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South America is home to plenty of languages and dialects of them. Brazilian Portuguese, published by Rocco and translated by Lia Wyler. There are a few different Spanish dialects running around South America as well, which I will, sort of, discuss down below.

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If you're looking for EU Portuguese, Click Here.

Portuguese in Brazil is from the Portuguese colonization of the Americas, with the first Portuguese immigrants settling in Brazil area in the 16th century. Over time, Portuguese became more prevalent, and by the end of the 18th century, it was the national language. During those years, other colonists from other countries also brought their languages, but by and large, these languages were just absorbed into what would become known as Brazilian Portuguese. 

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So how different are Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese? Well, The languages have developed away from each other really since the 16th century; they've also different linguistic influences, which can significantly impact a language. In the case of Brazilian Portuguese, many consider it to have a more nasal sound, while European Portuguese tends to be considered more guttural; also noted are different pronunciations of consonants between the two as well as different vowel lengths, with Brazilian Portuguese vowel being elongated.  That the two differing Portuguese languages would have different vocabulary words, pronouns, verbs, and intonation also makes a lot of sense given the distance between the two areas in which the languages are found. On a personal note, having friends who speak both Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese, I have heard there's quite marked difference - with my friends struggling to completely understand the other Portuguese. â€‹

To Learn more about Brazilian Portuguese, Click Here and Here.

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To hear the 1st paragraph of the 1st Brazilian Portuguese book, Click Here.

 

To hear the 1st paragraph of the 1st European Portuguese book, Click Here

The 1st edition was published in softcover, with the Mary GrandPre art. Since these first editions, many editions have followed, some hardcover, some softcover. Book 1 is available in pre-movie font and is becoming a bit harder to find, but still not expensive.

Portuguese Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter e a Pedra Filosofal

ISBN: 9788532511010

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Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta

ISBN: 9788532511669

Harry Potter e a Prisioneiro de Azkaban

ISBN: 9788532512062

Harry Potter e a Enigma do Príncipe

ISBN: isbn 9788532519474

Harry Potter e a Cálice de Fogo

ISBN: isbn 9788532512529

Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte

ISBN: 9788532522810

Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix

ISBN: isbn 9788532516220

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The Brazilian Portuguese publisher, Rocco, like a few other Potter translation publishers, have produced quite a few editions of the books, with some available in box sets. The newest one out features what was formerly the audio book art - the 2nd Croatian translation (AKA the Pottermore Art) was the first to use this art.  Unfortunately, getting these sets out of Brazil can be quite expensive as well as difficult due to finding stores/sellers who want to ship out of the country. Also, Brazil is one of the few countries where residents from other countries will have a much harder time using Amazon Brazil unless you have specific resident information.

This particular box set features the art of Kazu Kibuishi, which first appeared on the 2013 US Editions.

ISBN: 9788532529954

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ISBN: 9788532529978

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Box Set ISBN: 9788532512949

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The Box Set

ISBN: 9788532530004

ISBN: 9788532530011

ISBN: 9788532529992

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ISBN: 9788532530783

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ISBN: 9788532530790

ISBN: 9788532530806

ISBN: 9788532530813

ISBN: 9788532530820

ISBN: 9788532530837

This box set, published by Rocco Editorial in 2017, features the lovely art of Olly Moss. While translations with this cover art now common, the quality of these lovely hardcovers is amazing! 

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RED Box Set ISBN: 9786555321807

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GREEN BOx Set ISBN 9786555321791

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The RED Box Set

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The GREEN Box Set

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The books are also sold separately.

ISBN: 9788532530844

Match my Video about this box set!

ISBN: 9788532527844

The Brazilian Portuguese books were also released in an edition featuring the lovely art of Clare Melinsky, whose art was first seen on the  Signature Edition books published by Bloomsbury UK. Italy also produced an edition with this cover art.

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A box set was also offered as well for these books; I don't own anymore than book 1, but am working to change that. Whenever I get the box set, I'll post that information here.

Signature Edition
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Rocco Editorial also produced some of the House Editions (Levi Pinfold Illustrator) in all 4 Houses. So far, I have found up to book 5. If you know whether or not all 7 House Edition books have been published in Brazilian Portuguese so far, please let me know.

ISBN: 9786555324969

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There is also a set with Jonny Duddle art as well; I am not sure at this time if the books were sold separately as well (if you know, please let me know!).I really like this set as well, so maybe in time, I'll add to my collection.

ISBN: 9788532505705

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Brian Selznick illustrated books were also published in Brazilian Portuguese! I hope at some point to get at least a book 1 from this edition.

Book ISBN: 9788532531827

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This lovely "Pottermore box set" features the new art from the Pottermore digital books illustrated by Studio La Plage and is simply lovely. This set is making it's way to me right now, and I'm so excited!

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ISBN: 9786555323955

Medallion Box Set

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Pottrermore Art

 ISBN: 9788532530271

 ISBN: 9788532530554

 ISBN: 9788532531025

 ISBN: 9788532531544

 ISBN: 9786555322569

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 ISBN: 9788532531704

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 ISBN: 9786555320848

 ISBN: 9786555323405

I love that there are also Jim Kay illustrated editions as well as MinaLima editions!

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Illustrated Tales of Beedle the Bard (Chris Riddell). You can also buy the other Hogwarts School Books (illustrated and other editions) as well other auxiliary books.

 ISBN: 9786555320817

As mentioned on other pages, the Spanish Potter books, all over the world, are a bit chaotic and hard to keep straight text-block-wise, so I'm not going to try anymore. There are different text blocks all over the place and covers don't really distinguish between them. Spanish is spoken in Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama); South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela) as well as Mexico; the Caribbean (Cuba, Dominican Republic, and the U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico). For my sanity and ease of organization, I will be posting all Spanish translations under the Spanish section of the SPAIN page (also, after the massive amount of research Potterglot has done on the Spanish books, I am not sure which text block is which anymore and there are so, so, so, so, so many of them). Sean (Potterglot), as I just said, has done wonderful research into the Spanish Potter books and I recommend all of his articles. â€‹

South American Spanish

Book pictured:

Harry Potter Y La Piedra Filosofal 

ISBN: 9789500419574

Here, Here, Here, Here, Here.  and I'm sure more will follow.

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