Practice Portuguese
The most complete European Portuguese course anywhere — 950+ episodes, all from Portugal.
- LevelFor beginners · For intermediate · For advanced
- PriceFree with a paid tier
- SpokenExplained in English
- Made forFor learners
- Episodes here5 newest
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In this episode, Joel and Rui talk about how people greet each other in Portugal — cheek kisses, handshakes, that sort of thing — and the tricky business of actually leaving a party without it turning into a whole thing. They cover vocabulary like "está a ficar tarde," "tenho que ir embora," and "até à próxima," plus some expressions you'd use in social situations.
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In this episode, Joel and Rui compare how people interact with their neighbors in Portugal and Canada—everything from awkward elevator silence to strangers weighing in on what's in your shopping bag. They go through some common Portuguese greetings and goodbyes like "bom dia," "até logo," "vai-se andando," and "haja saúde," and talk about when you'd actually say "boa tarde" versus "boa noite."
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We go for a walk, talk about our favourite music genres, play a “name the first artist you think of” game, and arrive at the gym still arguing about who really is the king and queen of pop. In this episode you’ll hear natural Portuguese around music vocabulary and genres, plus useful expressions for opinions, preferences, and struggling to label things (like “rótulos” and “sobrepõem-se”).
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Who's the better liar, Rui or Joel? 🤥 Today we'll practice using past tense verb conjugations to discuss past experiences. Can you detect which of our stories are true, and which are total lies?
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What do Portuguese people eat for breakfast? Why do we greet women with two kisses on the cheek? And who eats 'Bolas de Berlim' at the beach? In this live-recorded episode, Rui and Joel discuss some of Portugal's most interesting habits.
What it is
Rui and Joel have built since 2012 what nobody else has for European Portuguese: 100+ structured units, hundreds of graded audio Shorties and podcast episodes, a verb trainer, pronunciation analysis and an SRS review system, all in the Lisbon standard rather than Brazilian. The Practice Portuguese Podcast and Shorties are free in any podcast app; full site and app access is about €15/month with no free trial but a money-back guarantee. If you live in Portugal and can only pay for one thing, this is it — the caveat is that it is Lisbon-accented and light on the northern varieties.
Episodes are played straight from the publisher's feed — nothing is hosted here, and the five newest are whatever the feed served when this page was last built. All Portuguese podcasts →