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The US government is preparing wide-ranging sanctions against the | Beginner Portuguese class Nº069

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Today's story: The US government is preparing wide-ranging sanctions against the ICC.. You will hear it in Portuguese first, then line by line with the English beside it.

Today's headline in Portuguese: Governo dos EUA prepara sanções amplas contra o TPI

(00:00) Welcome and today's headline

(00:36) Three more stories today

(01:40) Today's headline, slowly

(02:27) Preparing things

(03:23) Where a place is

(04:01) Not allowed

(04:59) The story again

The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:

https://linguawire.com/class/portuguese/a1/2026-09-21

TODAY'S PORTUGUESE TEXT

Governo dos EUA prepara sanções amplas contra o TPI

O Governo está a preparar sanções que podem começar em breve nos Estados Unidos.

Os EUA já tinham sancionado mais de uma dezena de juízes e procuradores do tribunal.

O tribunal é internacional e fica em Haia.

As regras novas podem começar daqui a seis ou sete meses.

Depois disso, muitas trocas com o tribunal vão ficar proibidas.

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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES

- verb (preparar)

- vocabulary (já)

- vocabulary (fica)

- vocabulary (daqui a)

- vocabulary (proibidas)

New to Portuguese? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start.

Not sure this is your level? Our free Portuguese level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills:

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Grammar explained in plain English:

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