Learn Portuguese
Portuguese, with a hook on every word.
Brazilian audio by default. Nasal vowels are the hard part, so audio plays before the keyword.
pão
bread
sounds like pow
A loaf of bread that goes POW when you tear it open, flames in the crust. Masculine, o pão.
Sample hooks
What the first words look like
pão
bread
sounds like pow
A loaf of bread that goes POW when you tear it open, flames in the crust. Masculine, o pão.
cachorro
dog
sounds like cash + arrow
A dog with an arrow made of banknotes in its collar, tearing across a burning field. Masculine, o cachorro.
água
water
sounds like agua
Water so cold it comes out already shaped like the glass, in an aquarium. Feminine, a água.
casa
house, home
sounds like cazza
A house with a cash drawer for a front door, at the bottom of a pool. Feminine, a casa.
maçã
apple
sounds like ma-sun
An apple with a small sun burning inside it, floating in the sea. Feminine, a maçã.
livro
book
sounds like liver
A book bound in liver again, this time on a barbecue. Masculine, o livro.
janela
window
sounds like Janella
A woman called Janella leans out of every window on the street, all of them underwater. Feminine, a janela.
queijo
cheese
sounds like kay-zhu
A wedge of cheese wearing a K badge, melting on a hot grill. Masculine, o queijo.
cabeça
head
sounds like cab essa
A taxi drives out of a head shouting ESSA, and both sink into the harbour. Feminine, a cabeça.
A story in Portuguese
What you will be reading first.
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Tap an underlined word. In the app the same tap also tells you whether that word is already in your collection and when it is next due.
Portuguese, specifically
Brazilian or European?
Brazilian audio and vocabulary by default, since that is what most learners want. The European voice is available in settings.
How many words are loaded for Portuguese?
121 to start, chosen by frequency, each with a gloss, a part of speech, an example sentence and a hook. You can import your own list on top at any point.
Is the audio real Portuguese?
The audio uses the voices installed on your own device, picked for Portuguese and set per sentence. On a modern phone that is good. On some desktops it is only adequate, and recorded native audio is the next content investment.
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