{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a71c2726af4dfc9186e6894/6a7fd34fff328abd84c13b29?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A2 European Portuguese News | Can Zambia Finish Counting After Violence?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a71c2726af4dfc9186e6894/1b60843d-750a-4b80-81cb-9904c12177ff.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Learn European Portuguese through today’s real news. Clear, steady European Portuguese at A2, with a full transcript and English translation.</p>\n\n<p>In this episode: Zambia resumes vote counting after it was paused over attacks on polling staff and stolen marked ballots. Also: A giant all-electric test plane flies for nearly half an hour and uses just $5 of electricity.</p>\n\n<p>Hoje: Contagem de votos recomeça na Zâmbia · Voo de avião elétrico custa 5 dólares.</p>\n\n<p>Today’s European Portuguese focus: estar a + infinitive, to be doing something = to be doing something. Vocabulary: o boletim (ballot paper), a urna (ballot box), a contagem (the counting).</p>\n\n<p>Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: <a href=\"https://linguawire.com/episodes/portuguese-a2-2026-08-15\">https://linguawire.com/episodes/portuguese-a2-2026-08-15</a></p>","author_name":"LinguaWire"}