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Learn Portuguese free in your browser — 80 lessons from A1 to B2, with flashcards and pronunciation practice. No subscription, no download.
Why learn Portuguese with Langula?
Sixth-largest native language on Earth
Portuguese's roughly 260 million native speakers span Brazil, Portugal, and seven other Lusophone nations across four continents — one language, an entire world of opportunity.
Fast track for Romance learners
As a Romance language, Portuguese shares massive vocabulary with Spanish, French, and Italian, making it one of the quickest paths for English speakers to reach conversational level.
Master nasal vowels from day one
Langula's pronunciation practice scores your speaking on the nasal vowels and diphthongs — ão, ãe, õe — that define the sound of Portuguese and that no flashcard or reading exercise can teach alone.
No new script to memorize
Portuguese uses the Latin alphabet with just a handful of accents (ã, ç, á, ê); Langula introduces them in A1 so you are reading real words almost immediately.
Paced through the full verb system
From the present subjunctive at B1 through to the future subjunctive (se eu fizer…) at B2, Langula's 80 lessons sequence the famously layered Portuguese verb system so each stage builds naturally on the last.
Free, instant, no install needed
Ad-supported and genuinely free — open Langula in any browser on mobile or desktop, no sign-up required, and start your first Portuguese lesson right now.
How it works
Pick your language
Portuguese is preselected — add your source language and go.
Short daily lessons
5–20 minutes a day: new words plus due reviews.
Pronunciation & progress
Repeat aloud, watch your streak and unlock badges.
Your first Portuguese words
After the very first lesson you can greet people and say thank you.
From A1 to B2 — your structured learning path
Here is how your journey is built: four CEFR levels, 80 lessons. Each lesson teaches 20 new words and 6 example sentences — flashcards and pronunciation practice lock them in before the next level unlocks.
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Learn Portuguese — free and at your own pace
Portuguese is the 6th-most-spoken native language on the planet, with around 260 million speakers across four continents. One language unlocks Brazil — one of the world's largest economies and a global powerhouse in music, football, and film — plus Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, and seven other countries in the Lusophone world. Whether your goals are business, travel, culture, or just the sheer range of places and people Portuguese opens up, the return on your learning hours is exceptional.
What immediately marks Portuguese out are its nasal vowels and nasal diphthongs — sounds like ão (pão, 'bread'), ãe (mãe, 'mother'), and õe (ações, 'shares') that simply have no equivalent in English. Beyond the sound system, a rich verb framework includes a full three-tense subjunctive, the rare inflected personal infinitive, and the famous ser/estar split. Add the palatal lh and nh consonants, plus the striking differences between Brazilian and European Portuguese, and you have a language that genuinely rewards careful attention from the very first lesson.
The good news: the US Foreign Service Institute rates Portuguese a Category I language — roughly 600–750 class hours to professional proficiency, the same bracket as Spanish and French. Latin-based cognates make vocabulary and reading click fast, especially for speakers of Spanish, Italian, or French. The real challenges are the nasal vowels, European Portuguese's heavy reduction of unstressed vowels, and the layered subjunctive system — none are insurmountable, but all reward deliberate practice starting in A1 and building systematically through B2.
Langula's 80 structured lessons run A1 to B2 and are paced to match Portuguese's specific demands: accent marks and nasal vowels get front-loaded in A1, while the subjunctive, personal infinitive, and future subjunctive arrive across B1 and B2 exactly when the grammar builds to them. Leitner 5-box flashcards drill the ser/estar pairs and irregular conjugations that catch most learners off guard. And the in-browser pronunciation scorer — which never stores your audio — gives instant feedback on nasal vowels, the sounds that reading and writing alone cannot teach.
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