I'm learning, and would love to help others with their English and French!

My favorite topics

Exploring the World and Learning Languages! ✈️, Political Science and International Relations , Neuroscience, Psychology, & Medicine ‍⚕️, Writing Letters & Sending Postcards ✒️✉️

Irene

Irene

Chicago

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My learning goals

Be able to communicate well with native speaker...

My favorite topics

Languages, Video Games, Star Wars, Music, Books

My language exchange partner is

I'm open so I don't care

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Micheal

Micheal

Chicago

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My favorite topics

Lif...

Ideal language community partner

Christian friends

My learning goals

Making the kingdom of God

Beatryz

Beatryz

Chicago

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

A person who always have something to talk about and is interested...

My learning goals

I want to practice speech, I would also love if anyone could suggest movies, music and books.

My favorite topics

What I mostly do is play games, I also love music, movies, series, anything related to story telling usually gets my attention. Ps. I started reading Harry Potter about a a couple months ago and I’m in the 4th book and It’s so much fun !!!

Felipe

Felipe

Chicago

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My learning goals

Learn English and Spanish. Can I help you? Quiero ayudarte...

My favorite topics

IT, Nature, Animals, culture, Cars, Music, Movies, Travel, anything..

Perfect language exchange partner

Like me, like the same things

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Join a global community

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Learn what matters to you

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Have fun, engaging conversations

Karina

Karina

Chicago

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My favorite topics

Viagens, profissões, culturas, comidas, livro...

I want a conversation partner who is

Alguém que me ajudaria a corrigir os meus erros e que está disposto a conversar frequentemente.

My learning goals

Adquirir fluência até o final de 2017.

jaime

jaime

Chicago

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English

My language exchange partner is

Someone like me trying to improve his Spanish vocabulary, pronunciation...

My learning goals

I want to reach a fluent spoken English due to develop better my work in an international office.

My favorite topics

Economy, Sports, culture, movies...

Hute

Hute

Chicago

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Cantonese

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

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Spanish

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Portuguese

My learning goals

Just want to know more peopl...

My favorite topics

Culture, Languages, Food, Cooking and Happiness

Ideal language community partner

Kind, Friendly and Talkative

Kai

Kai uses Tandem to share their culture with other members.

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"This is my favorite app on my phone, hands down. Within minutes of downloading it, I'd found people to chat with."

Ioana

Ioana

Chicago

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My favorite topics

Psychology,social justice, writing, reading, working with kids,...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Open minded insightful and funny people ☺️IG:ioanafantaa

My learning goals

I want to learn as much as possible

Darwin Gustavo Ruiz

Darwin Gustavo Ruiz

Chicago

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German

Perfect language exchange partner

Smart and funny people....

My learning goals

Practice and perfect the language. Make some friends.

My favorite topics

Music, movies, travel, sports, photography, games, professional development, mentoring.

Gabriel

Gabriel

Chicago

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My learning goals

Improve my language skill...

My favorite topics

Swiming, jogging, reading, working out and meeting new people. IG. @gabe.spindler

I want a conversation partner who is

People who are interested in improving their skills with English and Spanish, also to know more about their cultures and life stories, open minded, fun and kind people

Joe

Joe

Chicago

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English

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Italian

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Arabic

My favorite topics

Science, engineering, medicine, technology, politics, ethics,...

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is patient and understands that it takes time and continuous feedback to learn a language. Someone who is energetic, optimistic, and interesting. Overall, I hope we both share excitement for learning languages together!

My learning goals

I want to improve my grasp on fluency in foreign languages, specifically with using nuanced, regular language as well as a formal understanding of grammar and vocabulary. I want to speak as people do on a daily basis, as well as understand.

Lynn

Lynn

Chicago

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Norwegian

Ideal language community partner

Hummmmm I believe such is life and life is very short., as long...

My learning goals

To be with the right channel

My favorite topics

Like talking about adventure and movies and vacation conversation how it was interesting

Kanorha

Kanorha

Chicago

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My learning goals

Learn French, German and also improve my Englis...

My favorite topics

Movies, Dance, travel, sports

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone fun to have a nice conversation

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Yan

Yan

Chicago

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English

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Chinese (Traditional)

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Russian

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French

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My favorite topics

Traveling, sports, technology...

