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Glot for iPhone · European Portuguese first

Cards that speak Portuguese. You say it back.

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A deck of the 1,000 words you'll actually hear, each with a native voice and a short sentence that only uses words you've already met. Flip a card: it talks.

Try Drive Coming to the App Store
  • 1,000 words
  • Native voice on every card
  • Works offline
Drive · hands-free

Practise in the car. Eyes on the road.

Glot says a Portuguese word. You say what it means, out loud, in English. The phone listens and grades you. Try eight real cards here.

Ready8 words · about a minute
Drive
Turn the sound up.
Diogo says the word. You answer in English.

In the browser, Glot takes turns talking and listening. The iPhone app listens the whole time, hands-free.

  1. Diogo says a wordA native Lisbon-area voice, the same clip as the card.
  2. You say the meaning"To give", "give", "I think it's give": any of them count.
  3. Right: a bright tone and the next wordWrong: a low tone and Chris says "It's …".
Answer with

Voice uses your browser's speech recognition, in English. If the mic is blocked or missing, the demo switches to the tap buttons on its own.

On your lock screen
Stories

A story that opens as your words grow.

Each part is written only with words you already know. Learn more words and the next part opens. Tap a sentence for the English, tap a dotted word for its meaning.

  • Part 1Opens at 100 words
  • Part 2Opens at 150 words
  • Part 3Opens at 200 words
  • Part 4Opens at 300 words

In the app this counts the words you've recalled.

Sample passage

Tap a sentence for the English. Tap a dotted word for its meaning.

Languages

Pick a language.

Each language has a core deck of 1,000 words. Some have themed packs on top, for the part of life you're learning it for.

Portuguese (Brazil)Core 1K1,000 cards · not in the app yet
Dutch (Netherlands)Core 1K1,000 cards · audio on every card
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Portuguese (Portugal)

The Portuguese of Lisbon and Porto, not Brazil. Native European voice.

Core deck
Core deck

Core 1K

1,000 cards · 3,000 audio clips · 59 MB download

The 1,000 most frequent words of European Portuguese, in frequency order. Tap a card to turn it over.

What's in each card

  • The word, spoken by DiogoA native European Portuguese voice, recorded for every card.
  • A short, precise meaningver → to see (with one's eyes)
  • A sentence built from earlier cardsCard 12 only uses words from cards 1–11, plus little words like o, é, de.
  • The English, hidden until you tapRead the Portuguese first. Peek only if you need it.
  • A spoken answer for DriveChris says the English after a miss: "It's to give."
Themed packs
Pack

Horse Riding

96 cards · 5 MB download

For adult beginners taking riding lessons in Portugal: the words your instructor calls across the arena, the horse and its tack, and the phrases you need to say back.

Drive

Drive this deck

Hands-free in the car: hear a word, say the meaning, hear if you got it. Your due cards come first.

Try eight cards
StoriesRead a sample

One story, told in parts. Each part opens at a word count.

    Titles stay hidden until a part opens. Example with 112 words known.

    Get it

    Portuguese (Portugal) in Glot

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