Can I learn Portuguese for a trip in 14 days?

You can prepare a useful foundation for familiar travel situations in 14 days, especially with short, focused practice. Your progress depends on your starting point, time, and goals; this plan does not promise fluency.

How much time should I practice each day?

Start with about 15 minutes if that fits your schedule. A shorter session you can repeat is more useful than a demanding plan you cannot maintain.

Should I memorize a long list of phrases?

Focus on a few phrases you can adapt, plus ways to ask for repetition or help. Being able to repair a conversation is often more useful than memorizing many lines.

A 14-Day Brazilian Portuguese Plan Before Your Trip

How to use the plan

Set aside a short session each day. Listen to a phrase, say it aloud, change one detail, and recall it later without looking. Keep a note with the Portuguese, its meaning, and a situation where you might use it. Move days around when necessary; consistency matters more than following a calendar perfectly.

Day	Focus	Practice goal
1	Set your goal	Write down three situations you expect on your trip and what you want to be able to say in each.
2	Greetings and introductions	Practice a greeting, your name, and where you are from. Say the lines aloud without reading once.
3	Numbers and prices	Review numbers, prices, and how to ask how much something costs.
4	Ask for repetition	Practice asking someone to repeat or speak more slowly. These phrases help when you miss a detail.
5	Getting around	Learn how to ask where a place is and confirm a destination. Review a few essential travel phrases.
6	Order food and coffee	Practice a simple order, a polite request, and how to ask for the bill.
7	Review and rest	Revisit the phrases you saved. No new material today; take a short break if you need one.
8	Transport and timing	Practice asking when something leaves, how long it takes, and whether a ride goes to your destination.
9	Check-in and accommodation	Prepare your name, reservation details, and a question about check-in or a needed item.
10	Shopping and everyday needs	Practice asking whether an item is available, its price, and whether you can pay by card.
11	A short conversation	Answer familiar questions about where you are from, what you are visiting, and what you enjoy.
12	When something goes wrong	Practice explaining one problem and asking for help. Keep your sentence simple and specific.
13	Mix the situations	Choose a travel scenario at random and role-play it from greeting to goodbye.
14	Final review	Say your most useful phrases from memory, then keep the notes handy for your trip.

Make each phrase easier to use

Hear it. Use a Brazilian Portuguese audio example when available, and notice the rhythm rather than only the spelling.
Say it. Repeat the whole phrase at a comfortable pace. You do not need to imitate an accent perfectly to be understood.
Change it. Replace a place, item, or time so the sentence relates to your own trip.
Recall it later. Cover the notes and try to produce the phrase from memory.

For a longer situation-by-situation reference, use our Brazil trip phrase guide. This calendar is designed to help you decide what to practice each day, while that guide organizes more phrases by travel moment.

Keep expectations practical

Travel conversations can move quickly, and people use different accents and expressions. A friendly greeting, a clear request, and a question such as Pode repetir mais devagar, por favor? (“Could you repeat that more slowly, please?”) can help keep an interaction going. It is also fine to use gestures, a translation tool, or English when needed.

Practice Brazilian audio and everyday expressions with the Real Life Portuguese app, or get speaking guidance from the teaching team through a trial lesson.