Why Do Brazilians Speak Portuguese and Not Spanish?

Why do Brazilians speak Portuguese and not Spanish? Brazil is the only Latin American nation that chooses Portuguese rather than Spanish as the official language. If a tourist did not do his homework properly and learns well about the country he is visiting before traveling to the country, he may be shocked to learn that Portuguese is the Brazilian lingua franca. The reason why such first-time visitors to Brazil may be perplexed is understandable.
Spanish is the language of the vast majority of countries in South America with Portuguese a close second. Brazilian neighbors such as Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Peru have Spanish as their official language. Then, the question is perfectly in order, why do Brazilians speak Portuguese and not Spanish? The answer to that question is both intriguing and revealing.
Discovery of Brazil
Since the late 15th century, a large number of European navigators have traversed the Atlantic in quest of uncharted territory. Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean, as did John Cabot, Ferdinand Magellan, Giovanni da Verrazano, and Pedro Álvares Cabral, among others.
Soon after Christopher Columbus found America, Spain moved quickly to establish control over the continent before any other country could do so. Unfortunately for them, Portugal also chose to go on a trip to the New World, this time to the Americas.
In 1494, Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which established a line of demarcation between their respective empires and divided their claims along that line. Spain would be granted access to all of the regions west of the line if this occurred.
In any case, there was a lot more territory to be explored on the other side of the boundary line. This enabled Spain to occupy the majority of what is now known as Latin America. And it is for this reason that nations such as Argentina, Chile, Panama, and Costa Rica all use the Spanish language.
Brazil can be said to be officially discovered in 1500. A fleet commanded by Portuguese diplomat Pedro Álvares Cabral was on its way to India when it landed in Porto Seguro, a location between Salvador and Rio de Janeiro. This Portuguese explorer, together with his crew, is credited with discovering Brazil in South America. The place they landed is near present-day Bahia off the eastern coast of South America. Several years after this discovery by Cabral, the Portuguese started colonizing the area now known as Brazil.
Of course, there is, however, almost unassailable evidence that other Portuguese adventurers preceded Cabral. For instance, in his book De Situ Orbis, Duarte Pacheco Pereira, hints at being in Brazil in 1498 when he was sent by King Manuel of Portugal.
All that notwithstanding, a fact stands out; Brazil was discovered by a group of Portuguese. That fact is crucial to the search for the answer to the question, “why do Brazilians speak Portuguese and not Spanish?”

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[masfiqratul]

Question : Why Brasil speak Portuguese, not Spanish?

My Answer : Because they were colonized by the Portuguese and others in south America were colonized by Spanish

[GarymobileMWprótrix]

I'm Brazilian, and Brazil speaks Portuguese because they were colonized by Portugal.

[lukasxanadu]

Spanish speakers still insist on speaking Spanish with Brazilians

[MVG]

i heard apparently that spain tried to colonize brazil but due to their hostility they were not popular with brazillian people. but when portuguese people went over they brought gifts and were more kind to the native people, so they felt more friendly and willing to adopt their language. however i am not brazillian or portuguese, or spanish so i don't know for a fact if this is true.

[JoseCardoso]

It’s not understandable, it’s dumb. It’s like going to New York and asking where the Vatican is. Do your homework

[lornaismael]

The most important question is "Why use the language of your colonizer and not your native language?" Brazil has tons of language before the european colonization right? Why not use those?

[MoulaySmaeil]

I am from Algeria. We were invaded by the French for 180 years and we still speak our native language. How can Brazilians abandon their native language in favor of Portuguese?

[ronki]

Treaty of El Pardo: Spain was given Equatorial Guinea by Portugual in exchange for giving Brazil to the Portuguese

[richlisola]

As opposed to the peaceful and kind Spanish colonization and settlement of the lands and folks it conquered?

[veniciusbenpassos]

We are not latins. We don't eat hot peppers. We are a great folk.

[samsg]

Ich wurde in Brasilien geboren und kann sagen, dass Brasilien ein komplexes Land ist. Ich spreche Deutsch, Englisch, Portugiesisch, Italienisch, meine ethnische Zugehörigkeit ist schottisch, irisch, walisisch, französisch, schweizerisch, portugiesisch, norwegisch, baskisch, meine Nachbarschaft war vollständig europäisch Die meisten Menschen kamen nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Brasilien ist größer als die kontinentalen Vereinigten Staaten und daher ein recht großes und vielfältiges Land.

[MO-yidu]

you know Eleni furnell she speak pportuguese with her mummy

[laudemar-A.B.]

It's the same as asking why the US and Canada speak English?🤔🤡😆

[dimplescris]

Brazil was colonised by Portugal and was a very horrible and homicide colonisation. All they did was kill kill and torture the aborigines killing thousands and thousands forcing them to speak Portuguese and sleave them after the British imperial started the blockage in Africa to stop the ships from Portugal full of kidnapped people to be enslaved in Brazil. That's why our Portuguese isn't the same of the Portuguese from Portugal. Is a mix of the aborigines language Portuguese from Portugal and African.