Pointing at a menu you can't read
No photos, no English, a waiter waiting — and moqueca, picanha and coxinha meaning nothing to you yet.
Brazilian Portuguese for Travelers
9 modules · 70+ phrases · 1 unforgettable trip
Don't Let a Language Barrier Ruin Your Brazilian Adventure
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The part nobody plans for
You booked the trip. Then the small moments start to worry you.
A driver asking you something
He's talking, you're nodding, and neither of you is sure the car is going where you think it is.
Needing help without the words
A lost passport, a pharmacy, a hospital. The one situation where hand gestures stop being charming.
"You don't need to be fluent. You just need to be brave enough to try."
What's inside the guide
Nine modules, built around real situations
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01
The four sounds behind Brazilian Portuguese.
Um café, por favor.
oom kah-FEH, por fah-VOR
A coffee, please.
02
Ten small words that do more work than a grammar book.
Com licença! Você fala inglês?
kong lee-SEN-sah! vo-SEH FAH-lah een-GLEHS?
Excuse me! Do you speak English?
03
Immigration, your first Uber, runway to room.
Pode me levar para este endereço?
Pronunciation available in the full guide
Can you take me to this address?
Pronunciation in the full guide
04
Hotels, pousadas, check-in — and the Wi-Fi question.
Qual é a senha do Wi-Fi?
Pronunciation available in the full guide
What's the Wi-Fi password?
Pronunciation in the full guide
05
Restaurants, bars, and a short menu glossary.
A conta, por favor.
ah KON-tah, por fah-VOR
The check, please.
06
Ubers, buses, and asking directions without panicking.
Este ônibus vai para…?
Pronunciation available in the full guide
Does this bus go to…?
Pronunciation in the full guide
07
Markets, prices, and the payment app that runs Brazil.
Tem desconto?
Pronunciation available in the full guide
Is there a discount?
Pronunciation in the full guide
08
Emergencies, safety, and the numbers to call.
Eu preciso de ajuda.
Pronunciation available in the full guide
I need help.
Pronunciation in the full guide
09
Making friends, small talk, and everyday slang.
Você é de onde?
Pronunciation available in the full guide
Where are you from?
Pronunciation in the full guide
Explore Brazil
Pick a place. Learn the phrase you'll say there.
Choose a region
Amazonas · Manaus
Where the rivers are the roads
Two rivers meet outside Manaus and refuse to mix — one black, one sandy — running side by side for miles. Boats, not buses, are how people actually get anywhere here.
É longe daqui?
eh LON-zhee dah-KEE?
Is it far from here?
Bahia · Salvador
Pastel streets and dendê oil
Bahian cooking is its own cuisine — moqueca simmered in coconut milk and palm oil, acarajé sold from a bowl on the corner. Ask what's good and you'll eat better than any menu would let you.
O que você recomenda?
oo kee vo-SEH heh-koh-MEN-dah?
What do you recommend?
Rio de Janeiro
The beach is a public living room
Cariocas treat the sand like a neighborhood: vendors selling água de coco, someone's speaker, a game of futevôlei. Learning the word for beach is the fastest way into the day.
Este ônibus vai para a praia?
ES-chee OH-nee-boos vye PAH-rah ah PRY-ah?
Does this bus go to the beach?
São Paulo
Twenty million people, one payment app
São Paulo eats late, works hard, and barely touches cash — Pix moves money instantly, from restaurant tabs to the guy selling pastel at the market.
Posso pagar por Pix?
POH-soo pah-GAR por peeks?
Can I pay by Pix?
Five minutes before you land is enough
You don't need years of lessons. You need the 70 phrases that actually get used — and five minutes to read them before you land. This guide is the phrasebook a Brazilian colleague would write for you: what to say, how to say it, and what not to worry about.
Flying soon? Modules 02, 03 and 05 cover your first 24 hours.
Check your inbox, traveler
Your free phrases are on their way, with the link to the full nine-module guide. If it isn't there in a minute, look in Promotions — then say it out loud: obrigado.
Questions
Before you ask
The starter phrases are — a free set of the phrases you'll use first, with pronunciation, sent to your inbox. The complete nine-module e-book is a paid guide, and the link to it comes with your sample.
None. There are no conjugation tables and no new alphabet — every phrase comes with a pronunciation written for English speakers, not linguists.
Perfect timing. Read Modules 02 and 03 on the plane and the Cheat Sheet at the back on the way to your hotel. That alone covers most of your first day.
Brazilian — softer vowels, different rhythm, different slang, and você where Europe would use tu. Written for Brazil, spoken like Brazil.
Everything is a PDF emailed to you — the free phrases within a minute of signing up, and the full guide as an instant download after purchase. Both read offline on your phone, which is exactly where you'll want them mid-trip.