Learn Portuguese for Beginners A0-A1 | Daily News Class in Simple Portuguese, Explained in English

Learn European Portuguese from zero, with real news, every morning. One short class a day in slow, simple Portuguese at A0-A1, explained line by line in English, with a free full transcript. Read today's lesson sheet: https://linguawire.com/class/portuguese WHAT YOU GET A new class every morning. One real story from the day's news, said slowly in Portuguese, then taken apart word by word with the English beside it. This is European Portuguese, as spoken in Portugal. Every episode has its own page with the full Portuguese transcript, the English translation beside it, the day's vocabulary, one grammar point and a short quiz. Every episode is also a video. If your podcast app is not showing it, watch on https://linguawire.com/class/portuguese If you have never studied Portuguese, start with today's episode. There is no order to catch up on. If you have been looking for a Portuguese course for beginners built on real material rather than scripted dialogues, this is it. NOT SURE THIS IS YOUR LEVEL? Our free Portuguese level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills, so you know what to work on next: https://linguawire.com/assessment WHEN THE CLASS STARTS TO FEEL SLOW The same news, without the lesson around it, at A1, A2 and B1+. Search LINGUAWIRE Portuguese A1. MORE FROM LINGUAWIRE The language guide: https://linguawire.com/guide Every language and level: https://linguawire.com/podcasts Also in Spanish, German, French and Italian. If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Portuguese learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 9h ago

    Cancer vaccine data shakes shares | Beginner Portuguese Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News

    Today's story: Moderna shares fall after a data leak concerning a cancer vaccine. You will hear it in Portuguese first, then line by line with the English beside it. Today's headline in Portuguese: Ações da Moderna caem após uma fuga de dados sobre uma vacina contra o cancro (00:00) Welcome and today's headline (01:33) Today's headline, slowly (02:19) Maximum amount (03:02) Showing information (03:42) Risk and reduction (04:39) Today's grammar point (05:10) The story again The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode: https://linguawire.com/class/portuguese/a1/2026-10-23 TODAY'S PORTUGUESE TEXT Ações da Moderna caem após uma fuga de dados sobre uma vacina contra o cancro Na quinta-feira, as ações da Moderna caíram até 25%. Alguns dados sobre a vacina contra o cancro foram divulgados antes dos resultados completos. Mais tarde, os resultados completos mostraram benefícios para alguns doentes com melanoma. A vacina com Keytruda reduziu em 42% o risco de o cancro voltar ou de o doente morrer. Ao fim de dois anos, cerca de 82% dos doentes que receberam os dois tratamentos estavam vivos sem o melanoma voltar. ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE Investigador encontra acesso parcial à Switch 2 Noite histórica para o Bournemouth frente ao AC Milan Investigação encontra ataques repetidos a hospitais no Darfur WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES - vocabulary (até) - vocabulary (antes) - verb (mostrar) - vocabulary (risco) - vocabulary (Ao fim) New to Portuguese? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start. Not sure this is your level? Our free Portuguese level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills: https://linguawire.com/assessment Grammar explained in plain English: https://linguawire.com/guide If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Portuguese learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. 1d ago

    Fernandes criticises Carrick tactics | Beginner Portuguese Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News

