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Portuguese first words and phrases for toddlers

1,000+ illustrated words and 500+ everyday phrases in Portuguese — Brazilian Portuguese, each card spoken by a woman and a man, both native voices, so you can hear it before you say it. Ages 0–5. Free to start.

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PhraseFree card

Eu te amo.

“I love you.” · Me & My People

A child kissing a parent’s cheek — the illustration on the Eu te amo card

Hear it in Portuguese

Both clips are the app’s own audio, copied straight from the bundle. Tap one, then say it yourself — that second part is the one that counts.

1,000+illustrated words
500+everyday phrases
3,094Portuguese clips, bundled
2native voices per card

The phrases library

Say these today.

Eight real cards from the free set, grouped by the moment they belong to. The Portuguese is exactly what the app shows; the English underneath is for you. Tap a voice, then say it out loud to your child — that is the whole method.

Mealtime

  • Mais, por favor.

    “More, please.”

    I Want & I Need

  • Acabei.

    “All done.”

    No, Stop & All Done

Bedtime

  • Boa noite, dorme bem.

    “Good night, sleep tight.”

    Talk With Me

  • Tenho medo do escuro.

    “I'm afraid of the dark.”

    How I Feel

Playtime

  • Onde foi parar?

    “Where did it go?”

    Where Things Go

  • Aí está você!

    “There you are!”

    Where Things Go

Big Feelings

  • Estou triste.

    “I'm sad.”

    How I Feel

  • Tô com raiva!

    “I'm mad!”

    How I Feel

The words library

First words, in three stages.

The word library is 1,000+ illustrated cards across three stages you pick for your child. Here are twenty-four of them in Portuguese — the twelve with pictures are free; press a voice.

First Words 0–24 months

Free — picture, Portuguese word, both voices.

  • milk — the illustration on the leite card

    leite

    milk

    Food & Drink

  • dog — the illustration on the cachorro card

    cachorro

    dog

    Animals

  • mama — the illustration on the mamãe card

    mamãe

    mama

    People

  • ball — the illustration on the bola card

    bola

    ball

    Toys

Also in this stage, in the full library

  • água

    water

    Food & Drink

  • maçã

    apple

    Food & Drink

  • lua

    moon

    Nature & Weather

  • passarinho

    bird

    Animals

Growing Words 2–3 years

Free — picture, Portuguese word, both voices.

  • rainbow — the illustration on the arco-íris card

    arco-íris

    rainbow

    Nature & Weather

  • penguin — the illustration on the pinguim card

    pinguim

    penguin

    Animals

  • castle — the illustration on the castelo card

    castelo

    castle

    Places

  • jump — the illustration on the pular card

    pular

    jump

    Actions

Also in this stage, in the full library

  • escola

    school

    Places

  • dividir

    share

    Actions

  • médica

    doctor

    People

  • lavar as mãos

    wash hands

    Actions

Word Builder 3–5 years

Free — picture, Portuguese word, both voices.

  • astronaut — the illustration on the astronauta card

    astronauta

    astronaut

    People

  • volcano — the illustration on the vulcão card

    vulcão

    volcano

    Nature & Weather

  • flashlight — the illustration on the lanterna card

    lanterna

    flashlight

    Home

  • peacock — the illustration on the pavão card

    pavão

    peacock

    Animals

Also in this stage, in the full library

  • beija-flor

    hummingbird

    Animals

  • sereia

    mermaid

    People

  • corajoso

    brave

    Feelings

  • comemorar

    celebrate

    Actions

The whole library, not a smaller edition

What’s inside for Portuguese.

  • 1,000+ words in 16 categories — Animals, Food & Drink, Body, Home, Clothes, Toys, Vehicles, Nature & Weather, Places, People, Actions, Colors, Numbers, Shapes, Feelings, and Everyday Words.
  • Three age stages — First Words (0–24 months), Growing Words (2–3 years), Word Builder (3–5 years). You choose; the app never quietly moves your child on.
  • 500+ phrases in 9 themes — I Want & I Need, No, Stop & All Done, Look at This!, What’s Happening, Where Things Go, Me & My People, Let’s Play Together, How I Feel, and Talk With Me.
  • 3,094 Portuguese clips — a woman’s and a man’s native voice on every word and every phrase, all bundled in the app so nothing needs a signal.
  • Portuguese comes with the other seven — English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Korean and Russian are in the same app, at the same one price. Switch language on the card itself, without losing your place.
  • 75 words and 35 phrases free, forever — 25 words for each stage, all in Portuguese, with both voices and their pictures.

