Pedindo espingarda para matar o Pedro

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B1 Portuguese listening practice · Brazilian Portuguese · Curated for intermediate learners

About this clip

A 50s video in Portuguese at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 187 words per minute, rated 3.4/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸Comedy & Humor - Skits, funny moments, humor, and light-hearted content.
  • ▸Storytelling - Personal stories, anecdotes, and lived experience.
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Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this B1 Portuguese listening practice listening practice?

91%
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

85.1%
Top 1,000
91%
Top 2,000
96.3%
Top 5,000

Spoken Portuguese frequency

93.8%
Top 1,000
99.2%
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 B1 level.

olas
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
waves
quartinho
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
small room
ué
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
huh/what?
espingarda
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
gun
dar um tiro nele
1×
to shoot him (figurative threat)

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

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