Flashcards · Brazilian Portuguese
Free Brazilian Portuguese flashcards (Anki deck)
The most common Brazilian Portuguese words as Anki flashcards: the top 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000 or all 5,000 (or just the verbs, nouns, adjectives or adverbs among them), each with its meaning and an example sentence in Portuguese and English. Free to download, no sign-up, no email.
One .apkg file, up to 5,000 cards. Start small and import a bigger one later: your progress is kept. Opens in Anki on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone.
What's on each card
The word on the front. On the back, what it means, what kind of word it is, and a sentence using it, in Portuguese and English.
Front
falar
Back
to speak, to talk
verb
Ela fala inglês muito bem.
She speaks English very well.
#54
Front
casa
Back
house; home
noun
Vou ficar em casa hoje à noite.
I'm going to stay home tonight.
#86
Front
legal
Back
cool, nice; legal
adjective
Seu irmão é muito legal.
Your brother is really nice.
#250
How to import it into Anki
On a computer
- 1Install Anki from apps.ankiweb.net (free on Windows, Mac and Linux).
- 2Choose how many words and download the deck above: one .apkg file.
- 3In Anki, choose File › Import and pick the file, or just double-click it.
- 4The deck “Verbeto · Brazilian Portuguese” appears in your list. Click it and press Study Now.
On a phone
- 1Install AnkiDroid (free, Android) or AnkiMobile (iPhone and iPad).
- 2Download the deck on your phone.
- 3Open the downloaded file and choose to open it with Anki, or import it from Anki's menu.
- 4Or import it on a computer and sync with a free AnkiWeb account: the deck appears on every device.
The deck's bands and tags
Every card is tagged with its band and its part of speech, so you can study in order. Start with verbeto::band::0001-0250 — those words alone are a large share of everyday speech — then work down. To study one band, use Anki's Custom Study › Study by card state or tag, or search the browser for the tag.
| Words | Cards | Tag |
|---|---|---|
| 1–250 | 250 | verbeto::band::0001-0250 |
| 251–500 | 250 | verbeto::band::0251-0500 |
| 501–1,000 | 500 | verbeto::band::0501-1000 |
| 1,001–2,000 | 1000 | verbeto::band::1001-2000 |
| 2,001–5,000 | 3000 | verbeto::band::2001-5000 |
Using Quizlet or another app?
The list is also a CSV file, at the same sizes: rank, word, part of speech, meaning and the example sentence in Portuguese and English. Quizlet, Anki's own importer and most flashcard apps read it: choose comma as the separator and map the word and meaning to the two sides.
See all the words, with meanings and examples
The list is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. The ranking is built from the Brazilian Portuguese subtitles of OpenSubtitles (FrequencyWords by Hermit Dave, CC BY-SA 4.0), the meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), and the example sentences were written for learners by Verbeto and are still being reviewed. None is a quotation.
Learn them in real sentences
A list is a good map and a poor teacher. A word learned alone, from a list or a flashcard, is easy to recognise and hard to use, because you never met it doing anything. Meet the same word in a story — who said it, to whom, what happened next — and it sticks.
That's what Verbeto is for. You read real Brazilian books and stories at your level, tap any word you don't know for its meaning in that sentence, and it becomes a card you review later, with the sentence you found it in.
Tap any word in a real Brazilian book and it becomes a cardQuestions
Is the deck free?
Yes, completely. No sign-up, no email, no trial. Download it and it's yours.
How many words should I download?
If you're starting out, the top 1,000: they make up about 80% of the words in everyday Brazilian speech. Every size is the same deck, so when you're ready for more, import a bigger one: the new words are added, and the cards you've studied keep their progress.
Is it Brazilian or European Portuguese?
Brazilian. The words are ranked by how often Brazilians use them, the meanings and examples are Brazilian, and the audio is read in a Brazilian Portuguese voice.
How do I import it?
On a computer, open Anki and choose File › Import, or double-click the .apkg file. On a phone, open the file with AnkiDroid or AnkiMobile, or import on a computer and sync through a free AnkiWeb account.
Does it have audio?
Not yet. This version has the words, meanings and examples; a version with every word and example spoken in a Brazilian voice is on its way, and importing it will update the cards you already have without losing your progress.
Can I share or change it?
Yes. The deck is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, like the sources it is built from (Wiktionary's meanings and the FrequencyWords ranking). Share it, change it, build on it — keep the credit, and share what you make under the same licence.