Straight from the catalog

How the Portuguese is written.

  • Brazilian, in the words and the voices. The bus is ônibus, the train is trem, ice cream is sorvete, breakfast is café da manhã, juice is suco. 39 phrases say você and none say tu. Both voices are native Brazilian Portuguese. A family in Lisbon will understand every card — and nothing stops you saying your own word out loud after the clip plays.
  • The little words a Brazilian toddler actually hears. 36 cards end in -inho or -inha: passarinho, cachorrinho, gatinho, coelhinho, joaninha, pintinho. That is not baby talk added on top; it is the form the word takes when a grown-up says it to a small child, so it is the form on the card.
  • Mamãe, papai, vovó, vovô. The people cards use the names a child says, not the dictionary’s: mamãe and papai, vovó and vovô.
  • Spoken where it sounds spoken. Tô com raiva! is how a child blurts it, so that is how the card says it; where the fuller form is what people actually say, the card keeps it — Estou com fome, Estou com sede. Aí está você! and Onde foi parar? are the sentences that actually get said at playtime.
  • The word follows the picture. The doctor on the card is a woman, so the card says médica. Portuguese adjectives agree with the child in the picture, and the card is written that way card by card; when you say it about your own child, change the ending to fit them.
  • Two Portuguese voices, on every card. Every word and every phrase is spoken twice — in a woman’s native voice and in a man’s — and both live in the app at no extra cost. Whichever parent is doing bedtime, there is a voice on the card that sounds a little like them.

Why most families open these cards

For vovó e vovô.

For a lot of families the Portuguese cards are about the people on the other end of a video call to Brazil. The call comes, the child waves, and there is nothing to say into it. Over time the calls get shorter.

Three or four things a child can produce on cue change that call: Oi, vovó!, Eu te amo, the name of the dog. Nobody on that call is counting vocabulary. They are noticing that the child turned toward the voice and answered in its language.

It works in the other direction too. Show the grandparent the card, let them say passarinho into the phone in their own Portuguese, and let your child hear a voice they love saying it. The app is the prompt; the family is the point. With up to four child profiles, an older sibling and a baby keep their own lists.

Questions parents ask

Portuguese questions.

Is this Brazilian or European Portuguese?

Brazilian, in both the wording and the voices: ônibus, trem, sorvete, suco, and você throughout. There is no separate European Portuguese library. A family in Portugal will understand every card, and where your family says it differently, your word is the right one to say out loud after the clip.

Is Portuguese included in the free version?

Yes. The free set is 75 words and 35 phrases, and it is the same in every one of the eight languages, with both voices. No account, no trial clock, no ads. Portuguese is never the paid add-on; the one $9.99 purchase opens the rest of both libraries in all eight languages at once.

We speak Portuguese and English at home. Can the app do both?

Yes. Language is set per child profile, and you can switch it from the language pill without leaving the card, so the same picture can be leite and then milk. You can keep up to four child profiles, each with its own language and its own progress.

Everything else — teaching a language you don’t speak, screen time for a baby, what the $9.99 unlocks — is answered on the FAQ.

Simple Words, Special Moments

Start with one word.

75 words and 35 phrases are free, forever — in Portuguese, with both voices. One $9.99 purchase opens the rest of the 1,000+ words and 500+ phrases, in all eight languages at once. No subscription, nothing renews.

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No ads, ever Private by design Works offline No account needed Up to 4 children iPhone, iPad, and Android

On Apple, the purchase is set up for Family Sharing. Google Play has no in‑app‑purchase family sharing, so on Android it stays with the account that bought it.

Same app, same card

More languages.

Portuguese sits alongside seven others in the same app, on the same card. If your family runs on two of them, both are already here.