A Dança da Resistência: A História da Capoeira

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B2 Portuguese listening practice · Portuguese · Curated for upper-intermediate learners

About this clip

A 1:02 video in Portuguese at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 154 words per minute, rated 4.1/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
  • History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this B2 Portuguese listening practice listening practice?

80.8%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Portuguese words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday Portuguese.

General Portuguese frequency

67.7%
Top 1,000
80.8%
Top 2,000
95.4%
Top 5,000

Spoken Portuguese frequency

78.3%
Top 1,000
92.5%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Conversational vocabulary
This reel’s words appear more often in subtitle-based spoken-Portuguese data than in general usage, so it may feel closer to everyday conversation.

Words above this video’s level

Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s B2 level.

conviviam
Rare / outside top 5,000
they lived together
coreografados
Rare / outside top 5,000
choreographed
criminalizada
Rare / outside top 5,000
criminalized
disfarçavam
Rare / outside top 5,000
they disguised
dança da resistência
dance of resistance against oppression

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-PT-BR 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.

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