Does Language Transfer Teach Portuguese?
No. Language Transfer's course page lists French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, Japanese, British Sign Language, and English for Spanish speakers, and Portuguese is not one of them. It is known for free audio courses where you pause, think, and answer out loud as each lesson goes. Its About page says it is the work of one person, Mihalis Eleftheriou.
Portuguese has audio courses that also ask you to answer out loud, and apps that help you think in the language. They're grouped below by how you'd like to learn, and our best apps to learn Portuguese lists tutors, videos, and more.
Which Portuguese Apps Offer What Language Transfer Offers?
| What Language Transfer Offers | Portuguese Apps That Offer It |
|---|---|
| Audio lessons you answer out loud | Pimsleur |
| Lessons in a set order | Pimsleur, Practice Portuguese |
| Grammar explained as you go | Bubblegum (ask Poppy), Practice Portuguese (Learning Notes) |
| Audio you can download and play offline | Pimsleur, Practice Portuguese (dialogues) |
Portuguese Lessons Made for You
Bubblegum
For serious learners, Bubblegum is the best app to learn Portuguese. You learn from Portuguese you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.
In Bubblegum, Poppy, your AI tutor, writes Portuguese lessons at your level, and you can ask her about any sentence you want to take apart.
The trade-off is that Bubblegum is not an audio course. For lessons you answer out loud, Pimsleur below is the better fit.
- Pick Brazilian or European Portuguese, and lessons are written and voiced for that one.
- Poppy writes each lesson at your level about what you like.
- Ask Poppy why a sentence works the way it does.
- Saved words come back inside new lessons through Regenerative Review™.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- It is a reading and listening app, so there is no course where you answer out loud.
- A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so your first one is free, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn.
- Regenerative Review™
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Portuguese Audio Courses You Answer Out Loud
Pimsleur
Like Language Transfer, Pimsleur has you speak out loud in every lesson. New words come back at timed moments so they stay in memory. It suits learners who want to practice speaking Portuguese while they drive or walk.
- Separate courses for Brazilian and European Portuguese.
- Five levels and 150 lessons in Brazilian Portuguese.
- Each 30-minute lesson has you listen and speak.
- A hands-free mode for learning on the go.
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European Portuguese Lessons and Dialogues
Practice Portuguese
Practice Portuguese was started by Joel, from Canada, and Rui, from Portugal, when Joel couldn't find learning material that wasn't Brazilian. Save phrases from a dialogue and review them with its Smart Review flashcards. It suits learners who are moving to Portugal or visiting it.
- Only European Portuguese, as people speak it in Portugal.
- Lessons from A1 up to B2, in units you can take in order.
- More than 800 dialogues with translated subtitles and speed controls.
- Learning Notes explain grammar and culture with audio examples.
- Flashcards
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which Portuguese app should a beginner choose?
If you are serious about learning Portuguese, start with Bubblegum. Poppy writes lessons at your level about things you like. Or start with Pimsleur if you'd like an audio course like Language Transfer, because its site says the course is made for complete beginners.
Will Language Transfer add Portuguese?
The course page we checked on October 14, 2026 doesn't list Portuguese, and we don't guess at its plans.
Should I learn Brazilian or European Portuguese?
Pick the one spoken where you'll use it. Pimsleur and Bubblegum each offer both, and Practice Portuguese teaches only the Portuguese of Portugal.
Is Bubblegum free?
Yes. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn. It holds lessons that other learners asked Poppy for. A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so your first one is free, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons.
Sources
- Language Transfer: Free Courses (engage, pause, think and answer out loud; course list)
- Language Transfer: About (made by Mihalis Eleftheriou, creator of The Thinking Method)
- Language Transfer: App Store listing (free audio courses, no sign-up)
- Pimsleur: Learn Brazilian Portuguese (five levels, 150 lessons, 30-minute audio lessons)
- Pimsleur: App Store listing (51 languages, including European or Brazilian Portuguese)
- Practice Portuguese: App Store listing (European Portuguese lessons from A1 to B2, 800+ dialogues, Smart Review)
- Practice Portuguese: Home page (strictly European Portuguese since 2012)
- Bubblegum
Checked on October 14, 2026 against each app's own pages.
