European Portuguese Reading

Learn the Portuguese of Portugal by reading it. PortuStories is a library of graded stories in European Portuguese (pt-PT), from your first words at A1 to literary Portuguese at C2. Not Brazilian Portuguese, and not a mix of the two. OVER 260 GRADED STORIES, A1 TO C2 Every story is written for its level: everyday life in Portugal, work, history, mystery, romance, science fiction and more. Plenty of apps stop at beginner level. PortuStories keeps going, with over 90 stories at B2, C1 and C2. A reading path puts the stories in order, and new stories are added regularly. TAP ANY WORD Tap a word to see what it means in that sentence and how it is pronounced (IPA), and to hear it on its own. Save it to your vocabulary and practise it with flashcards until you know it. HEAR EVERY SENTENCE AND EVERY WORD Every sentence and every single word has its own audio in a European Portuguese voice. The audio is computer-generated, which is how every word in every story can have its own clip. Slow the voice down, or use Listen & repeat to say each sentence after it. Download the audio once and listen offline. SEE HOW IT IS REALLY PRONOUNCED Phonetic X-Ray colours the sounds that make European Portuguese hard to follow: stressed syllables, swallowed vowels, the different S sounds, the O that sounds like U, and words that run together. PRACTISE WHAT YOU READ • Comprehension quizzes • Phrase cards: useful sentences from each story, with the English and audio • Conjugation tables for the verb at the heart of each story, and a conjugation quiz • 52 grammar articles • Vocabulary by topic • Cenários: order dinner in a Coimbra tasca. Four waiters, three difficulty levels, and a mark out of twenty for how you did. THREE COLLECTIONS • Lendas dos Açores: 34 legends from the Azores • Clássicas: 30 Portuguese folk tales, retold for learners • Romances Clássicos: 10 classic novels in 209 chapters, from Eça de Queirós to Dracula and Frankenstein READ YOUR WAY Portuguese only, or with the English under each paragraph. Adjustable text size. Daily streaks with an optional reminder, achievements and a progress page. No ads. FREE TO START Read 3 stories without an account, or 25 with a free account. A PortuStories subscription, monthly or annual, opens the whole main library. The annual plan also includes all three collections, and each collection can be added on its own. Use the same account at portustories.com to read on a computer, tablet or iPhone. Your subscription works there too. WHO IT IS FOR • People moving to Portugal or already living there • Anyone preparing for residency or Portuguese citizenship • Learners tired of apps that only teach Brazilian Portuguese • Beginners who have finished a course app and want real reading • Heritage speakers reconnecting with European Portuguese • Comprehensible-input learners who want plenty of reading at the right level