What is Local Brazilian?+
Local Brazilian is an app for daily Brazilian Portuguese practice. Read short news summaries, switch between Portuguese and English, listen to narration, and practice with article-based exercises. Track your activity and accuracy over time.
Who is Local Brazilian for?+
It is for people with a real reason to stay close to Portuguese: a Brazilian partner or family, travel to Brazil, work ties, heritage, or a deep love of Brazilian music, film, futebol, food, and culture.
What is in a daily session?+
Your session includes short Brazilian news summaries based on your topic choices. Switch between Portuguese and English, listen when narration is available, then practice conjugation or gender with exercises tied to the reading.
Is this Brazilian Portuguese specifically?+
Yes. Local Brazilian is built around Brazilian Portuguese, Brazilian topics, and the cultural context people actually talk about in and around Brazil.
Can I choose what I read about?+
Yes. You can choose core topics like sports, business, politics, food, travel, and daily life, then add custom topics for the specific parts of Brazil you care about most.
Where do the stories come from?+
The reading is based on real Brazilian news and culture, then turned into short learning-friendly Portuguese and English summaries so you practice with current context instead of canned textbook examples.
Is there a free trial?+
Yes. Both web plans offer a 7-day free trial of the app’s reading, listening, exercises, and progress tools. Your chosen plan is billed after the trial unless you cancel.
Is there still a free option?+
Yes. The free newsletter brings Brazilian stories to your inbox. App membership adds your own news mix, interactive reading, listening, exercises, and progress tracking.
What is the weekly report card?+
It is a recap of your week’s activity and exercise accuracy, with trends in articles read, exercises completed, and active days.
What is Revisit?+
Revisit uses spaced repetition, the review technique often used with flashcards. You practice a weekly set of exercises you’ve gotten wrong in the past.
When does Revisit become available?+
Revisit becomes available once you have enough different missed exercises to make a useful review set. You’ll see when it’s ready in the app.
Do I need to be advanced already?+
No. The bilingual format and audio help beginners stay afloat, while easy and hard exercise modes let more experienced learners keep the practice useful. The goal is consistency, not gatekeeping.
How much time does it take each day?+
Set aside about 10 minutes to start. The time depends on your news mix and exercise preferences, and you can return to finish your session later.
Can I cancel anytime?+
Yes. You can cancel from your account at any time and keep access through the end of the billing period.
How is this different from Duolingo or a tutor?+
Duolingo is mostly mechanics, while tutors are expensive and hard to schedule consistently. Local Brazilian sits in between: real, current Brazilian content you actually want to read and listen to, with just enough structure to make the habit stick.