    Today's story: Fernandes criticises Carrick’s tactics after a heavy defeat for Manchester United. You will hear it in Portuguese first, then line by line with the English beside it. Today's headline in Portuguese: Fernandes critica tácticas de Carrick após derrota pesada do Manchester United (00:00) Welcome and today's headline (00:38) More stories today (01:34) Today's headline, slowly (02:26) Scores and matches (03:04) Saying something (03:57) Time without a win (04:50) The story again The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode: https://linguawire.com/class/portuguese/a1/2026-10-22 TODAY'S PORTUGUESE TEXT Fernandes critica tácticas de Carrick após derrota pesada do Manchester United O Manchester United perdeu por 4-1 contra o Como na Liga dos Campeões. Bruno Fernandes é o capitão do Manchester United. Fernandes disse que a equipa deu muito espaço ao Como. O treinador Michael Carrick disse que a equipa tem de correr para a frente e para trás para vencer. O Manchester United não vence há sete jogos e está no 13.º lugar da Premier League. ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE Presidente colombiano retira obras do Museu Nacional Netflix apresenta resultados após despedimentos nos Estados Unidos Falhas críticas no PHP levam muitos sites a atualizar os sistemas WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES - vocabulary (por) - vocabulary (capitão) - verb (dizer) - vocabulary (para trás) - vocabulary (há) New to Portuguese? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start. Not sure this is your level? Our free Portuguese level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills: https://linguawire.com/assessment Grammar explained in plain English: https://linguawire.com/guide If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Portuguese learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. 2d ago

    Britain sends jets to Saudi Arabia | Beginner Portuguese Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News

    Today's story: The United Kingdom sends fighter jets to protect Saudi Arabia. You will hear it in Portuguese first, then line by line with the English beside it. Today's headline in Portuguese: Reino Unido envia caças para proteger a Arábia Saudita (00:00) Welcome and today's headline (00:36) More stories today (01:35) Today's headline, slowly (02:20) The announcement (03:19) What will not happen (04:16) The truce (05:06) The story again The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode: https://linguawire.com/class/portuguese/a1/2026-10-21 TODAY'S PORTUGUESE TEXT Reino Unido envia caças para proteger a Arábia Saudita Na terça-feira, o Governo britânico anunciou o envio de caças Typhoon para a Arábia Saudita. Os caças vão proteger cidades e instalações importantes na Arábia Saudita contra drones e mísseis. Os caças não vão atacar alvos Houthi no Iémen. O Reino Unido também vai enviar um avião de transporte e conselheiros militares. A trégua longa no Iémen terminou em setembro. ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE Elon Musk admite fusão entre a Tesla e a SpaceX Investigador alerta para perda gradual de poder causada pela IA Ngumoha inspira reviravolta do Liverpool em Inglaterra WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES - vocabulary (anunciou) - vocabulary (contra) - vocabulary (não) - verb (enviar) - vocabulary (terminou) New to Portuguese? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start. Not sure this is your level? Our free Portuguese level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills: https://linguawire.com/assessment Grammar explained in plain English: https://linguawire.com/guide If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Portuguese learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  4. 3d ago

    Bank invests in US startups | Beginner Portuguese Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News

    Today's story: JPMorgan invests $5 billion in startups in the US. You will hear it in Portuguese first, then line by line with the English beside it. Today's headline in Portuguese: JPMorgan investe 5 000 milhões de dólares em empresas novas nos EUA (00:00) Welcome and today's headline (00:35) More stories today (01:34) Today's headline, slowly (02:29) Investir dinheiro (03:00) Company support (03:34) A past plan (04:19) Funding for a company (05:16) The story again The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode: https://linguawire.com/class/portuguese/a1/2026-10-20 TODAY'S PORTUGUESE TEXT JPMorgan investe 5 000 milhões de dólares em empresas novas nos EUA O JPMorgan Chase investiu 5 000 milhões de dólares em empresas novas nos Estados Unidos no primeiro ano do programa. O programa apoia empresas de defesa, produção e cadeias de abastecimento. O banco planeava investir 10 000 milhões de dólares em dez anos. O JPMorgan investiu diretamente na Hadrian e na Castelion. Em agosto, o banco ajudou a liderar uma ronda de financiamento de 1 400 milhões de dólares para a Hadrian. ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE Anthropic vai dar 5% das suas ações a um fundo para o bem público PSG e Barcelona encontram-se em Paris num grande teste da Liga dos Campeões As eleições mais caras de sempre nos Estados Unidos WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES - verb (investir) - vocabulary (cadeias de abastecimento) - vocabulary (planeava) - vocabulary (diretamente) - vocabulary (ronda de financiamento) New to Portuguese? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start. Not sure this is your level? Our free Portuguese level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills: https://linguawire.com/assessment Grammar explained in plain English: https://linguawire.com/guide If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Portuguese learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  5. 4d ago

