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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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
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