Portuguese has 3 articles here, and that is the honest total: the 500 phrases for a first month, the page on the mistakes English speakers make, and the statistics page for the Portuguese half of the corpus. There are no themed vocabulary lists yet.
The 500 is written for Brazil, with the European form in a note where daily use differs. If you already read Spanish, a lot of the vocabulary will look familiar, and we have put a number on how much: the overlap between Spanish, Italian and Portuguese counts it from our own A1 and A2 entries. The phrases are where the two languages stop agreeing, which is what the mistakes page is for. More Portuguese pages will follow the Spanish ones, in the same order.
Where to start
- The 500 Portuguese phrases you actually needthe list for a first month, written for Brazil.
- Portuguese mistakes English speakers makethe traps, including the ones Spanish sets for you.
- Portuguese vocabulary, by the numberswhat the pair actually holds, level by level and theme by theme.
Start here
The pages we made for Portuguese itself: the phrase list, the traps, and the numbers behind the pair.
The 500 Portuguese phrases you actually need
500 Portuguese phrases in three lanes, survive, travel and work, grouped by the situations of a day. Brazilian first, with the European form in the notes.
The Vocabcord 500 · PortuguesePortuguese for your first 48 hours in Brazil
The Portuguese for passport control, the ride app plate, a chip that needs a CPF, Pix and instalments, lunch by the kilo, the porteiro and 192.
The Vocabcord 500 · PortuguesePortuguese mistakes English speakers make
Obrigado agrees with the speaker, boa noite is a hello on the way in, and estou chegando buys ten more minutes. Portuguese traps from our notes.
Corpus statisticsPortuguese vocabulary, by the numbers
Every Portuguese entry the app ships, counted by CEFR level and by theme, computed from the pack manifests themselves.
The rest of the site
The six phrase lists share one page: The Vocabcord 500 says what they are, how they were written and how to cite them. The corpus statistics count all six pairs at once, and the methodology page explains how a phrase gets a level and a theme. Teachers can run a list as a scheme of work from the teachers page. Everything else we publish is on the blog.
If a translation, a level or a note on any of these pages is wrong, tell us on the support page. Corrections from people who live in the language are the only way this stays honest.