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Complete Portuguese Course: Portuguese for Beginners
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Rating: 4.6 out of 5(2,142 ratings)
41,499 students

Complete Portuguese Course: Portuguese for Beginners

Learn Portuguese FAST with this non-stop Portuguese speaking course for BEGINNERS: learning will be easy and fun!
Last updated 6/2025
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What you'll learn

  • 250+ vocabulary words
  • Useful phrases
  • Important verbs and how to conjugate them
  • How to put basic sentences together
  • Proper pronunciation
  • The building blocks of Portuguese grammar
  • Translation skills
  • Organic conversations
  • Useful phrases for everyday life
  • How to put paragraphs together
  • New grammar rules

Course content

4 sections126 lectures24h 24m total length
  • Greetings11:50

    Master Portuguese greetings and introductions in this beginner lesson. Practice asking and sharing names, asking how you are, responding warmly, and saying goodbye and see you later.

  • Manners11:19

    Learn practical Portuguese manners by practicing how to ask for something, say thank you, apologize, and excuse yourself in everyday interactions.

  • Numbers8:10

    Learn Portuguese numbers from one to twenty, then use a repeating tens-plus-units pattern for twenty to ninety-nine, with practice and a wrap-up encouraging review.

  • Colors9:42

    Master Portuguese color vocabulary, understand masculine and feminine forms and neutral colors, and practice assigning colors to objects through guided exercises.

  • Food13:39

    Learn essential Portuguese food vocabulary, from carbohydrates to vegetables and fruits, and practice ordering a complete meal with pronunciation notes on accents and nasal sounds.

  • The Alphabet7:46

    Explore the Portuguese alphabet of 26 letters with letter-by-letter pronunciations, and practice a final review as Filipa guides beginners through basic letter names.

  • Animals8:28

    Explore Portuguese animal vocabulary from pets to wild species, learn gendered articles for nouns, and practice with verbs and adverbs like run, fast, and slowly through a fill-in-the-blanks activity.

  • Exercise10:51
  • Important Verbs Pt. 19:49

    Discover essential Portuguese verbs and present-tense conjugation, focusing on regular er verbs, irregulars, and practical practice with be, speak, see, have, and be able to.

  • Important Verbs Pt. 29:47
  • Practice and Build Part 110:42

    Practice and build part 1 reinforces Portuguese greetings, self introduction, and saying where you’re from, with informal and formal name questions and basic responses.

  • Practice and Build Part 212:34

    Practice and build part 2 reinforces beginner portuguese by reviewing vocabulary from the earlier lesson and teaching how to ask for something, apologize, and say obrigado or de nada.

  • Practice and Build Part 310:26
  • Practice and Build Part 49:47

    Practice and build color vocabulary in Portuguese, learning gendered forms and articles through repeat-after-me drills, with exercises and pronunciation focus for correct usage.

  • Practice and Build Part 511:47
  • Practice and Build Part 69:15
  • Practice and Build Part 76:59

    Review lessons nine and ten on conjugating regular verbs in the present tense with ar, er, ir endings; learn that regular verbs keep roots while irregulars vary case by case.

  • Dates10:24

    Learn the basics of dates in Portuguese by mastering weekdays and months. Apply what you learn with simple practice and common phrases for referencing dates in everyday situations.

  • Telling Time9:40
  • Ser vs. Estar14:30

    Learn the difference between ser and estar in present tense, with uses for time, dates, origin, religion, politics, material, relationships, location, conditions, and ongoing actions, plus practice exercises.

  • Portuguese for Beginners Quiz (Lessons 1-20)
  • Ser vs. Estar15:44

    Learn the verbs ser and estar, their uses for time, origin, material, and conditions, and practice with the five Ws and how questions.

  • Family13:02

    Explore Portuguese family vocabulary from parents to cousins, including mother, father, sister, brother, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, son, daughter, husband, wife, and plural forms with gender cues.

