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Portuguese, with a hook on every word.

Brazilian audio by default. Nasal vowels are the hard part, so audio plays before the keyword.

Portuguesemasculine

pão

bread

sounds like pow

A loaf of bread that goes POW when you tear it open, flames in the crust. Masculine, o pão.

Compra pão fresco.Buy fresh bread.
121words to start
12hand-written hooks
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What the first words look like

Portuguesemasculine

pão

bread

sounds like pow

A loaf of bread that goes POW when you tear it open, flames in the crust. Masculine, o pão.

Compra pão fresco.Buy fresh bread.
Portuguesemasculine

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.

O cachorro dorme.The dog is sleeping.
Portuguesefeminine

água

water

sounds like agua

Water so cold it comes out already shaped like the glass, in an aquarium. Feminine, a água.

Um copo de água.A glass of water.
Portuguesefeminine

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.

Estou em casa.I am at home.
Portuguesefeminine

maçã

apple

sounds like ma-sun

An apple with a small sun burning inside it, floating in the sea. Feminine, a maçã.

Quero uma maçã.I want an apple.
Portuguesemasculine

livro

book

sounds like liver

A book bound in liver again, this time on a barbecue. Masculine, o livro.

Estou lendo um livro.I am reading a book.
Portuguesefeminine

janela

window

sounds like Janella

A woman called Janella leans out of every window on the street, all of them underwater. Feminine, a janela.

Abre a janela.Open the window.
Portuguesemasculine

queijo

cheese

sounds like kay-zhu

A wedge of cheese wearing a K badge, melting on a hot grill. Masculine, o queijo.

O queijo está bom.The cheese is good.
Portuguesefeminine

cabeça

head

sounds like cab essa

A taxi drives out of a head shouting ESSA, and both sink into the harbour. Feminine, a cabeça.

Minha cabeça dói.My head hurts.

A story in Portuguese

What you will be reading first.

A chave da porta azulA1

Na rua uma casa com uma porta A casa está anos. A está de uma ao lado da porta. Todo mundo entra.

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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