What does portuguese sound like to you?

[Damião de Góis]

I like the regional expressions.
My Sister lives in the Algarve.I visit her a lot.At one time we went out with some friends of her(Algarvios).
And one of them looked at my trousers and asked me:
-"E tu,porque Mar pescaste esse Peixe moc.?"
Claro deixou-me a pensar por uns segundos.(Que peixe?)

"Moce"

Yes i'm also familiar with them. Also with Alentejo accents (my parents are from there).

[Sikeliot]

One time I was with my mother in public and she was on the phone with my aunt (talking in Portuguese) and someone who we ran into who know me said to me "I didn't know your mother spoke Russian!" Now obviously she wasn't speaking Russian and the person telling me this did not know Russian, but they (used to hearing Brazilian Portuguese) mistook what my mom was speaking for Russian because it did not sound like what she thought Portuguese sounded like.

[Riki]

One time I was with my mother in public and she was on the phone with my aunt (talking in Portuguese) and someone who we ran into who know me said to me "I didn't know your mother spoke Russian!" Now obviously she wasn't speaking Russian and the person telling me this did not know Russian, but they (used to hearing Brazilian Portuguese) mistook what my mom was speaking for Russian because it did not sound like what she thought Portuguese sounded like.

I was asked the same,like 2 or 3 times in England.
Portuguese tend to use Portuguese coffee shops as well as lot of English People.
When the Portuguese are speaking among them,usually we are asked such question.
And I tell them.
"No mate,Portuguese is as close to Russian as English is too Chinese."

[Riki]

"Moce"

Yes i'm also familiar with them. Also with Alentejo accents (my parents are from there).

He was asking me where did I got those trousers from.

[Didriksson]

Portuguese definitely is more closely related to Russian than English to Chinese, but I know what you mean.
Next time give them an answer that Portuguese and English both are equally related to Russian.

[Riki]

Portuguese definitely is more closely related to Russian than English to Chinese, but I know what you mean.
Next time give them an answer that Portuguese and English both are equally related to Russian.

The first time I was ask If we were speaking Russian.
I actually was surprised they didn't said we were speaking Spanish.

[Didriksson]

The first time I was ask If we were speaking Russian.
I actually was surprised they didn't said we were speaking Spanish.

Spanish and Portuguese sound really different to my ears.

btw, do you guys understand each other?

[Didriksson]

I must add that I don't think that Portuguese sounds particulary Russian. Imo, for all those who have no clue about the Slavic languages they all sound the same. I speak Russian and yes even I hear the Slavic vibe, but I also hear that it is a Romance language and that mix between Romance and Slavic makes it sound really interesting, I like it.

[Damião de Góis]

Spanish and Portuguese sound really different to my ears.

btw, do you guys understand each other?

We understand them, but they don't understand us. I think it's the same with dutch and german.

But that's individual anyway i guess. I have friends who say they don't get spanish at all. But the relation is mostly the one i described above i think.

[Sikeliot]

There are two main comments I've heard about the sound of European Portuguese;

1) It sounds Russian/Polish/other Slavic
2) It sounds like French