    New campus planned in India | Beginner Portuguese Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News

    Today's story: Nike is going to create a new campus in India to grow. You will hear it in Portuguese first, then line by line with the English beside it. Today's headline in Portuguese: Nike vai criar um novo campus na Índia para crescer (00:00) Welcome and today's headline (00:34) More stories today (01:40) Today's headline, slowly (02:26) Creating something (03:16) An important market (04:05) Changes in supply (04:38) Today's grammar point (05:22) Your quiz The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode: https://linguawire.com/class/portuguese/a1/2026-10-19 TODAY'S PORTUGUESE TEXT Nike vai criar um novo campus na Índia para crescer A Nike vai criar um novo campus global em Bengaluru, na Índia, que vai abrir nos próximos anos. Elliott Hill diz que o campus é um investimento a longo prazo. A Índia já é um mercado importante e um centro de produção para a Nike. O campus terá empregos nas três marcas: Nike, Jordan Brand e Converse. O plano Pace da Nike inclui mudanças na organização e na cadeia de abastecimento. ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE Quénia confirma oitavo caso de Ébola Anthropic dá à METR acesso semelhante ao de funcionários Mbeumo dá algum alívio a Carrick, mas o Manchester United continua sem ganhar WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES - verb (criar) - vocabulary (investimento) - vocabulary (já) - vocabulary (terá) - vocabulary (cadeia de abastecimento) New to Portuguese? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start. Not sure this is your level? Our free Portuguese level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills: https://linguawire.com/assessment Grammar explained in plain English: https://linguawire.com/guide If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Portuguese learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. 5d ago

    Vance criticises White House access sales | Beginner Portuguese Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News

    Today's story: Vance criticises the sale of access to the White House. You will hear it in Portuguese first, then line by line with the English beside it. Today's headline in Portuguese: Vance critica a venda de acesso à Casa Branca (00:00) Welcome and today's headline (00:35) More stories today (01:16) Today's headline, slowly (02:00) A public meeting (02:52) Asking for something (03:39) Facts and the law (04:34) The story again The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode: https://linguawire.com/class/portuguese/a1/2026-10-18 TODAY'S PORTUGUESE TEXT Vance critica a venda de acesso à Casa Branca JD Vance criticou a venda de acesso à Casa Branca num encontro público no Michigan. O jornalista Tony Dokoupil falou de várias notícias sobre a administração de Trump. Uma notícia disse que Kimberly Guilfoyle pediu 100 mil dólares a um homem. Kimberly Guilfoyle disse que não fez nada de errado. Vance disse que quer decidir com base nos factos e que a administração segue a lei. ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE Tesla apresenta protótipo do Roadster que pode voar Wirtz brilha, mas continua a ser um problema para o Liverpool WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES - vocabulary (encontro público) - vocabulary (várias) - verb (pedir) - vocabulary (nada) - vocabulary (segue) New to Portuguese? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start. Not sure this is your level? Our free Portuguese level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills: https://linguawire.com/assessment Grammar explained in plain English: https://linguawire.com/guide If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Portuguese learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  7. 6d ago

    Press secretary removed after five days | Beginner Portuguese Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News

