Maputo: A Cidade da Ostentação e Ilusão

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

About this clip

A 5:04 video in Portuguese at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 162 words per minute, rated 3.3/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸Music - Songs, artists, genres, and music culture.
  • ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
  • ▸Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.
  • ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
  • ▸Entertainment - TV shows, movies, music, books, and pop culture.

Vocabulary frequency

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

86.5%
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

79.9%
Top 1,000
86.5%
Top 2,000
93%
Top 5,000

Spoken Portuguese frequency

88%
Top 1,000
96.6%
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.

manas
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
ostentei
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
acabas
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
acácias
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
cidade das aparências
1×
city where looks matter more than reality

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

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