🇵🇹 Free Portuguese Vocabulary Flashcards
8 beginner decks covering the 157 most useful Portuguese words — every word listed below with its English translation, free to read and free to study with spaced repetition.
Start studying free →Why start with these Portuguese words?
Portuguese opens two continents — Portugal and Brazil — plus growing communities across Africa, making it one of the most useful languages you can learn. If you know any Spanish, you will recognise much of the vocabulary above, but Portuguese has its own music: nasal sounds written with a tilde (não, mãe) and a softer, more flowing rhythm. The decks cover the essential first vocabulary — greetings, numbers, food, travel — and one detail worth learning early: "thank you" agrees with the speaker (obrigado if you are male, obrigada if female). Ten words a day with spaced repetition builds a working base in weeks.
How to study these decks
Read a deck below to preview every word, then sign up free to study it with spaced repetition — the method that schedules each card back right before you would forget it. Ten words a day is the sweet spot: enough to progress fast, small enough to sustain. Say each word out loud as you go, and practise English → Portuguese as well as the easier direction, because that is the one that lets you speak. For the method behind it, see our guide to learning a language with flashcards.
Numbers 1–20 20 cards
Counting is the first superpower in any language — prices, times, quantities and phone numbers all run on these twenty words.
| English | Portuguese (Português) |
|---|---|
| one | um |
| two | dois |
| three | três |
| four | quatro |
| five | cinco |
| six | seis |
| seven | sete |
| eight | oito |
| nine | nove |
| ten | dez |
| eleven | onze |
| twelve | doze |
| thirteen | treze |
| fourteen | catorze |
| fifteen | quinze |
| sixteen | dezesseis |
| seventeen | dezessete |
| eighteen | dezoito |
| nineteen | dezenove |
| twenty | vinte |
Greetings & Basics 18 cards
The polite essentials: hello, thank you, please, sorry — the twenty phrases that set the tone of every conversation you'll ever have.
| English | Portuguese (Português) |
|---|---|
| hello | olá |
| good morning | bom dia |
| good afternoon | boa tarde |
| good night | boa noite |
| bye | tchau |
| see you later | até logo |
| please | por favor |
| thank you | obrigado / obrigada |
| you're welcome | de nada |
| yes | sim |
| no | não |
| excuse me / sorry | desculpa |
| I'm very sorry | sinto muito |
| how are you? | como vai? |
| well, thanks | bem, obrigado |
| nice to meet you | prazer |
| I don't understand | não entendo |
| do you speak English? | fala inglês? |
Days & Months 20 cards
Plans, bookings and birthdays: the days of the week and months of the year, plus 'today' — the vocabulary of every calendar conversation.
| English | Portuguese (Português) |
|---|---|
| Monday | segunda-feira |
| Tuesday | terça-feira |
| Wednesday | quarta-feira |
| Thursday | quinta-feira |
| Friday | sexta-feira |
| Saturday | sábado |
| Sunday | domingo |
| January | janeiro |
| February | fevereiro |
| March | março |
| April | abril |
| May | maio |
| June | junho |
| July | julho |
| August | agosto |
| September | setembro |
| October | outubro |
| November | novembro |
| December | dezembro |
| today | hoje |
Family Words 19 cards
Mother, brother, grandmother, friend — the people words that come up in every getting-to-know-you conversation.
| English | Portuguese (Português) |
|---|---|
| mother | a mãe |
| father | o pai |
| brother | o irmão |
| sister | a irmã |
| son | o filho |
| daughter | a filha |
| grandfather | o avô |
| grandmother | a avó |
| uncle | o tio |
| aunt | a tia |
| cousin | o primo / a prima |
| wife | a esposa |
| husband | o marido |
| family | a família |
| friend (m) | o amigo |
| friend (f) | a amiga |
| child | a criança |
| baby | o bebê |
| parents | os pais |
Food & Drink 20 cards
Menus, markets and breakfast tables: the core food and drink words you'll use every single day abroad.
| English | Portuguese (Português) |
|---|---|
| water | a água |
| bread | o pão |
| milk | o leite |
| coffee | o café |
| tea | o chá |
| beer | a cerveja |
| wine | o vinho |
| cheese | o queijo |
| egg | o ovo |
| meat | a carne |
| chicken | o frango |
| fish | o peixe |
| rice | o arroz |
| fruit | a fruta |
| apple | a maçã |
| vegetables | os legumes |
| salt | o sal |
| sugar | o açúcar |
| breakfast | o café da manhã |
| dinner | o jantar |
Travel & Directions 20 cards
Airports, tickets, left and right: the survival kit for getting anywhere — and for asking where anywhere is.
| English | Portuguese (Português) |
|---|---|
| airport | o aeroporto |
| train | o trem |
| bus | o ônibus |
| car | o carro |
| ticket | a passagem |
| hotel | o hotel |
| beach | a praia |
| city | a cidade |
| street | a rua |
| map | o mapa |
| left | esquerda |
| right | direita |
| straight ahead | em frente |
| near | perto |
| far | longe |
| where is…? | onde fica…? |
| station | a estação |
| luggage | a bagagem |
| passport | o passaporte |
| help | ajuda |
Colours & Adjectives 20 cards
Colours plus the little describing words — big, small, new, expensive — that make your sentences suddenly specific.
| English | Portuguese (Português) |
|---|---|
| red | vermelho |
| blue | azul |
| green | verde |
| yellow | amarelo |
| black | preto |
| white | branco |
| orange | laranja |
| pink | rosa |
| purple | roxo |
| grey | cinza |
| brown | marrom |
| big | grande |
| small | pequeno |
| new | novo |
| old | velho |
| beautiful | bonito |
| ugly | feio |
| expensive | caro |
| cheap | barato |
| good | bom |
20 Most Useful Verbs 20 cards
To be, to have, to want, to go: the twenty verbs that power the majority of everyday sentences.
| English | Portuguese (Português) |
|---|---|
| to be (permanent) | ser |
| to be (state/place) | estar |
| to have | ter |
| to do / make | fazer |
| to go | ir |
| to come | vir |
| to want | querer |
| to be able to | poder |
| to speak | falar |
| to eat | comer |
| to drink | beber |
| to live (reside) | morar |
| to see | ver |
| to know (facts) | saber |
| to give | dar |
| to say | dizer |
| to work | trabalhar |
| to buy | comprar |
| to love | amar |
| to sleep | dormir |