  • Emotions13:30
  • Body Parts11:00

    Learn Portuguese body parts vocabulary and practice through a hands-on exercise that has you repeat words and touch corresponding body parts, including the verb to cut.

  • Physical Descriptions14:09

    Describe physical traits in Portuguese using ser for permanent features and estar for temporary states, with adjectives like bonito, magro, elegante, linda, and notes on age and eye color.

  • Personality12:50

    Explore intrinsic versus temporary personality traits in Portuguese using ser and estar, and practice describing yourself and others with a range of adjectives.

  • Practice & Build12:35
  • Directions13:25
  • Supermarket10:37
  • The House13:08

    Learn essential Portuguese house vocabulary (casa), including kitchen terms (cucina) and parts like basement, attic, stairs, and garaging, plus basic verb usage through picture-based practice.

  • The Bathroom12:31
  • The Kitchen9:44

    Learn essential kitchen vocabulary in Portuguese, including meals, tools, and related verbs, with practice on regular verb conjugations and a recipe-writing exercise.

  • Practice & Build8:06

    Practice Portuguese through dialogues and translation tasks, including supermarket price conversations and kitchen vocabulary. Consolidate earlier lessons, complete exercises, translate between Portuguese and English, and repeat for mastery.

  • How to use “it”11:08

    Explains how definite and indefinite articles signal gender and number in Portuguese, with examples, and introduces possessive pronouns with practice matching nouns.

  • Translation Practice6:29
  • Clothes9:30

    Explore essential clothes vocabulary in Portuguese, learn shopping verbs like ir às compras and comprar, and practice conjugations and expressions for trying outfits at the centro comercial.

  • Weather9:54
  • Sports11:27
  • Practice & Build7:51

    Practice and build your Portuguese by planning a day of shopping, sports, and leisure, using vocabulary for places, items, and activities to reinforce last lessons.

  • Put it all together10:53
  • Portuguese for Beginners Quiz (Lessons 21-40)

Requirements

  • No previous knowledge of Portuguese is required. You can start from scratch!
  • A desire to learn a new language
  • A positive attitude!

Description

Welcome to our ultimate Portuguese beginner course that will teach you Portuguese faster than you thought possible! If you’ve ever dreamed of travelling to Portugal and holding your own in real-life situations, being independent and able to communicate with the locals, our beginner series is the perfect place for you to continue your Portuguese journey! There’s always more to learn, and we’ve prepared yet another course to enrich your vocabulary, advance your grammar and help you express more and more complex thoughts, all in Portuguese!

During our course you will learn:

  • Lots and lots of vocabulary

  • Useful everyday phrases

  • Basic sentence structures

  • Basic grammar rules most beginner courses don’t teach

After taking this course you will be able to:

  • Greet people and introduce yourself both formally and casually

  • Pronounce words correctly without hearing them first

  • Count from 1 to 1,000

  • Read a restaurant menu

  • Order food and drinks

  • Structure basic sentences with ease

  • Conjugate multiple verbs in the present tense

  • Create sentences in the past tense

  • Learn hundreds of new, key vocabulary words

  • Distinguish between the past tenses

  • Form questions and negations in the past

  • Acquire and hone translation skills

  • Structure new sentences with ease

  • Adapt to new situations, such as using public transportation or visiting the doctor

  • Learn how to use social media and technology

  • Conquer the basics of dating in Portuguese

  • Learn to make comparisons

  • Create sentences in the future tense

  • Create sentences in the continuous tenses

  • Conquer hundreds of words necessary for day-to-day life

  • Tackle new topics, such as working from home and global healthcare

All this and more in just a few hours of instruction! This course is the first in a series aimed at helping you master the basics of Portuguese and giving you a strong base onto which you will be able to build your skills as a Portuguese speaker.

Start your Portuguese journey with us today!

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who wants to start learning Portuguese for any purpose - traveling, business, dating, studies, or anything else, this course has you covered
  • Anyone who wants to advance quickly in their Portuguese language journey - in a way that's easy, fun and fast