Cadentia🇧🇷Brazilian & European Portuguese
Portuguese that actually sounds right.
Whether it’s Brazilian Portuguese for São Paulo or European Portuguese for Lisbon, speak it out loud and see exactly what to fix.
- 2
- voices for Cadi: Brazilian or European
- 250M+
- Portuguese speakers worldwide
Speaking Portuguese
Why Portuguese learners struggle
Portuguese gets treated as Spanish’s little sibling. It has its own challenges.
Few resources compared with Spanish
Most apps treat Portuguese as an afterthought: fewer lessons, older content, and help that really knows Spanish.
The sounds are different
Nasal vowels, the swallowed syllables of European Portuguese, the open vowels of Brazil: nothing like Spanish.
Brazilian vs European
Material mixes the two. You learn “tu” and then everyone in Brazil says “você”.
Three ways to say “to be”
Ser, estar and ficar. “Estou feliz” vs “fico feliz”: textbooks barely explain the difference.
What it catches
Built for Portuguese learners
Every answer is read for these patterns. The fix shows your sentence, the better version and the rule.
Choose your Portuguese
Brazilian or European: pick the voice Cadi speaks in Settings, and switch any time.
Ser, estar, ficar
Catches the mix-ups and explains which “to be” you needed.
Personal infinitive
The infinitive that conjugates, unique to Portuguese and essential for sounding natural.
Tu vs você
The right form for the place you are talking to.
Subjunctive
Spots the triggers and shows the form you needed.
Your mistakes come back
Fixes return in Review, and Cadi works them into your next conversation until they stick.
Real corrections
See it in action
Real corrections for Portuguese learners.
How it works
Say something real. See what to fix. Use it until it sticks.
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Answer one question out loud
A question about your life, answered in Portuguese. Mix in English when a word won't come. Free, no account, about two minutes.
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See exactly what to fix
Your own sentence comes back corrected, with the rule in plain English: the few fixes that matter, not a wall of red.
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Your mistakes come back
They return in Review, and Cadi, your conversation partner, challenges you to use them when you talk, until they stick.
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Keep a daily rhythm
A new question each day from your plan. Have a tutor? Bring your saved mistakes to your lessons.
Not on your own?
Portuguese with a tutor, or in a class
Have a tutor?
Your tutor gets one hour a week. Practise between lessons and bring your saved mistakes, so each lesson starts where you need it.
Teach Portuguese?
A language assistant for every student, on the topics you set.
Portuguese: common questions
Should I learn Brazilian or European Portuguese?
It depends on where you will use it. Brazilian Portuguese has more speakers and dominates media and business; European Portuguese is the standard in Portugal and much of Africa. They are mutually intelligible, so pick the one you need and learn to understand the other.
Can I switch between them later?
Yes. Change the voice in Settings at any time; your mistakes and your Review stay where they are.
Does it grade my pronunciation?
No. Cadentia corrects what you say (grammar, word choice, agreement), not your accent. You do hear Cadi answer in the variety you chose, which is how the sounds settle in.
Is Portuguese harder than Spanish?
It adds a few things: the personal infinitive, ficar as a third “to be”, more nasal sounds. If you know Spanish, much of the vocabulary is familiar; the work is in the differences, and those are the mistakes Cadentia catches.
What level do I need to start?
It works best from a basic level up (A2+): you can put sentences together but keep making the same mistakes. You can switch to English mid-sentence when a word won’t come.