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Brazil

South America

To which language should you translate to localize in Brazil?

What we know from our community

“Brazil is a country of continental dimensions and as such home for a variety of ethnic groups, customs, and dialects. Portuguese is its official language, even though there are several Amerindian languages still spoken by its indigenous population. Brazil is by far the world’s largest Portuguese-speaking nation and the only one in the Americas. The Portuguese spoken in Brazil varies from one region to another and it is also notably different from the one spoken in Portugal – the accent, meaning of certain words and expressions, verbal conjugation, use of pronouns, etc. It can actually be challenging for a Brazilian person to understand someone from Portugal! The differences in written language are fewer but still quite evident. Therefore, if you want your text or audio to come across nicely and sound native in Brazil, you must translate it into the Brazilian variant of the Portuguese language.”

LANGUAGE INSIGHT

Official language

Portuguese (93.2%; 196.78 mln)

Actual languages

Portuguese (93.2%; 196.78 mln), German (0.5%; 1.05 mln), Italian (0.3%; 633k), Japanese (0.2%; 422k), Quechua (0.1%, 211k), other (5.7%; 12.03 mln).

What the top 150 best localized websites in the world do in Brazil

(Top 150 websites listed in the Global by Design ranking – published annually by Byte Level Research, this report provides a list of globally localized websites, showcasing best practices and emerging trends in their globalization)

  • 114/150 localize by translating into Portuguese
  • 13/150 localize by translating into Brazilian Portuguese
  • 3/150 localize by translating into both Portuguese and Spanish
  • 1/150 localizes by translating into Brazilian Portuguese, French and Simplified Chinese
  • 1/150 localizes by translating into both Brazilian Portuguese and Brazilian Sign Language
  • 1/150 localizes by translating into Portuguese, Spanish, German, Japanese, Russian, French and Italian
  • 1/150 localizes by translating into Portuguese, Spanish, German, Japanese, Russian, French, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Korean
  • 1/150 localizes by translating into Portuguese, Spanish, German, Japanese, Russian, French, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Bahasa Indonesia, Turkish, Romanian, Thai, Ukrainian, Polish and Hungarian
  • Localization available 3M
  • Localization available ABB
  • Localization available Accenture
  • Localization available Adidas
  • Localization available Adobe
  • Localization available Airbnb
  • Localization not available Aldi
  • Localization available Amazon
  • Localization available American Airlines
  • Localization available American Express
  • Localization available Apple
  • Localization available Audi
  • Localization available Autodesk
  • Localization available Avis
  • Localization available Bayer
  • Localization available BMW
  • Localization available Booking.com
  • Localization available Bosch
  • Localization available British Airways
  • Localization available Bumble
  • Localization available Burberry
  • Localization available BYD
  • Localization available Canon
  • Localization available Capgemini
  • Localization available Cartier
  • Localization available Caterpillar
  • Localization available Chevrolet
  • Localization available Cisco Systems
  • Localization available Citibank
  • Localization available Coca-Cola
  • Localization not available Costco
  • Localization available Dell
  • Localization available Deloitte
  • Localization available Delta
  • Localization available DHL
  • Localization available Disney+
  • Localization available Dyson
  • Localization not available eBay
  • Localization available Eli Lilly
  • Localization available Emirates
  • Localization available Ernst & Young
  • Localization available Facebook
  • Localization available FedEx
  • Localization available Ford
  • Localization available Four Seasons
  • Localization available Fujifilm
  • Localization not available GE
  • Localization available Gillette
  • Localization available GoDaddy
  • Localization available Google
  • Localization not available Gucci
  • Localization not available Haier
  • Localization available Heineken
  • Localization available Hermès
  • Localization available Hertz
  • Localization available Hilton
  • Localization available Hisense
  • Localization available Hitachi
  • Localization available Honda
  • Localization available Hotels.com
  • Localization available HP
  • Localization not available HP Enterprise
  • Localization not available HSBC
  • Localization available Huawei
  • Localization available Hyatt
  • Localization available Hyundai
  • Localization available IBM
  • Localization not available IKEA
  • Localization available Intel
  • Localization available InterContinental Hotels
  • Localization not available J&J
  • Localization available Jack Daniel's
  • Localization available Jehovah’s Witnesses
  • Localization available John Deere
  • Localization available Kellogg's
  • Localization available Kia
  • Localization available KPMG
  • Localization available L'Oréal
  • Localization available Land Rover
  • Localization available LEGO
  • Localization available Lenovo
  • Localization available Lexus
  • Localization available LG
  • Localization available Louis Vuitton
  • Localization not available Lululemon
  • Localization not available LUSH
  • Localization available Marriott
  • Localization available MasterCard
  • Localization available McDonald's
  • Localization available Mercedes-Benz
  • Localization available Merck
  • Localization available Microsoft
  • Localization available Mitsubishi Electric
  • Localization available Nestlé
  • Localization available Netflix
  • Localization available Nike
  • Localization available Nikon
  • Localization available Nintendo
  • Localization not available Nio
  • Localization available Nissan
  • Localization available NIVEA
  • Localization available Oracle
  • Localization available Pampers
  • Localization available Panasonic
  • Localization available PayPal
  • Localization available Pepsi
  • Localization available Pfizer
  • Localization available Philips
  • Localization available Pitney Bowes
  • Localization available Porsche
  • Localization available Procter & Gamble
  • Localization available PWC
  • Localization available Revolut
  • Localization available Rolex
  • Localization available Royal Caribbean
  • Localization available Salesforce
  • Localization available Samsung
  • Localization available Sanofi
  • Localization available SAP
  • Localization available Sephora
  • Localization available Shopify
  • Localization available Siemens
  • Localization available Sony
  • Localization available Spotify
  • Localization available Starbucks
  • Localization not available Steelcase
  • Localization available Stripe
  • Localization available Subaru
  • Localization not available Tesla
  • Localization available The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Localization available Tiffany
  • Localization available Tinder
  • Localization available Toshiba
  • Localization available Toyota
  • Localization available TripAdvisor
  • Localization available Uber
  • Localization available United Airlines
  • Localization available UPS
  • Localization available Visa
  • Localization available Volkswagen
  • Localization available