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PT-EU vs PT-BR language variants, como gerir o conteúdo multilingual?

European Portuguese (PT-PT) and Brazilian Portuguese (PT-BR) are mutually intelligible but differ in vocabulary, spelling, grammar, and (crucially for e-commerce) product terminology. A few examples that bite Magento stores:

  • Mobile phone, PT-EU: telemóvel. PT-BR: celular.
  • Suit, PT-EU: fato. PT-BR: terno. (Plus fato in PT-BR means «fact», real conversion-killer if you ship PT-EU copy to BR.)
  • Bus, PT-EU: autocarro. PT-BR: ônibus.
  • Pineapple, PT-EU: ananás. PT-BR: abacaxi.
  • Train, PT-EU: comboio. PT-BR: trem.
  • Refrigerator, PT-EU: frigorífico. PT-BR: geladeira.
  • Spelling, facto (PT-EU) vs fato (PT-BR), recepção vs recepção (now aligned post-2009 Acordo Ortográfico, but legacy content varies).

Magento approach: separate locale per store (pt_PT vs pt_BR), separate product translations (not auto-translated), and terminology glossaries per market. Hreflang correctly set to pt-PT vs pt-BR.

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