Talking About New Year’s Resolutions

If you are learning Brazilian Portuguese, knowing how to talk about New Year’s resolutions is a great way to practice everyday vocabulary and basic sentence structures.
In this post, I explain useful Brazilian Portuguese expressions for talking about New Year’s resolutions, with real-life dialogue examples and essential grammar points for beginners.

This lesson is ideal for learners at A2 level who want to speak Portuguese more naturally.

Common sentences

• Este ano, quero mudar alguns hábitos.
  This year, I want to change some habits.

• Minha resolução de Ano Novo é cuidar mais da minha saúde.
  My New Year’s resolution is to take better care of my health.

• Quero aprender uma nova língua este ano.
  I want to learn a new language this year.

• Uma das minhas resoluções é economizar mais dinheiro.
  One of my resolutions is to save more money.

• Vou tentar fazer mais exercícios em 2026.
  I’m going to try to exercise more in 2026.

• Ainda não decidi minhas resoluções de Ano Novo.
  I haven’t decided on my New Year’s resolutions yet.

Key grammar point: “quero + infinitive” in Portuguese

One of the most important structures for beginners is “quero + verb in the infinitive”:

• Quero aprender português.
  I want to learn Portuguese.

• Quero economizar dinheiro.
  I want to save money.

This structure is:

• easy to use

• extremely common in everyday Brazilian Portuguese

• perfect for expressing intentions and resolutions

Dialogue example