    Today's story: Katie Zacharia was removed from her post as White House press secretary after five days. You will hear it in Portuguese first, then line by line with the English beside it. Today's headline in Portuguese: Katie Zacharia foi afastada do cargo de porta-voz da Casa Branca após cinco dias (00:00) Welcome and today's headline (00:37) More stories today (01:41) Today's headline, slowly (02:32) Days and timing (03:17) Choosing a person (04:08) Answering questions (04:54) Today's grammar point (05:26) The story again The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode: https://linguawire.com/class/portuguese/a1/2026-10-17 TODAY'S PORTUGUESE TEXT Katie Zacharia foi afastada do cargo de porta-voz da Casa Branca após cinco dias Na sexta-feira, Katie Zacharia foi afastada do cargo de porta-voz da Casa Branca, após cinco dias. Uma semana antes, o Presidente Trump escolheu Zacharia para substituir Karoline Leavitt. Na terça-feira, Zacharia deu a sua única conferência de imprensa e falou durante cerca de dez minutos. Depois, respondeu a perguntas de três órgãos de comunicação social. A Casa Branca ainda não disse quem vai ocupar o cargo. ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE Modelos da OpenAI atacaram sites e retiraram criptomoeda de uma carteira Ofensiva ucraniana empurra forças russas para trás no Donbas Peter Rice vai liderar os conteúdos da Netflix WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES - vocabulary (sexta-feira) - vocabulary (escolheu) - vocabulary (durante) - verb (responder) - vocabulary (ainda) New to Portuguese? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start. Not sure this is your level? Our free Portuguese level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills: https://linguawire.com/assessment Grammar explained in plain English: https://linguawire.com/guide If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Portuguese learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  8. Oct 16

    British bank surcharge may rise | Beginner Portuguese Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News

    Today's story: Healey is preparing to raise the surcharge paid by British banks. You will hear it in Portuguese first, then line by line with the English beside it. Today's headline in Portuguese: Healey prepara-se para aumentar a sobretaxa dos bancos britânicos (00:00) Welcome and today's headline (00:36) More stories today (01:40) Today's headline, slowly (02:26) Bank profits (03:04) Wanting something (03:37) A higher charge (04:16) Today's grammar point (04:59) Your quiz The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode: https://linguawire.com/class/portuguese/a1/2026-10-16 TODAY'S PORTUGUESE TEXT Healey prepara-se para aumentar a sobretaxa dos bancos britânicos John Healey prepara-se para aumentar a sobretaxa que os bancos pagam sobre os lucros. O orçamento está marcado para 28 de outubro. O Governo quer reduzir o défice. A sobretaxa pode subir de 3% para 8%. Esta medida pode dar mais de 2 mil milhões de libras por ano. ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE KDE lança o Plasma 6.8 e termina o suporte nativo para X11 Elon Musk dá mais de 150 milhões de dólares a republicanos no Senado dos EUA A Malásia recebe o presidente de Myanmar com tapete vermelho WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES - vocabulary (lucros) - vocabulary (orçamento) - verb (querer) - vocabulary (subir) - vocabulary (mil milhões) New to Portuguese? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start. Not sure this is your level? Our free Portuguese level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills: https://linguawire.com/assessment Grammar explained in plain English: https://linguawire.com/guide If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Portuguese learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Learn European Portuguese from zero, with real news, every morning. One short class a day in slow, simple Portuguese at A0-A1, explained line by line in English, with a free full transcript. Read today's lesson sheet: https://linguawire.com/class/portuguese WHAT YOU GET A new class every morning. One real story from the day's news, said slowly in Portuguese, then taken apart word by word with the English beside it. This is European Portuguese, as spoken in Portugal. Every episode has its own page with the full Portuguese transcript, the English translation beside it, the day's vocabulary, one grammar point and a short quiz. Every episode is also a video. If your podcast app is not showing it, watch on https://linguawire.com/class/portuguese If you have never studied Portuguese, start with today's episode. There is no order to catch up on. If you have been looking for a Portuguese course for beginners built on real material rather than scripted dialogues, this is it. NOT SURE THIS IS YOUR LEVEL? Our free Portuguese level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills, so you know what to work on next: https://linguawire.com/assessment WHEN THE CLASS STARTS TO FEEL SLOW The same news, without the lesson around it, at A1, A2 and B1+. Search LINGUAWIRE Portuguese A1. MORE FROM LINGUAWIRE The language guide: https://linguawire.com/guide Every language and level: https://linguawire.com/podcasts Also in Spanish, German, French and Italian. If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Portuguese learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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