European Portuguese YouTube Channels by Level
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Last checked: 23 October 2026
Most Portuguese on YouTube is Brazilian. These are YouTube channels to learn European Portuguese, and every one of them speaks the Portuguese of Portugal. We opened each one, checked when the last video came out and what accent the speakers use, and picked one video to start with. Where we could not confirm something, the entry says so.
The list starts with channels made to help you learn European Portuguese and ends with what people in Portugal watch at home. Pick the group that matches your level. If it feels too fast, go back one group.
💬 Subtitles help a lot. Click the gear icon under the video, then Subtitles/CC, and choose Portuguese. "Portuguese (auto-generated)" is written by YouTube's computer and gets some words wrong. A track called "Portuguese (Portugal)" was typed by the channel and is correct.
💡 How to learn from a video. Watch once with Portuguese subtitles. Then watch a short part again without them. Slow it down with the gear icon (Playback speed) if you need to.
If you would rather listen without a screen, see our European Portuguese podcasts by level. For films and series, see our Portuguese films and series.
European Portuguese YouTube channels for beginners (A1 to A2)
Made for people learning the language. Most explain in English and give the Portuguese slowly. If you want lessons with exercises at this level, our Everyday lessons cover the same ground.
Learn Portuguese Today
A1 to A2 · mostly 10 to 45 minutes · a new video every few days · last video 21 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Nikki comes from Portugal and now lives in the USA. She teaches the phrases you need first, explained in English, and posts long listening practice too.
- ▶️ Start with: "How to Ask for Directions in European Portuguese", 13 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: auto-generated only. They follow her English as well as the Portuguese.
Portuguese in Real Life
A1 to A2 · 9 to 23 minutes · every two weeks · last video 18 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Diana, a native speaker, talks in slow Portuguese about everyday things, such as the fridge, the train and free time in Portugal. In her own words: "Eu falo devagar para vocês aprenderem tudo."
- ▶️ Start with: "Portuguese for Absolute Beginners: What's in My Fridge?", 12 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
The Sounds of Portuguese
A1 to A2 · mostly 1 to 7 minutes · about weekly · last video 18 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Short "picture talks": a picture on screen, described slowly in Portuguese, so you understand from what you see. Most videos are only a few minutes long.
- ▶️ Start with: "A Bandeira de Portugal | Picture Talk A2", 7 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
Learn Portuguese - Simple Story
A1 to A2 · 4 to 12 minutes · several a week · last video 22 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Short stories read slowly, with pictures.
- ▶️ Start with: "Slow Easy Portuguese A1 | Agora Portugal É a Minha Casa", 9 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese (Portugal) and English, typed by the channel.
- ⚠️ Check the flag: a few videos are in Brazilian Portuguese and have a Brazilian flag in the title. The European ones have a Portuguese flag .
Speak Portugal
A1 to B2, with the level in each title · mostly 1 to 4 minutes, some long readings · every two weeks · last video 4 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Short made-up stories read aloud, each marked with its level. Easy to watch twice.
- ▶️ Start with: "Bento, o Gato Fugitivo", level A2, under 2 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese (Portugal), typed by the channel.
Portuguese Step by Step
A2 · mostly 4 to 9 minutes · every week or two · last video 13 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Edite tells Portuguese legends and simple stories in Portuguese, with listening tests. The titles are in Portuguese too.
- ▶️ Start with: "Uma Sopa Feita de Pedra? A Lenda Portuguesa que Enganou uma Aldeia", 6 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
Portuguese Tune
A1 to B1, with the level in each title · 8 to 34 minutes · about monthly · last video 22 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Calm videos in slow Portuguese about simple topics, such as the seasons, animals or baking a cake. A small channel, but the level is written on every video.
- ▶️ Start with: "The 4 Seasons of the Year (clip) | A1 European Portuguese", 9 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
Learn Portuguese with Sofia
A2 · 9 to 21 minutes · weekly · last video 16 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Sofia is a Portuguese teacher from Lagos, in the Algarve. Many of her videos prepare you for the CIPLE A2 exam, which you need for Portuguese nationality. Others are about Portugal itself.
- ▶️ Start with: "Why Is Lisbon Called “Lisboa” and Porto Called “O Porto”?", 9 minutes, mostly in Portuguese.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
Talk the Streets
A1 to B1 · 11 to 32 minutes · weekly · last video 20 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Liz Sharma teaches in Lisbon. She explains pronunciation and the most useful verbs in English, with Portuguese examples. One of the best-known channels for European Portuguese.
- ▶️ Start with: "European Portuguese Guide for Beginners | Phrases Every Tourist Needs", 12 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: English only on this video, typed by the channel.
