Portuguese (Português) Typing Tests
Practice typing in Portuguese (Português) with timed tests from 15 seconds to 10 minutes. Real native vocabulary, instant results. No sign-up required.
About Portuguese (Português)
Portuguese (Português) is spoken by approximately 250 million people worldwide, making it the sixth most spoken language globally. It is the official language of Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, and several other countries. Brazilian Portuguese is the most widely spoken variety. Portuguese and Spanish share roughly 90% vocabulary overlap — speakers of one can often understand much of the other in writing.
Special Characters
Portuguese has a rich diacritic system: á, â, ã, à (on A), é, ê (on E), í (on I), ó, ô, õ (on O), ú (on U), and ç (cedilla). The tilde (~) creates nasal vowels — ã and õ — that are particularly distinctive to Portuguese and have no direct equivalent in other Romance languages. Common nasal words: não (no), irmão (brother), então (then).
How to Type Portuguese Characters
On a US keyboard (Windows): ã = Alt+0227, õ = Alt+0245, ç = Alt+0231, â = Alt+0226, ê = Alt+0234, ô = Alt+0244. On Mac: Option+N then A = ã, Option+N then O = õ, Option+C = ç. The 'US International' keyboard layout lets you type tilde (~) as a dead key — press ~ then A for ã, ~ then O for õ — the most practical setup for Portuguese typists on US hardware.
Typing Tips for Portuguese
The nasal vowels ã and õ are the biggest hurdle for non-native typists. Practice não, irmão, and então specifically. The suffix '-ção' (equivalent to English '-tion') is one of the most common in Portuguese — trabalho (work), situação (situation), atenção (attention). Also drill '-mente' (adverb ending) and '-ado/-ada' (past participle).