I plan on living in Portugal for 2 or 3 years then in Brazil, which Portuguese should I learn?
Hi, I live in Europe and would like to move to Brazil in a few years. Since I can work remotely from anywhere in the EU, I was thinking about living in Portugal for a few years to become fluent in Portuguese, and then moving to Brazil once it makes sense for me professionally.
The issue is this: from my understanding, Portuguese people and Brazilians can sometimes have trouble understanding each other, so I don’t know if I should learn European Portuguese, even though I know I only plan on staying there for 2–3 years maximum, or if I should learn Brazilian Portuguese but risk hurting my integration and the friendships I could make in Portugal because we might have trouble understanding each other.
I know the written language is basically the same, so I’m specifically talking about pronunciation.
Another question : If I decided to learn European portuguese, how hard would it be to then get used to speaking Brazilian portuguese?
Edit: Thanks for the replies guys! To not be in tense situations that would come with being a foreigner learning Brazilian Portuguese in Portugal, I think i'll reevaluate my plan. Probably skip Portugual, learn Brazilian Portuguese and move to Brazil when i'm ready.