Simpleton Portuguese
A1 to B1 · 3 to 15 minutes · weekly · last video 19 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Funny lessons, mostly in English, plus listening practice on Portuguese news such as the housing crisis. Good if you like to laugh while you learn.
- ▶️ Start with: "Start Speaking European Portuguese Today", 5 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: English, auto-generated.
Portuguese Lab
A1 to A2 · 4 to 8 minutes · new videos are rare · last video 4 June 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: The same people as the Portuguese Lab Podcast on our podcasts page. Short vocabulary videos: the words first, then the same words in sentences, all in Portuguese.
- ▶️ Start with: "Quick Portuguese Vocabulary: at the restaurant", 6 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
Natural speed (B1 to B2)
Still made for learners, but mostly in Portuguese and at the speed of a normal conversation.
Portuguese With Leo
B1 to B2 · mostly 8 to 30 minutes · about monthly · last video 22 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Leo speaks only Portuguese, clearly and not too fast, about the language, the culture and the history of Portugal. The same Leo as the two Leo podcasts on our podcasts page.
- ▶️ Start with: "Se conheces estas 12 expressões, o teu Português é ÓTIMO!", 15 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese (Portugal) and English, typed by the channel.
Practice Portuguese
A2 to B2 · mostly 4 to 20 minutes · about monthly · last video 21 September 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Rui, from Portugal, and Joel, a Canadian who lives in Lisbon, have been doing this since 2013. They talk in Portuguese about everyday life in Portugal. The same team as the Practice Portuguese podcast.
- ▶️ Start with: "Are You Greeting People Wrong in Portugal?", 12 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: English typed by the channel, Portuguese auto-generated.
Mia Esmeriz Academy
A2 to B2 · 5 to 9 minutes · every two weeks · last video 18 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Mia teaches European Portuguese grammar, words and culture. Many videos explain in English, and newer ones are fully in Portuguese with subtitles.
- ▶️ Start with: "8 Strange Cultural Habits That Are SO Portuguese", 8 minutes, in Portuguese.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
Portuguese With Carla
A2 to B2 · short tips and 25 to 40 minute lessons · new videos are rare · last video 10 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Carla is from Portugal. Her older videos are long lessons that mix English and Portuguese. The newer ones are short and mostly in Portuguese.
- ▶️ Start with: "10 Ways to Say Bye European Portuguese", 6 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
RTP zigzag
B1 · 1 to 3 minutes · weekly · last video 22 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: The children's channel of RTP, Portugal's public broadcaster. Short sentences and clear speech, because it is made for children. Some of the cartoons are foreign shows with Portuguese voices.
- ▶️ Start with: "Ser Artista de Rua é a profissão mais bonita do mundo | Anselmo Wannabe", 2 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
Clear, made for Portugal (C1)
Made for people in Portugal. The speech is prepared or the pictures carry the meaning, so these are easier than TV.
Marco Neves
C1 · mostly 5 to 15 minutes · several a week · last video 22 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: A language teacher and author who presents "Esta Língua que nos Une" on RTP. He tells the stories behind Portuguese words, in clear, prepared speech. His Português Suave podcast is on our podcasts page.
- ▶️ Start with: "Qual é a língua mais próxima do português?", 10 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese (Portugal), English and ten more languages, typed by the channel.
- ℹ️ A few of his videos are in English. The title tells you which.
Momentos Doces e Salgados
C1 · 6 to 21 minutes · several a week · last video 21 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Célia cooks sweet and savoury Portuguese dishes and explains each step. You can follow a recipe by watching, so the words stick.
- ▶️ Start with: "Frango à Crioula no Forno: O Almoço de Domingo Perfeito!", 7 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
Receitas do Paraíso
C1 · 6 to 12 minutes · weekly · last video 9 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Home recipes with less sugar, fat and salt, many of them Portuguese classics. Clear narration over the cooking.
- ▶️ Start with: "Frango na púcara (a verdadeira receita portuguesa)", 8 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
Tuga na Cozinha
C1 · 5 to 15 minutes · new videos are rare · last video 6 May 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Miguel Telles cooks Portuguese home food, such as bacalhau com natas and caldeirada, and chats while he does it. He started on YouTube in 2020 and now has a cookbook.
- ▶️ Start with: "Açorda de Camarão | Todos os truques", 15 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
Viajar entre Viagens
C1 · 13 to 60 minutes · weekly · last video 18 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Carla Mota and Rui Pinto, a Portuguese couple, travel the world and talk about it in relaxed Portuguese. The pictures help you follow.
- ▶️ Start with: "Choque Cultural: como é viver numa cidade de ilhas artificiais em Manama, no Bahrein", 13 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
PÚBLICO
C1 · 5 to 55 minutes · several a day · last video 23 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: The video channel of the daily newspaper Público. Interviews and short explainers in careful, standard Portuguese. Much of it is politics, but not all.
