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Translate English to Portuguese online with a free AI translator. Instant, accurate Portuguese translations plus common phrases and tips. No sign-up needed.

Need to go from English to Portuguese? AI Translate converts English into Portuguese with an AI translation engine that understands context, so you get fluent results in seconds at no cost.

Portuguese (Português) is spoken by about 260 million people across Brazil, Portugal, and parts of Africa. It belongs to the Romance (Indo-European) language family and is written in the Latin alphabet. Portuguese differs noticeably between Brazil and Portugal in vocabulary and pronouns, marks gender on nouns, and often drops subject pronouns.

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How to translate English to Portuguese

  1. Type or paste your English text into the translator above, up to 2,000 characters at a time.
  2. Check the language selectors: English is the source and Portuguese is the target. Use the swap button to reverse the direction.
  3. Press Translate. Your Portuguese translation appears in seconds, ready to copy anywhere.

Common English to Portuguese phrases

Everyday expressions translated from English to Portuguese:

EnglishPortuguese (Português)
HelloOlá
Good nightBoa noite
Thank youObrigado
PleasePor favor
How are you?Como você está?
What is your name?Qual é o seu nome?
I love youEu te amo
Excuse meCom licença
Where is the bathroom?Onde fica o banheiro?
GoodbyeTchau

English to Portuguese example sentences

Full sentences translated from English to Portuguese:

EnglishPortuguese
Good morning, how are you today?Bom dia, como você está hoje?
Where is the nearest train station?Onde fica a estação de trem mais próxima?
I would like a coffee, please.Eu gostaria de um café, por favor.
Could you help me with this?Você poderia me ajudar com isso?
It's raining, so take an umbrella.Está chovendo, então leve um guarda-chuva.
Thank you very much for everything.Muito obrigado por tudo.

About the Portuguese language

People most often translate Portuguese for business, travel, and social media, and the AI engine preserves the tone and context that word-for-word tools miss.

Native name
Português
Speakers
260 million
Language family
Romance (Indo-European)
Writing system
the Latin alphabet
Word order
subject–verb–object

English to Portuguese translation tips

  • Portuguese varies between the Brazilian and European standards, especially in pronouns like você and tu, so translations should stay consistent with one variety. English requires an explicit subject in nearly every sentence and marks questions with word order, so translations into English often need pronouns and auxiliaries that the source language leaves out.
  • Brazilian and European Portuguese differ noticeably in vocabulary, pronoun placement, and some spelling (e.g. 'trem' vs 'comboio' for train), so the translator defaults to Brazilian Portuguese, the more widely spoken variant, unless told otherwise.
  • Formality is marked less by grammar than by word choice: 'você' is the common everyday 'you' in Brazil, while 'tu' or the more distant 'o senhor / a senhora' suit formal or European contexts.
  • Nouns carry grammatical gender and adjectives must agree, so 'tired' becomes cansado or cansada depending on who it describes.
  • Nasal vowels marked with a tilde (ã, õ) and other diacritics (ç, á, ê) change pronunciation and meaning, so the translator preserves them precisely even when a source text omits accents.

Portuguese false friends to watch for

  • puxar looks like “push” but means to pull.
  • exquisito looks like “exquisite” but means weird / odd.
  • pretender looks like “pretend” but means to intend.
  • novela looks like “novel” but means soap opera.

English to Portuguese translation FAQ

How much does English to Portuguese translation cost?

Nothing. Every English to Portuguese translation on AI Translate is free, and you do not need to create an account or install anything.

How accurate is AI English to Portuguese translation?

The translator uses a modern AI language model that understands context, so English to Portuguese results read more naturally than word-for-word tools. Portuguese varies between the Brazilian and European standards, especially in pronouns like você and tu, so translations should stay consistent with one variety. For legal, medical, or other high-stakes text, have a fluent speaker review the output.

How do you say hello in Portuguese?

Hello in Portuguese is Olá. The common-phrases table on this page lists more everyday Portuguese expressions, such as Obrigado (thank you) and Tchau (goodbye).

Can I translate Portuguese back to English?

Yes. Use the swap button next to the language selectors, or open the dedicated Portuguese to English translator page.

Is my text kept private?

Your English text is sent securely for translation and is not stored as raw content. There are no ads and no tracking cookies.

How much English text can I translate at once?

You can translate up to 2,000 characters of English per request. For longer documents, translate them in sections.

Does the translator produce Brazilian or European Portuguese?

By default it produces Brazilian Portuguese, since it has the larger number of speakers and is common online. Mention 'European Portuguese' or 'Portugal' in your text if you need the Portugal variant instead.

How do I get a more formal tone?

The model infers register from context. For a consistently formal or European tone, include a cue such as 'formal' or 'European Portuguese' in your source text.

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