Learn European Portuguese with podcasts

Portuguese as it is spoken in Portugal: Lisbon radio, comedy and the news, with the English under every phrase as you hear it. Press play on any episode below and it opens with its subtitles. Tap any phrase to hear it again.

From European Portuguese Shorties (from PracticePortuguese.com): the Portuguese as it is said, the English under each piece of it, and the piece being spoken lit. Play this one

Two to five minutes of everyday Lisbon Portuguese, spoken clearly for people learning it. Listen once with the English, once without.

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  Problema Na Canalização

  Problem With The Plumbing

  Sep 23 · 1 month agoEuropean Portuguese Shorties (from PracticePortuguese.com)2 min

  Booking a plumber on the phone: the polite forms you will need here.

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  Ter ou Não Ter Filhos?

  Oct 21 · 1 week agoEuropean Portuguese Shorties (from PracticePortuguese.com)2 min

  Congratulations, small talk and an opinion, between two friends.

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  Quem Está Com O Pedro?

  Sep 9 · 1 month agoEuropean Portuguese Shorties (from PracticePortuguese.com)2 min

  Short questions and answers about someone across the room.

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Radio sketches and improv, five to thirteen minutes. Native speed and native jokes, but short enough to replay a line until it lands.

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  Cupões, cupões e mais cupões - As pessoas têm que se acalmar, imediatamente

  Coupons, coupons and more coupons - People have to calm down, immediately

  Oct 8 · 3 weeks agoRenascença - As pessoas têm que se acalmar, imediatamente!5 min

  A family sketch from Renascença: quick, domestic, very Lisbon.

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  Um homem que fez um safari e acabou adotado por uma girafa.

  A man who went on a safari and ended up being adopted by a giraffe

  Mar 23 · 7 months agoRebenta a Bolha com César Mourão8 min

  Improvised comedy: the story is made up live, in front of you.

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  A avó precisa de ajuda com a TV

  The grandmother needs help with the TV

  Oct 21 · 1 week agoO Homem que Mordeu o Cão13 min

  Morning radio from Rádio Comercial: the chat before the sketch is half the lesson.

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The radio people here actually listen to: a news bulletin, money advice, the day’s story explained.

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  19h. Ministra da Saúde recusa críticas e promete reformas

  19h. Health Minister refuses criticism and promises reforms

  Sep 21 · 1 month agoNoticiário11 min

  Observador’s seven o’clock bulletin: clear, formal and fast.

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  Vamos a contas: "O meu PPR não rende nada - Faço um novo ou reforço os que já tenho?"

  Let's get to the point: 'My PPR doesn't yield anything - Do I make a new one or reinforce the ones I already have?'

  Oct 21 · 1 week agoContas-Poupança13 min

  A listener’s money question answered: the words you meet at the bank.

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  A falha no PHP que obrigou a desligar sites em todo o mundo

  The PHP flaw that forced websites to shut down worldwide

  Oct 23 · 1 week agoA História do Dia10 min

  Rádio Observador’s story of the day, told by one journalist in ten minutes.

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Several voices, talking over each other, at the speed of friends at a table.

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  Casal Milhazes Areias

  Oct 23 · 1 week agoRenascença - Extremamente Desagradável16 min

  A Renascença comedy panel: several voices, fast and overlapping.

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European Portuguese swallows its unstressed vowels, so a sentence you could read is often one you cannot hear. Brazilian Portuguese keeps them, and most courses and learner podcasts teach Brazilian. If you live here, or are moving here, this is the ear you need, and every show on this page is made in Portugal.

Start with a short one and the English on. Loop a line you missed until it sounds like words. Then turn the English off with EN at the top and listen again. This is listening practice, not a course: it goes well with a teacher or a class, who give you the rules while this gives you hours of the real thing.