- ▶️ Start with: "O desgosto de não ter netos", 11 minutes, a mother and daughter talking about grandchildren.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
Observador
C1 · 2 to 50 minutes · several a day · last video 23 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: The online newspaper Observador. Interviews and explainers in a studio, so the speech is clear and measured. Many videos are about politics and opinion.
- ▶️ Start with: "Eco, verde e sustentável: o rótulo está a mentir?", 10 minutes, about labels on the products you buy.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos
C1 · mostly 40 to 50 minutes · several a week · last video 23 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Talks and documentaries about life, science and the economy in Portugal, from a Portuguese foundation. Prepared speech, but long.
- ▶️ Start with: "O que perdemos quando deixamos de escrever à mão", 48 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated. Some videos have none.
What Portugal watches (C1+)
Fast speech, with jokes and references that assume you live in Portugal. These are the hardest videos on this page.
Rádio Comercial
C1 and up · mostly 3 to 15 minutes · several a day · last video 22 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Clips from the radio station Rádio Comercial, including the comedy sketches of "O Homem Que Mordeu o Cão", which is on our podcasts page as audio. Several voices and a lot of laughing.
- ▶️ Start with: "A avó precisa de ajuda com a TV - O Homem Que Mordeu o Cão", 13 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
Renascença
C1 and up · 3 to 60 minutes · several a day · last video 23 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: News, interviews and programme clips from the radio station Renascença. Normal news speed, about life in Portugal now. Some of it is politics.
- ▶️ Start with: "Novas regras para as heranças vai colocar mais casas no mercado?", 4 minutes, on the new inheritance rules.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
TVI
C1 and up · 3 to 12 minutes · several a week · last video 22 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Clips from one of Portugal's big TV channels: reality shows, celebrity interviews and drama. Fast, emotional, everyday speech.
- ▶️ Start with: "«Podias ter morrido»: Sara Sistelo revela susto de saúde após o nascimento de Orion", 11 minutes, an interview.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
António Raminhos
C1 and up · 15 to 70 minutes · several a week · last video 21 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: A Portuguese comedian who has done stand-up since 2006. His short "Intermédios" are funny stories told to the camera. His long "Somos Todos Malucos" interviews are about mental health and have some swearing.
- ▶️ Start with: "Intermédios #33 - Descobri que estive para não nascer!", 18 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
Sabor dos Açores
C1 and up · 10 to 40 minutes · every other day · last video 22 October 2026
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Leonor Santos cooks traditional food from the Azores in her own kitchen and talks the whole time. The accent is from the Azores, which is harder than Lisbon's. She sometimes says "estou fazendo" where people on the mainland say "estou a fazer"; that is normal in the Azores.
- ▶️ Start with: "Ovos Rotos com Camarão… Delicia", 14 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
No new videos
These channels stopped posting, but every video is still there.
Gato Fedorento
C1 and up · 1 to 6 minutes · last video 19 September 2019
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Sketches by the comedy group Gato Fedorento: Ricardo Araújo Pereira, Zé Diogo Quintela, Tiago Dores and Miguel Góis.
- ▶️ Start with: "Novo dicionário da língua portuguesa", 5 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
História de Portugal (José Hermano Saraiva)
C1 · 24 to 58 minutes · last video 20 November 2018
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Old RTP programmes about the history of Portugal, told by the historian José Hermano Saraiva. Slow and dramatic. We do not know who uploaded them.
- ▶️ Start with: "Horizontes da Memória, III #4, O autocarro roubado (Cinfães do Douro), 1997", 26 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
Learn European Portuguese with Sílvia
A2 to B2 · 6 to 21 minutes · last video 21 December 2025
- 👍 Why we recommend it: The video version of Sílvia's "Listen & Learn Portuguese of Portugal" podcast, on our podcasts page. Sixty episodes about Portuguese culture and traditions, in Portuguese.
- ▶️ Start with: "Ep. 60 - Como é o Natal dos Portugueses?", 8 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
Learn European Portuguese Online
A1 to B1 · 3 to 7 minutes · last video 5 October 2025
- 👍 Why we recommend it: Short lessons on grammar, pronunciation and idioms, mostly explained in English, from a channel that teaches only the Portuguese of Portugal.
- ▶️ Start with: "Learn emotion words in Portuguese and take the quiz!", 3 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
Portuguese with Jess
A1 to B1 · 6 to 14 minutes · last video 3 May 2025
- 👍 Why we recommend it: "Real life" European Portuguese for English speakers: questions and answers to practise with, pronunciation and help for the A2 exam.
- ▶️ Start with: "Listen and Learn | 31 Questions & Answers in European Portuguese in 11 Minutes", 12 minutes.
- 💬 Subtitles: Portuguese, auto-generated.
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