The beautiful Romance language of Portuguese is spoken by some 220 million people worldwide (the sixth most spoken language) and is the official language of 8 independent countries on four continents. It belongs to a group of languages called "Romance" or "Neo-Latin" that evolved from Latin, the language of Latium in Ancient Italy, or more specifically, the city of Rome.

Go Lisbon has put together a number of useful resources below to help you learn Portuguese. We offer both online learning tools and, together with Cactus Languages, the chance to study Portuguese in Portugal itself, either in the capital Lisbon, or close to the beaches of the Algarve in Portimão and Faro. For those wishing to learn Brazilian Portuguese, we can recommend schools in Rio de Janeiro, Salvador de Bahia or Maceio. Or perhaps our English visitors wish to stay closer to home, in which case they should look no further than the Portuguese language schools in the UK.

PORTUGAL

Learn Portuguese in Lisbon - 6 different courses in Portugal's capital
Learn Portuguese in Faro - in the heart of the Algarve capital
Learn Portuguese in Portimão - close to the wonderful beaches of south Portugal

BRAZIL

Together with Cactus Languages, it is possible to take Portuguese language courses in Rio de Janeiro, Salvador de Bahia or Maceio

UNITED KINGDOM

Please click here for detailed information about Portuguese language schools in London.

 
ONLINE RESOURCES

Before you start taking one of the excellent language courses above, you may wish to do a little online learning first, and there is no better place to start than Go Lisbon's introduction to the Portuguese language.

Those of our readers planning on visiting Lisbon will want to brush up on their vocabulary, and our Portuguese Food Dictionary is an excellent resource for learning food and menu terms likely to be seen in local restaurants.

For a general translation resource, there is no better option than our Portuguese-English dictionary which includes a database of more than 20,000 Portuguese words and phrases translated to English.

Finally, we offer the chance to purchase several Portuguese learning tools for PC or MAC.