Listening trainer: understand Portuguese
Ten short listening tasks per round — slow or normal speed.
Listening closely helps you speak.
Listening trainer
Or practise one thing
Read along shows the text with every task straight away. Good for tuning in; answers then do not count, because it is no longer a listening test.
Good to know
Without sound or with hearing loss
Every task has a “Show text” button, and the “Read along” switch always shows the text. Everything works from the keyboard: Tab to the buttons, digits for the answers, Enter to go on.
What happens in a round?
Ten short tasks per round: recognise a word, hear the gap in a sentence, find the stressed syllable, tell two similar sounds apart, follow a dialogue. You decide when something plays — and whether slowly or at normal speed.
Why in small steps?
Listening to a new language means recognising sounds first, then where words begin and end, then the meaning. The trainer practises these steps one by one — and together in the mixed round. Feedback comes at once, so your ear learns what made the difference.
Why practise slowly?
At the start, a slower speed demonstrably helps understanding. Feel free to hear a task twice, slowly first and then at normal speed: the goal is normal speed, but the way there can be slow.
Where do the voices come from?
First, speech generated in advance by this website plays. Where there is no file for it, your browser speaks with its own voices — and switches between them, because words heard from many voices are easier to recognise later. These are not recordings of real speakers, and nothing plays unless you press a button.
Example sentences
A1 Comemos às oito.We eat at eight.
A1 Espera um minuto.Wait a minute.
A2 Emprestas-me uma caneta?Will you lend me a pen?
A2 Chegou antes da hora marcada.He was there before the appointed time.
B1 A data-limite é no fim do mês.The deadline is at the end of the month.
B1 O contrato renova-se automaticamente.The contract renews automatically.
B2 O afluente junta-se ao rio depois da ponte.The tributary joins the river after the bridge.
B2 A citação judicial chegou pelo correio.The summons arrived by post.
C1 À noite levo um colete de alta visibilidade.At night I wear a high-visibility jacket.
C1 Levo sempre remendos e uma chave pequena.I always carry patches and a small spanner.
C2 A retenção de sedimentos vai roubando areia ao rio de baixo.Sediment retention gradually robs the river below of its sand.
C2 O certificado de cronómetro acompanha a caixa.The chronometer certificate comes with the box.