Should I study Spanish and Portuguese at the same time?

I am currently studying Spanish at a university, and this fall I will be in Spanish 301. I have a pretty good grasp of the Spanish language and was wondering whether it would be smart for me to begin learning Portuguese. I definitely want to learn Portuguese at some point in my life, but starting to learn it now would open up opportunities for me to study abroad in Portugal in the near future. This is a dream of mine because Portugal is a beautiful country and I love the language. I want to continue my studies in Spanish, as I live in the U.S. and Spanish is a useful language to know here. So, giving up Spanish in order to start studying Portuguese is not an option. Because Spanish and Portuguese are similar, I am afraid that I would start getting them mixed up. Do you think this is a valid fear? Or do I have enough experience with Spanish that I would have little trouble keeping them separate?

Will it be easy for me to learn Spanish?

I was thinking about learning spanish will it be easier for me to learn it since I'm already fluent in Portuguese (my family is from alot of afriacan countries and they speak portuguese in Angola/ Sao Tome/ Principe /the Cape Verde Islands/ Mozambique) and my boyfriend speaks spanish and portuguese and him said they are alot alike

How close are the two languges?
should I learn it?
will it be easier?

How hard will it be to learn Portuguese coming from Spanish?

I'm a native English speaker who is in the middle of learning Spanish, I would say that I'm in the higher intermediate levels right now but I want to get into Portuguese in a couple of years. How hard is the jump from Spanish to Brazilian Portuguese. From what I've seen the writing is similar but the spoken language sounds different.

Anybody gone from Spanish to Portuguese?

Have you ever used Rosetta Stone for Spanish or another Latin based language?

Basically what the question asks. Have you ever used the computer based language software Rosetta Stone to learn Spanish or another Latin based language like French, Italian, or Portuguese? How long did you use it, did you complete all or most of the lessons/levels, and did it work for you?

If you've used it for another language like German or Dutch feel free to answer but I'm planning on using it for Spanish or one of the other major Romance languages.

What is a good study abroad program that I can practice both Spanish AND Portuguese?

I am a freshman in college that is planning to major in Spanish and minor in Portuguese. I'm just wondering if anybody has any ideas for a location in which I can practice both. So far Seville seems to have Spanish, and is close to Portugal... Are there any other options out there? Thank you!

Besides Spain, which country would you choose to study Spanish in?

I have been selected, along with 20 others at my university, to study Spanish abroad for a semester. I can choose to visit one of the following (excluding Spain which is the obvious choice):

1) Argentina (where my husband is from but I've all ready been there)

2) Dominican Republic

3) Ecuador

4) Peru

5) Portugal (for portuguese)

6) Brazil (portuguese)

7) Costa Rica

Which would you choose, and why?
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What's a Good Portuguese Language Program/CD for Spanish Speakers?

My friend is from El Salvador and wants to learn to speak Portuguese, I'm looking for a good Christmas gift that will help her. Maybe a CD she can listen to in the car or something.

Would you consider Italian a difficult language to learn?

I'm currently learning Spanish and Portuguese and would like to learn Italian as well. The thing about it though is that I probably won't be able to take classes to learn the language (I'm already a doulbe major doing International Business and Spanish and plan to pick up a minor in either Mandrin or Japanese). So for this reason I am thinking about just learning the language on my own. I'm doing this with Portugues right now and have been pretty successful. But I'm not sure if that's simply because I'm learning Spanish in school and Portuguese is very similar to it. Is Italian similar enough to Portuguese and Spanish where I'd be able to learn it on my own? Thanks in advance!

Should I study Spanish or Portuguese?

I would like to learn both of these languages. I heard that a Portugese speaking person can understand Spanish but a Spanish speaking person can't understand Portuguese that well. Should I study Portuguese first? Will it be easy to learn Spanish from there? I don't want to learn both at the same time, I think I would become confused.