🇧🇷 For 260 million speakers worldwide
Brazilian Portuguese speakers share the Spanish vowel challenges, plus two signatures: nasalized vowels and final consonants that grow an extra "ee".
Kill the extra final "ee". Ending words cleanly on their consonant is the fastest accent upgrade for Brazilian speakers.
Why it happens: Ship/sheep merge — Portuguese has one high front vowel.
The fix: Short I is lax and quick; long E is tense with a smile.
Full guide to /ɪ/ with practice words →Why it happens: No TH in Portuguese — "this" becomes "dis" or "zis".
The fix: Tongue tip between the teeth; check in a mirror.
Full guide to /ð/ with practice words →Why it happens: T before I palatalizes in Brazil ("tea" → "chee"), and CH/SH blur.
The fix: For T, keep the tongue tip firm on the ridge; no glide.
Full guide to /tʃ/ with practice words →Why it happens: Final L vocalizes to W in Portuguese: "Brazil" → "Braziw".
The fix: Finish final L with the tongue tip touching the ridge behind your teeth.
Full guide to /l/ with practice words →Why it happens: Written H is silent in Portuguese, while R can sound like English H — the two swap.
The fix: English H is a light breath; English R never sounds like H.
Full guide to /h/ with practice words →Why it happens: Word-final consonants gain "ee": "internet" → "internetchee".
The fix: End on the consonant and stop — no vowel after it.
Full guide to /e/ with practice words →These pairs target exactly the contrasts above. Tap to hear each word.
🎧 Train these pairs in the listening game →