Tanks for corrections! :-) I was in doubt about the expression "besides more". Using "i" instead "I" was just a mistake. I'll take care in the future :-) "Speak in English"; the "in" is a vice from Portuguese. Really, really tanks for corrections. So, answering your questions... Spanish is another language. It's more comprehensible to Portuguese speakears than English but is different. Few people in Brazil has fluence in English or Spanish.They are concentrated in the "big centers" and "touristics cities". I guess you can learn the minimun of Portuguese in six months. The sufficient to diary communication.

Hi Marcio. You already appear to have very advanced skills, including vocabulary (I think pre-requisite is a more appropriate word than requirement as corrected by another). I hope to be in Brazil in Decmber but I am afraid I do not speak any Portugese at all - is it at all similar to Spanish? Do many Brazillian people speak English?