English Portuguese Dictionary
Free offline English-Portuguese dictionary. Look up translations instantly without internet. Perfect for Portuguese learners and travelers.
Key Features
100% Offline
Look up Portuguese words anytime, anywhere — no internet connection needed.
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Android & iOS
Available on both Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Comprehensive
Thousands of words and phrases covering everyday vocabulary and more.
Bidirectional
Search from English to Portuguese or Portuguese to English seamlessly.
About English Portuguese Dictionary
This offline English-Portuguese dictionary is designed for anyone learning Portuguese or traveling to Portugal. It provides quick, reliable translations for thousands of words and phrases.
About Portuguese
Portuguese is spoken by over 260 million people worldwide and is the official language of Portugal, as well as several African nations. European Portuguese differs from Brazilian Portuguese in pronunciation and vocabulary.
Who is this app for? Portuguese learners, travelers to Portugal, language students.
European Portuguese swallows its vowels
Portuguese spelling looks approachable to anyone who has met Spanish, and then European Portuguese is spoken and the resemblance collapses. Unstressed vowels are reduced heavily, sometimes almost to nothing: telefone arrives closer to "tlfón". Final -s is pronounced as a sh sound, so dois is "doysh" rather than "doys".
This is why learners often find European Portuguese harder to follow than Brazilian, which keeps its vowels full. Reading comes quickly; listening takes real time.
Nasal vowels do the work of extra letters
Portuguese has genuine nasal vowels, written with a tilde or implied before m and n: pão (bread), mão (hand), irmã (sister), bom (good). English has nasal consonants but no nasal vowels, so this is a new articulation rather than an accent detail — and it distinguishes words. Getting it wrong is the difference between pau and pão.
Which Portuguese this covers
This dictionary is oriented to European Portuguese, the standard in Portugal. That matters for everyday vocabulary — a train is comboio here and trem in Brazil; a bus is autocarro rather than ônibus; a mobile phone is telemóvel, not celular. We publish a separate Brazilian Portuguese dictionary for the other variety.
Portuguese has around 260 million speakers worldwide and is official in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique and several other countries.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this European or Brazilian Portuguese?
European Portuguese, the standard used in Portugal. Everyday vocabulary differs from Brazil — comboio rather than trem, autocarro rather than ônibus, telemóvel rather than celular. We publish a separate Brazilian Portuguese dictionary.
Why is European Portuguese harder to understand than Brazilian?
Because it reduces unstressed vowels heavily, sometimes almost to silence, and pronounces final -s as a sh sound. Brazilian Portuguese keeps vowels fuller, which makes word boundaries easier to hear. Reading is comparable; listening is not.
Are there many false friends with Spanish?
A number, and they catch Spanish speakers because the languages are so close otherwise. It is worth checking any word that feels obvious rather than assuming the Spanish meaning carries over.
Does it work offline?
Yes, entirely. All entries are installed with the app and no lookup touches the network.
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