European Portuguese · listening practice
Five minutes a day of listening practice for prices, phone numbers and dates, in European Portuguese, the Portuguese of Portugal.
The problem
At the till, the cashier says “são doze e oitenta e cinco” at full speed, and you hand over a €20 note just in case. On the phone, someone reads out their number and you catch the first three digits.
Spoken numbers are the first thing you need in Portugal and the last thing your ear catches. European Portuguese swallows its vowels, so a number you know on paper can be hard to catch out loud.
How it works
A Portuguese voice says a number, a price, a date or a phone number. Too fast? Play it slower.
Tap it, type it or say it back. You find out straight away, with the words written out.
Start at 0 to 10 and work up to full prices. It spots the patterns you keep missing and gives you more of them.
Screens from the app. The progress screen shows example data.
Why it’s different
A European Portuguese voice: the Portuguese you hear at the market, on the phone and at the counter.
Supermarket prices with cents, phone numbers, dates, and full sentences at the higher levels.
It notices the patterns, such as mixing up seis and sete, and quietly gives you more of them.
No account and nothing to set up. It’s designed for your phone, so open it with your coffee and go. It works on a laptop too.
What’s next
The next lessons go beyond numbers: the weather, the neighbors, booking a table. Want to know when they’re ready?
One email when it’s ready. Used for nothing else.
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The free version stays free.