Portuguese for
the life outside
your window.Portuguese for the life
outside your window.
Seja bem-vindo a Portugal.
Abidera teaches the European Portuguese you actually need — scenario by scenario. Order a bica, decode the water bill, call the Wi-Fi technician, thank the person at the padaria.
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- No ads. Ever.
- No data sold.
- No streak guilt.
- No mascot guilt.
Made for the errands, counters, forms, and calls
European Portuguese for Portugal, not a mixed dialect soup.
Cafés, transport, housing, documents, healthcare, and more.
Subscription, billing, and cancellation are handled by Apple.
Built for the daily admin of living here, not vacation phrases.
Practical tools for the stuff
that actually happens.
Not a phrasebook. Not language theater. A practical set of tools for the moments where Portuguese stops being a lesson and becomes a task.
Real situations you'll actually face.
Twenty-two scenarios, from ordering a bica to handling paperwork. A short plan each day mixes the next lesson with the words, verbs, and phrases due for review.
Snap. Decode. Act.
Point your camera at a bill, contract, or notice. Get a plain-language summary and an action list.
Exmo. Cliente, informamos que, por falta de pagamento da fatura nº 2024-A887, o fornecimento será interrompido a 24/04 caso o pagamento não seja regularizado...
A phrasebook from your real life.
Context-aware translations for cafés, pharmacies, appointments, and messages, kept for replay in PT-PT.
Remember the words you need.
Save words and phrases, import your own CSV or TSV lists, and review with spaced repetition.
Get to know every word.
Search in Portuguese or English. Explore meanings, verb forms, and pronunciation, then add useful words to your cards.
Listen. Say it. Make it yours.
Hear a phrase at normal or slow speed. Record yourself, play it back, and compare with the sample.
Say any number, the local way.
Type a price, a time or any number into the lookup on Home and see it spelled out the European Portuguese way, including PT-PT forms like dezasseis.
Verbs, the way a teacher builds them.
Pick a tense on a line of time, then type or pick each form. Miss one and you see whose form it was and how the right one comes from a form you already know: eu faço → que eu faça.
Hear them. Answer them.
At the counter or on the phone: see what they said in English and what to say back. Say your answer in any language and hear it in Portuguese. Watching a reel? Get every line explained.
The scenarios newcomers hit first. One by one.
Each mission is twelve short lessons: hear the phrases, say them, then answer as you would on the spot. The goal is a usable script and enough vocabulary to move through the moment without freezing. The first four lessons of the first four missions are free, and the first lesson of every other mission.
Hello, thank you, excuse me — said the way locals actually say them.
Order, ask for the bill, split the check, handle the “tudo bem?”
Navigate the register, ask for help, understand cashier questions.
Metro, buses, trains and taxis: tickets, stops, and the ticket check.
Doctor visits, pharmacy, symptom vocab, the SNS maze.
Calling 112, police, fire, a car accident, saying where you are.
NIF, residency, Finanças, Segurança Social, and the paperwork maze.
Listings, viewings, the lease, repairs, and talking to “o senhorio”.
Built for the Portugal you
actually live in.
Most apps start from generic lessons. Abidera starts from the errands, messages, forms, and awkward little calls outside your window.
Less fluency theater.
More Portuguese you can use this week.
Abidera does not promise a personality transplant or instant local status. It gives you practical language for the little frictions of living here: what to say, what a document means, and what the tone of a phrase really implies.
Start from the errand, then learn the language.
Each mission is built around a real situation: a counter, a call, a form, a receipt, a warning letter.
Documents become tasks, not panic.
The decoder turns a bill, notice, or contract into a plain-language summary and action list.
Meaning, tone, and usable PT-PT.
Translations include pronunciation and context so you know what to say and how it will land.
Start with included lessons.
Unlock the rest with Pro.
One subscription unlocks every lesson in all 22 missions and higher limits for Decode, Translate, Talk with anyone, and video explanations.
Yearly — best value
- ✓Every lesson in all 22 missions
- ✓More Decode, Translate, and Talk
- ✓Videos explained line by line
- ✓Managed through your Apple ID
Monthly
- ✓Everything in the yearly plan
- ✓No contract, cancel in one tap
- ✓Plan terms shown before purchase
Plan options and local billing details are shown inside the app before purchase.
Subscription details
Abidera Pro is an auto-renewing subscription purchased inside the app. Your subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel at any time in the Settings app on your iPhone under Apple ID › Subscriptions. By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Things people ask before signing up.
What is Abidera?+
Abidera is a European Portuguese (pt-PT) iPhone app for people living in Portugal. It combines 22 scenario-based missions, a daily plan, a verb trainer, an offline dictionary with every verb form, spaced-repetition cards, a document decoder, a translator with context notes, and help in live conversations and videos. Some content is included with download; Abidera Pro unlocks full access through an in-app subscription.
Who is Abidera for?+
Expats, migrants, and long-term residents in Portugal — not tourists, and not Brazilian Portuguese learners. It starts with survival phrases and builds toward the daily-life situations that keep coming up: bills, appointments, housing, transport, and admin.
Is this European or Brazilian Portuguese?+
European Portuguese only (pt-PT). The content is written for Portugal and uses European Portuguese forms, pronunciation, and local context. If you're moving to Brazil, this is the wrong app.
I'm a complete beginner. Is this for me?+
Yes. Mission 01 starts with “bom dia” and “obrigado”, then moves quickly into short scripts for things you are likely to need.
Do I need internet to use Abidera?+
The dictionary (words, verb forms and pronunciation guides) and the verb trainer work offline, and lessons you've opened stay available; listening to a word needs a connection. Your progress syncs when you're back online. Decode, Translate, Talk with anyone, and video explanations need internet because they're processed on our servers.
How does Abidera Pro work?+
Download the app, try the included content, and upgrade inside the app when you want full access. Pro unlocks every lesson in all 22 missions and higher limits for Decode, Translate, Talk with anyone, and video explanations. Dictionary, pronunciation practice, and spaced-repetition cards help you build on what you learn. Subscriptions are managed by Apple, so you can review the current terms before purchase and cancel from your Apple ID subscriptions.
Can I cancel any time?+
Yes. On your iPhone, open Settings → your name → Subscriptions → Abidera. Your access stays active until the end of the current billing period.
Do you offer refunds?+
Refunds are handled by Apple under their App Store policy. If the app didn't work as promised, email us and we'll help you through the Apple refund flow.
Who made this?+
Abidera is an independent project built in Madeira for people dealing with daily life in Portugal.
Still curious? Visit our support page.
Abidera.
Built for real life in Portugal.
Seja bem-vindo a Portugal.
Learn the Portuguese that actually shows up in your day.