Perfect language exchange partner

People who like to have fun, travelling, sports

My learning goals

Learn some language, make some friends

Cami

Cami

Chicago

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I want a conversation partner who is

Patience Easy goin...

My learning goals

I want to improve my English

My favorite topics

Traveling Food Sports What makes you happy

Ava

Ava

Chicago

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My learning goals

C’est juste une passion que j’ai maintenant et qui me pousse...

My favorite topics

Les sujets dont j’aime beaucoup parler sont l’art, la danse classique (ou aussi les danses classiques), les langues en général, les cultures des peuples, la géographie, etc. Je suis prête et ouverte à parler de beaucoup de choses différentes.

My language exchange partner is

Je ne sais pas vraiment car je suis vraiment ouverte à tous.

Marcos

Marcos

Chicago

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My favorite topics

De tudo um pouc...

Ideal language community partner

Extrovertida que possa me ajudar sempre a melhorar meu idioma

My learning goals

Quero muito aprender espanhol e outros idiomas e poder ajudar outras pessoas a aprender a língua brasileira

Elisa

Elisa

Chicago

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Que não deixa o assunto morre...

My learning goals

aprimorar meu inglês

My favorite topics

Filmes, música, faculdade, o futuro do planeta, veganismo

Bianca

Bianca

Chicago

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My learning goals

Desenvolver a escrita e fala para aumentar o meu vocabulári...

My favorite topics

Esportes,cultura,seriados e filmes

Perfect language exchange partner

Pessoa divertida que preferer curtir as coisas boas e da vida

suji

suji

Chicago

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English

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Korean

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My favorite topics

Makeup, fashion, cartoon, anime, music, games, Pokémon, drawin...

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who is interested in teaching me things about their culture! If people do cultural dances, that’d be great too!

My learning goals

Learn more colloquial language and make friends! I also want to learn about different points of view.

Michael

Michael

Chicago

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English

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Portuguese

My language exchange partner is

Preferably someone with similar interests but most importantly...

My learning goals

Develop my basic language skills and hopefully meet like-minded people along the way. I want to do something small each day to keep up my languages, even if every day isn't the same

My favorite topics

English and live in Chicago! I love discovering music and films to help me with my languages. My my recent project was to listen to music by each Spanish-speaking country. So let me know if you have a favorite to share!

Debora

Debora

Chicago

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My learning goals

Trying to have a basic conversation it’s my goal right no...

My favorite topics

All of them

Ideal language community partner

Someone respectful it’s enough for me

Matthew

Matthew

Chicago

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English

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Spanish

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Portuguese

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German

My favorite topics

Languages, sports, travel, music, history, books, foo...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Eager to learn, friendly, not afraid to make mistakes

My learning goals

Become a more confident and comfortable speaker

Josie

Josie

Chicago

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Portuguese

Perfect language exchange partner

Likes the outdoors, the arts, owns their own business, self-starter,...

My learning goals

Keep up Spanish and learn new languages! Italian,Portuguese, Arabic, mandarin. Not necessarily in that order. Or anything else! I’m open.

My favorite topics

Culture, politics, science, education, conservation, travel.

Jessica

Jessica

Chicago

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My learning goals

Being able to understand the language and to express myself in...

My favorite topics

Travels, movies, coffee, beach, emotionally talk. I'd really like to meet people and friends from all over the world.

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who also speaks in English so we can understand each other and learn our primary languages so it can be easier to communicate. I'm not asking to respond right away, I can't do it either.

Looking for an online language exchange partner in Chicago, United States?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 735 Portuguese speakers in Chicago looking to learn Portuguese together. Download the Tandem app for free to start practicing languages with locals!

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you know how many Tandem members are available for Portuguese language exchange in Chicago?

In Chicago there are 735 members ready to have a Portuguese language exchange.

Are there other locations in United States other than Chicago where I can find a Portuguese language exchange partner?

You can also find a Portuguese Tandem partner in Oakland, Racine, and Houston.

What is the Tandem app all about?

Tandem is a language exchange app where people teach each other their native language. Each month more than 500,000 people visit Tandem with 735 of them coming from Chicago.