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🇵🇹 Quarterspeak Lisbon
The Portuguese you’ll actually hear in Lisbon.
European Portuguese for trams, tascas and miradouros — as Lisbon speaks it, not Brazil.
Joining tells us you want Lisbon next — and gets you one email the day it opens.
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Preview · Quarterspeak Lisbon is in development
Try Lisbon Portuguese right here.
Real examples from the edition we’re building, with its own audio. Sound on — details may change before launch.
Hear it the Lisbon way.
The words, and when people use them.
- I don't understand
Não percebo is the usual European Portuguese way to say you do not understand.
- bathroom
In Portugal, casa de banho is the normal phrase for a bathroom or public restroom.
- thank you (women say obrigada)
Men say obrigado, women say obrigada. It matches the speaker, not the person you’re thanking.
Start from hello.
The first lessons in the edition — short, with examples and a quiz.
- 01Hello, and see you later
- 02Please, thanks, and excuse me
- 03A little slower, please
- 04What's your name?
- 05Where are you from?
- 06Your first café order
- …and more, up to real conversations
City guide
Places worth the trip.
A few picks from the Lisbon guide in the edition.
- Portuguese dishes to tryBacalhau à BrásLaurentina — O Rei do Bacalhau
Start with salt cod folded through fine fried potatoes and eggs at this long-established specialist near Gulbenkian.
- Breakfast & bakeriesPastelaria Versailles
Start a morning with a galão, Portugal’s tall milky coffee, and a pastry or a torrada (thick buttered toast) in this grand old Avenidas Novas café.
- Neighborhood walksBaixa & Chiado
Orient yourself from Praça do Comércio through the ordered streets of Baixa, then climb toward Chiado’s bookshops and Largo do Carmo.
- Evenings, fado & musicTasca do Chico · Bairro Alto
Try fado vadio in a tiny, informal Bairro Alto room with wine and simple snacks.
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Quarterspeak departures
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Good to know
When does Quarterspeak Lisbon launch?
There’s no date yet. Join the waitlist and we’ll email you once, the day Lisbon opens — waitlist sign-ups also help us decide which city comes next.
Which Portuguese will it teach?
European Portuguese as Lisbon speaks it, not Brazilian Portuguese: apanhar o elétrico, not pegar o bonde.
What will the app include?
Everyday words with local audio and usage notes, real sentences explained word by word, lessons from your first hello up to real conversations, and a Lisbon city guide. The preview on this page is taken from it.
Will it work like the Saigon app?
That’s the plan: local audio and usage notes, real sentences explained word by word, lessons, texting practice and a city guide, built for one city.
Can I use Quarterspeak today?
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Coming soon
Lisbon is on the way.
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