O verdadeiro sentido de maquiavélico e o pensamento de Maquiavel
C1 Portuguese listening practice · Brazilian Portuguese · Curated for advanced learners
About this clip
A 5:07 video in Portuguese at C1 level, suitable for advanced learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 147 words per minute, rated 4.3/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
- ▸Language Learning - Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and real conversation practice.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this C1 Portuguese listening practice listening practice?
84.5%
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
77.3%
Top 1,000
84.5%
Top 2,000
93.8%
Top 5,000
Spoken Portuguese frequency
88.8%
Top 1,000
96%
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 C1 level.
amoral
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
lacking moral principles
maquiavélico
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
cunning and deceitful
caminho para o inferno
1×
path to bad consequences or downfall
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-PT-BR 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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