You can easily get by without Portuguese, most locals have excellent English as does the large friendly expat community (many Scandanavians Brazilians and Ameri

You can easily get by without Portuguese, most locals have excellent English as does the large friendly expat community (many Scandanavians Brazilians and Americans). Economy was booming (prior to Covid) wages are quite low if income originates locally - but most of people that I know (who have a great lifestyle) work for international companies or have their own business.