A weekly language & culture exchange at Guria Café — where non-Portuguese speakers living in Braga come together to practice the language. No textbooks. No pressure. Just real conversation and good coffee.
"We came to learn languages and ended up making friends."
— Let's FALAR community spiritLet's FALAR is not a language school. It's a community built around four connected experiences — each one free, each one human.
Every Wednesday at 10h30 at Guria Café — an open-air garden in central Braga. Songs, stories, card games and real conversation. All levels welcome, from complete beginners to intermediate.
A 50-minute online exchange — 25 minutes in Portuguese, 25 in English. Every match is personally curated by Gisele. No algorithm, no automation, always free.
All the music, films, books, theatre and cultural personalities explored in class — in one searchable place, with Gisele's personal curation and learning context for each entry.
Every Tuesday at 18h00 — a 30-minute live game where you ask questions in Portuguese to discover a secret verb. Gisele answers in real time. The perfect warm-up for Wednesday's class.
Builder, mother, immigrant, art lover. 20 years creating digital things — Let's FALAR is the first one she built for herself. Meet the person behind the community.
Every Tuesday morning, Gisele hides a Portuguese verb. To find it, you ask questions using a made-up verb — tibitar. She answers in rich, contextual Portuguese. You read the clues, make your guess, and earn points. It's a game, a lesson, and a community moment — all at once.
The verb is revealed at Wednesday's class. The cycle begins again.
Show up in person on Wednesdays, or deepen your practice with a 1:1 online session. Both are free.
We meet in the open-air garden of Guria Café — an informal, multicultural space in central Braga. Each session has a theme: a song, a poem, a card game. You practice Portuguese and English through real conversation.
All levels welcome, from complete beginners who just listen and smile, to intermediate speakers ready to debate.
The tandem program connects non-Portuguese speakers from the Let's FALAR community with native Portuguese speakers who want to practice English — or another language.
Each session is 50 minutes: 25 minutes in Portuguese, 25 minutes in English. Both sides learn. Both sides give. That's the tandem spirit.
Gisele personally reviews every application, makes each match, and supports the first sessions with a light methodology. After that, partners are free to continue at their own pace.
Always free. Always human. No algorithm decides your match.
Inspired by Paulo Freire's pedagogy: language is learned through meaningful human experience, not memorisation.
We learn grammar through songs — from Toquinho to contemporary Portuguese artists.
Reading plays aloud, acting out scenes. Language becomes movement and emotion.
Unexpected questions that make everyone speak — and laugh — in Portuguese.
Tibitar: the weekly game that teaches conjugation through creative questioning.
Discovering the richness of lusophone literature — from Portugal, Brazil, and beyond.
Mistakes are welcome here. Confidence grows when there's zero pressure to be perfect.
"I realised that teaching a language has less to do with grammar and more to do with belonging."— Gisele Knust, founder of Let's FALAR
A deep, melancholic longing for something or someone you love — especially when they are absent or may never return. A uniquely Portuguese feeling that has no direct translation.
Come to Guria Café any Wednesday. No registration, no commitment — just show up, order a coffee, and start speaking.
Free to join · Every Wednesday · Braga, Portugal