# A1 European Portuguese News | Can Belgium Stop the 3,000-Hectare Wildfire? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-portuguese-a1-slow-easy-portuguese-news-daily-7811157/a1-european-portuguese-news-can-belgium-stop-the-3-000-hectare-wildfire Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-portuguese-a1-slow-easy-portuguese-news-daily-7811157/a1-european-portuguese-news-can-belgium-stop-the-3-000-hectare-wildfire.md Podcast: [Learn Portuguese A1 | Slow Easy Portuguese News, Daily](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-portuguese-a1-slow-easy-portuguese-news-daily-7811157) Published: 2026-08-17T02:18:14+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/learn-portuguese-a1-easy-news/episodes/6a826f67ff328abd84583d2e Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a29baab518f9f10eb9a1a78/e/6a826f67ff328abd84583d2e/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learn-portuguese-a1-slow-easy-portuguese-news-daily-7811157/episodes/a1-european-portuguese-news-can-belgium-stop-the-3-000-hectare-wildfire Duration seconds: 367 ## Resource Learn European Portuguese through today’s real news. Slow, clear European Portuguese at A1, with a full transcript and English translation. In this episode: A huge wildfire in Belgium has grown fast, forcing evacuations and a big firefighting effort in Hautes Fagnes. Also: Ferrari's first all-electric car sold for a record $40 million at auction, with the money going to charity. Hoje: Incêndio na Bélgica · Ferrari elétrico recorde. Today’s European Portuguese focus: estar a + infinitivo = to be doing. Vocabulary: incêndio (fire), charneca (moorland), terreno (terrain). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/portuguese-a1-2026-08-17 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learn-portuguese-a1-slow-easy-portuguese-news-daily-7811157/episodes/a1-european-portuguese-news-can-belgium-stop-the-3-000-hectare-wildfire/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-portuguese-a1-slow-easy-portuguese-news-daily-7811157/a1-european-portuguese-news-can-belgium-stop-the-3-000-hectare-wildfire.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.