Luiz Carlos Barreto e sua trajetória no cinema
B2 Portuguese listening practice · Brazilian Portuguese · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 8:40 video in Portuguese at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 194 words per minute, rated 4.3/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Interviews - Long-form conversations and Q&As.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
- ▸Movies - Films, directors, and cinema discussions.
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
- ▸Sports - Soccer, basketball, tennis, the Olympics, and athletes.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 Portuguese listening practice listening practice?
90.5%
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
81.2%
Top 1,000
90.5%
Top 2,000
96%
Top 5,000
Spoken Portuguese frequency
91.9%
Top 1,000
97%
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.
barretão
5×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(slang) big barrette
navegar essas águas turbulentas
1×
overcome difficult situations with skill
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-PT-BR 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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