Portuguese parallel text from any page you read
Photograph a page of a Portuguese or Brazilian book, share an article or paste a few paragraphs. SnapPara shows the Portuguese with its English translation, sentence by sentence.
Portuguese above, English below
What it looks like
The opening of Machado de Assis's Dom Casmurro, in its 1899 spelling, photographed from a printed page, with the English SnapPara gave:
Uma noite destas, vindo da cidade para o Engenho Novo, encontrei no trem da Central um rapaz aqui do bairro, que eu conheço de vista e de chapéo.
One of these nights, coming from the city to Engenho Novo, I met on the Central train a young man from this neighborhood, whom I know by sight and by his hat.
Comprimentou-me, sentou-se ao pé de mim, falou da lua e dos ministros, e acabou recitando-me versos.
He greeted me, sat down beside me, talked about the moon and the ministers, and ended by reciting verses to me.
A viagem era curta, e os versos póde ser que não fossem inteiramente maus.
The journey was short, and the verses may not have been entirely bad.
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What to read
Any Portuguese you already have works: a paperback, a news site, a screenshot of an app. If you're looking for something, these are free and public domain:
- Dom Casmurro, Machado de Assis (Project Gutenberg) — short chapters, a famously unreliable narrator.
- Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas, Machado de Assis (Project Gutenberg) — the novel told by a dead man.
Open a chapter in your phone's browser and share it to SnapVerbo, or photograph a printed page.
Reading Portuguese in SnapVerbo
- The word card gives the verb it comes from: tap era and it shows ser, imperfect.
- Senses used only in Brazil are marked (trem: train, Brazil).
- Older spellings, like póde and chapéo in this 1899 text, are read and translated as written.
Questions
- Does it work for Brazilian and European Portuguese?
- SnapPara reads both. The word card marks senses that are used only in Brazil.
- Is the translation only into English?
- No. SnapPara translates Portuguese into many languages; set the one you want. This page uses English as the example.
- Do I have to type the Portuguese text?
- No. SnapVerbo reads the text from a photo or screenshot on the phone. Web articles are shared from the browser, and you can paste text too.
- Is it free?
- Yes, free forever, with no account needed. Short ads help cover the cost of AI translation.