European & Brazilian Portuguese · listening practice
Five minutes a day of listening practice for prices, phone numbers and dates, in European or Brazilian Portuguese. You choose the voice.
The problem
At the till, the cashier says “são doze e oitenta e cinco” at full speed, and you hand over a €20 note just in case. On the phone, someone reads out their number and you catch the first three digits.
Spoken numbers are the first thing you need and the last thing your ear catches. European and Brazilian Portuguese sound quite different, and the same number can be hard to recognise in the other. Most apps teach one of them. Here you pick the one you actually hear around you, and can switch any time.
How it works
A Portuguese voice says a number, a price, a date or a phone number. Too fast? Play it slower.
Tap it, type it or say it back. You find out straight away, with the words written out.
Start at 0 to 10 and end with “mil novecentos e oitenta e sete euros”. Escola Bolacha spots what you keep missing, not just single numbers but the deeper patterns behind them (the teens, the e before the units, how prices are said, seis and sete mix-ups) and gives you more of them.
Screens from the app. The progress screen shows example data.
Why it’s different
European or Brazilian voices, your choice in Settings. Train your ear on the one you hear every day.
Supermarket prices with cents, phone numbers, dates, and full sentences at the higher levels.
It notices the patterns, such as mixing up seis and sete, and quietly gives you more of them.
No account and nothing to set up. Open it with your coffee and go.
What’s next
The next lessons go beyond numbers: the weather, the neighbours, booking a table. Want to know when they’re ready?
One email when it’s ready. Used for nothing else.
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The free version stays free.