April 25th, 1974, in Portugal Remains Unfulfilled

Reflecting on 50 years of democracy and the words we use

Araci Almeida
The Portuguese
Published in
8 min readApr 19, 2024

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Yesterday, in a Portuguese language class with my Polish student, another unusual episode highlighted the ignorance of many Portuguese people of our language.

She told me how she had questioned her Portuguese girlfriend about a grammatical issue, correcting her…

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Araci Almeida
The Portuguese

9 Times Top Writer, but it doesn't matter anymore. I write about Portugal, I think.