Language Links

Portuguese

Portuguese Language Links

• BBC: Languages: Quick Fix Portuguese - Includes useful phrases and a short language course for travelers. With audio.
• Brazilian Portuguese - Minilessons in grammar and everyday phrases. Searchable site; also reading resources, sound files, and links.
• Collection of Tongue Twisters - A collection of Portuguese and Brazilian tongue twisters, with approximate translations.
• Fale Português (Speak Portuguese) - Brazilian Portuguese learning page designed for English speakers, with a short language course, essays and cultural information.
• Learn Verbs - Audio guide for over a hundred Portuguese verbs conjugated in six different verb tenses. Also available in six other languages.
• Portuguese Idioms Literally Translated - Compiled, translated, and explained in English by Tágide Crista.
• The Portuguese Language - Language, history, and evolution of the language, and an account of regional usage.
• Type Portuguese Characters Online - Web-based text editor with buttons and keyboard shortcuts.
• Wikipedia: Portuguese language - Article in the online collaborative encyclopedia. Information on history of the language, geographic distribution, vocabulary, phonology, grammar and useful links. Includes audio samples of different dialects.

Portuguese Dictionary and Translation Links

• English - Portuguese On-line Dictionary - From the freeware multilingual program Ergane. It contains 15,000 terms.
• F. A. Pinto - Railroad Track Dictionary Page - The Track Dictionary, is a compiled 100 page work of Mr.Castello Branco (formerly a Flumitrens Engineer) and which probably covers most of track railroad terms and definitions used in nowadays subways and railroads maintenances. So far, is probably the only official translation between English and Portuguese in this field.
• FLiP On-line Portuguese Spell Checker - Spell checks Portuguese texts by either European or Brazilian standards. Also offers a CD product with grammar checker, thesaurus and hyphenator.
• Online English to Portuguese to English Dictionary - Java-powered word translation search.
• Portuguese - English On-line Dictionary - From the freeware multilingual program Ergane. It contains 15,000 terms.

Do you know of a good Portuguese link that should be on this page? If so, let me know about it! I will add any links that are relevant to learning Portuguese. I am also open to link exchanges as long as the site pertains to the Portuguese language.