Practise useful sentences from everyday life, hear them in European Portuguese, and revisit them with spaced repetition. TangoLango remembers what you have encountered and what needs more practice.
We read a thousand complaints from learners like you. Honestly, we lived most of them. Then we built for each one.
Living abroad hands you language all day: a neighbour's phrase, a pharmacy sign, something your landlord keeps saying. Send it to the in-app tutor or the optional WhatsApp companion for future practice.
A saved phrase can return in later practice. The app records encounters and review answers without pretending one glance proves mastery.
Whole situations work too. Plumber coming Thursday? Ask the tutor for the European Portuguese you may need, then save the useful phrases.
Ten minutes, give or take. Here's what it looks like.
Ask how to say "the boiler is leaking" or describe another real situation. Keep useful European Portuguese for later practice.
Kills: "I'm learning words I'll never use."Listen, try to recall the meaning, reveal the answer, and grade the attempt. Spaced repetition schedules later reviews.
Kills: "Building Anki cards eats my evenings."Press play. English first, a pause to think, then the sentence twice in your new language. Your commute turns into ear training.
Kills: "Natives sound like a different language."A short Word Check records self-reported familiarity. TangoLango then updates its estimates as you encounter words and answer reviews. Familiarity is a starting signal, not proof that a word is mastered.
TangoLango uses established practice techniques, then keeps its claims modest. Product results still need to be measured.
Corpus frequency helps prioritise vocabulary. Your daily situations add the language that matters to you.
FSRS schedules graded sentence reviews from your prior answers. It is a scheduler, not a guarantee of retention.
Each review asks you to retrieve the meaning before feedback appears.
A visual cue appears only when it represents the sentence clearly. Audio-backed practice does not wait for one.
Hear useful sentences in synthesized European Portuguese during lessons and optional listening.
Returning daily keeps practice moving. Vocabulary and review evidence track learning separately.
V1 focuses on one course: useful sentences, European Portuguese audio, and practice for the conversations expats and immigrants meet every day.
Other language packs are not part of the v1 launch.
TangoLango is moving subscriptions into the Apple App Store and Google Play. Final pricing and any introductory offer will appear in the app before purchase.
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English-speaking expats and immigrants living in Portugal who want practical European Portuguese for daily life. It is not designed as a holiday phrasebook.
No. The app chooses today's practice from prior encounters and review answers. Your main job is to complete the daily lesson.
European Portuguese only. Other language packs are not part of the public v1 launch.
No. The streak records participation. The lessons use retrieval practice, spaced repetition, useful sentences, and audio to support practical learning, but outcomes vary and need separate evidence.
Inside the native iOS or Android app. Final pricing, renewal terms, and any trial will appear before you confirm a store purchase. Web checkout is closed.
Native iOS and Android apps are coming soon.
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