Brazilian Portuguese listening practice that sounds like Brazil

Apps teach slow, polished sentences. Brazilians say "pra", "tá", "né" and swallow whole syllables. tendi gives you five short clips of real Brazilian speech a day. You type what you hear, and it shows you exactly where you slipped.

Free. No account. About three minutes.

How it works

1. Press play on a short clip of real native speech.
2. Type what you hear. Replay or slow it down as often as you like.
3. See a word-by-word comparison with the transcript, with shortened and blurred words explained.

Why Brazilian Portuguese is hard to hear

• Reductions: para becomes pra, está becomes tá, entendi becomes tendi.
• Nasal vowels and unstressed endings that nearly disappear in fast speech.
• Filler words (né, tipo, então) that are not in textbooks.

Questions

Is tendi really free, with no login?

Yes. There are no accounts, no ads and no payment. Your streak and progress are stored on your own device, so you can start a Brazilian Portuguese clip straight away.

How long does a session take?

About three minutes. You get five short clips of real Brazilian Portuguese speech each day, type what you hear, and see a word-by-word comparison with the transcript.

What level is it for?

Clips are graded easy, medium and hard, roughly A2 to C1. You choose which grades to be quizzed on, and you can slow any clip down.

Is this European or Brazilian Portuguese?

This page is for Brazilian Portuguese. European Portuguese has its own clips on the European Portuguese page.

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