It's like wondering why people may confuse Chinese Americans for Chinese nationals or Spanish for a light skinned Mexican. Same people just claiming different nationality.
Because Brazil is the bigger, more populated and more famed country than Portugal, ironically. There are way more Portuguese speakers in Brazil than in Portugal, so lots of people will assume a Lusophone is from Brazil. 🇧🇷
It is because both of them speak in Portguese, so it is especially those pop culture-saturated Americans who lump the Portuguese of Europe together with the Brazilians out of ignorance (just as some confuse Spaniards for Mexicans).
I do not know anyone who confuses Portuguese and Brazilian people. Portugal is a country in Europe, Brazil is a very big country in South America. The only link is that Brazil was once a Portuguese colony and Brazilians speak Portuguese.
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Maybe because they speak the same language, even though there are differences between Portuguese from Portugal and Portuguese from Brazil.
Because they're basically the same people.
It's like wondering why people may confuse Chinese Americans for Chinese nationals or Spanish for a light skinned Mexican. Same people just claiming different nationality.
Because Brazil is the bigger, more populated and more famed country than Portugal, ironically. There are way more Portuguese speakers in Brazil than in Portugal, so lots of people will assume a Lusophone is from Brazil. 🇧🇷
It is because both of them speak in Portguese, so it is especially those pop culture-saturated Americans who lump the Portuguese of Europe together with the Brazilians out of ignorance (just as some confuse Spaniards for Mexicans).
Ignorance, although there are Portuguese people living in Brazil.
I do not know anyone who confuses Portuguese and Brazilian people. Portugal is a country in Europe, Brazil is a very big country in South America. The only link is that Brazil was once a Portuguese colony and Brazilians speak Portuguese.
You mean " Why do Americans confuse Portuguese people to Brazilians? " ?