Brazilian Portuguese Lessons

• 1,818lessons
• 154units
• 6levels
• 431hours of study

Levels

1. Level 1

   Beginner

   Greetings, ser and estar, the sounds of Brazilian Portuguese, articles and gender, present-tense verbs and ter, questions, numbers and time, family, places and the present progressive.

   142 lessons · 28 hStart →

2. Level 2

   Elementary

   The pretérito perfeito and imperfeito, object pronouns the Brazilian way, comparisons and diminutives, the future, commands, por and para, daily routines, health, shopping and travel.

   263 lessons · 55 hStart →

3. Level 3 · Celpe-Bras Intermediário

   Intermediate

   The present subjunctive, the conditional, compound and pluperfect tenses, the personal infinitive, relative clauses, reported speech, the passive, connectors, opinions, formal Portuguese and how Brazilians really talk.

   417 lessons · 91 hStart →

4. Level 4 · Celpe-Bras Intermediário Superior

   Upper-intermediate

   The imperfect and future subjunctive, hypothetical conditions, compound tenses, pronouns in writing, regência and crase, register, Brazil's varieties, idioms, the dissertative essay and professional Portuguese.

   372 lessons · 89 hStart →

5. Level 5 · Celpe-Bras Avançado

   Advanced

   Fine mood distinctions, reduced clauses, academic and official Portuguese, the ENEM-style essay, Brazil and Portugal, nuance and pragmatic particles, word order, the media, literature and history.

   262 lessons · 68 hStart →

6. Level 6 · Celpe-Bras Avançado Superior

   Mastery

   Style and figures of speech, humour and wordplay, proverbs and cultural references, poetry and song, translation and mediation, rhetoric, specialist registers, sociolinguistics and near-native precision.

   362 lessons · 102 hStart →

More practice

• Short storiesGraded stories for every level, with audio and word meanings on tap.
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• My HighlightsEverything you’ve highlighted in lessons and stories, in one place.
• Study toolsGrammar guides, verb conjugation, Celpe-Bras practice, vocabulary and writing practice.