Whether you're learning Brazilian Portuguese for a trip to Rio or European Portuguese for a move to Lisbon, the fastest way to improve is to use it in conversation. A NuraMate companion chats with you mainly in Portuguese, at your level, and gently corrects one mistake at a time.
How Portuguese practice works
- Pick a companion. Camila, an art director in Lisbon, is a natural choice. Any companion can practise with you.
- Turn on practice. In the chat options, choose Practice Portuguese.
- Write in Portuguese. Keep it simple; replies match your level.
- Get one correction. The reply ends with a short correction (✏️) and a few words about why, in your own language.
What a practice chat looks like
You: Ontem eu fui no praia com minha amiga. A água estava muito fria mas foi ótimo.
Camila: Que bom! A água do Atlântico aqui também é gelada, mas um dia de praia vale sempre a pena. Qual praia?
✏️ Ontem eu fui à praia. Praia is feminine, so "to the beach" is à praia (a + a). In Brazil, "fui na praia" is common in speech too.
Built for Portuguese learners
- Brazil or Portugal. Tell your companion which variety you're learning: você or tu, gerund or "a + infinitive", and the vocabulary that differs (ônibus vs autocarro).
- Your level. Short, simple sentences at first; richer Portuguese as you improve.
- Prepositions and contractions. No, na, ao, à, pelo: exactly what conversation practice fixes.
- Ask anytime. Ask what something means in your language, then continue in Portuguese.
Tips for faster progress
- Talk about your plans. Practising the future and the subjunctive (quando eu for…) comes naturally when you talk about trips.
- Practise the sounds in a voice call. Nasal vowels take practice.
- Ask about Lisbon. Camila loves coastal walks, live music and cooking.
- Write a little every day.
- Pin useful phrases as memories.
Already speak Portuguese?
NuraMate's whole site is available in Brazilian Portuguese, and companions can help you practise English or another language instead. Switch the site language at the top of any page.
A partner who remembers
NuraMate companions remember what you tell them, so the next conversation picks up from the last: practice that feels like a friendship, not a drill.
