# Translate Portuguese to English audio and video Upload a recording in Portuguese and translate Portuguese to English audio from a single file. Kotosay transcribes the Portuguese and returns the text in English, timed line by line, for recordings from Brazil, Portugal and beyond. - Brazil, Portugal and beyond - English with every timestamp - English captions as SRT or VTT ## English transcript A long áudio or an interview as English text, with the time of each line kept for quoting. ## English subtitles SRT and VTT that follow the Portuguese speech, ready for YouTube Studio or a video editor. ## Popular language pairs - [Spanish to English](https://kotosay.com/translate-spanish-to-english) - [English to Spanish](https://kotosay.com/translate-english-to-spanish) - [French to English](https://kotosay.com/translate-french-to-english) - [Portuguese to English](https://kotosay.com/translate-portuguese-to-english) - [Arabic to English](https://kotosay.com/translate-arabic-to-english) ## How to translate a Portuguese audio file to English 1. **Upload the Portuguese file**: A voice note, a class or a video. Portuguese is detected for you. 2. **Get the English**: With Single file or Unlimited, Kotosay writes down the Portuguese and translates it in the same run. 3. **Polish and download**: Correct slang, names and places in the editor, then export TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT or VTT. ## Portuguese recordings people translate ### Voice notes Long audios from relatives or clients in Brazil, as English text. ### Interviews Field interviews from São Paulo or Lisbon for an English report. ### Classes A recorded aula as English notes to study from. ### Your own videos A vlog or a short film in Portuguese, with English subtitles. ## Portuguese transcript free, translation with Single file or Unlimited | | No account | Free account | Unlimited | |---|---|---|---| | Price | Free | Free | $9.99 a month, or $119 paid once a year | | Files | Your first file | 3 a day | 3 at once | | Transcribed per file | First 5 minutes | First 5 minutes | Up to 10 hours | | Read, edit and copy | Yes | Yes | Yes | | TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT and VTT | No | No | Yes | | Translation | No | No | Yes | Unlimited covers translation on up to 3 devices, and your renewal date is in your account at any time. Single file translates one uploaded file for $4.99. ## What happens to your file Your Portuguese file is handled on secure servers and deleted automatically 24 hours later. The transcript and translation stay until you delete them. ## Tools - [video translator for transcripts](https://kotosay.com/translate-audio-video) - [translate Spanish audio to English](https://kotosay.com/translate-spanish-to-english) - [free audio converter to MP3](https://kotosay.com/audio-converter) - [subtitle generator for SRT and VTT](https://kotosay.com/subtitle-generator) ## Pricing ### Free: $0 To try Kotosay on your own recordings. - 3 files per day - First 5 minutes of each file - One file at a time - Read and copy in the browser - Free converters in your browser ### Unlimited: $9.99 a month, $119 a year, pay once a year For long files, exports and translation. - Unlimited minutes - Files up to 10 hours - 3 files at once - Translation - TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT - Use on 3 devices - [Pricing](https://kotosay.com/pricing) ## How to translate Portuguese to English audio from Brazil or Portugal ### Translate Portuguese audio to English, timestamps included One upload gives you two steps in a row. Kotosay writes the Portuguese down, then moves it into English piece by piece. That is the whole path from Portuguese audio to English text, and every piece remembers the moment it was spoken. Those moments make the English usable as subtitles too. When a line holds fast speech, gíria or a name you have never seen spelled, its timestamp takes you to the right minute of your recording. ### Brazilian and European Portuguese Brazilian Portuguese to English audio works the same way as Portuguese from Portugal, Angola or Mozambique. The vocabulary and grammar differ, though, and those differences are the first thing to check. - Bus is ônibus in Brazil and autocarro in Portugal. - Cell phone is celular in Brazil and telemóvel in Portugal. - Brazil says estou fazendo, and Portugal usually says estou a fazer. - Brazil mostly uses você, while tu is common in Portugal and in parts of Brazil. ### Spoken Brazilian Portuguese with tá, pra and a gente Brazilians shorten words when they talk. Tá stands for está, pra for para and cê for você. The transcript may show either the short or the full form, and both translate the same. A gente means we, not the people. Né at the end of a sentence works like right? in English, and a translation that keeps every né sounds repetitive, so cut it where an English speaker would. ### Regional words inside Brazil Brazil alone has strong regional speech. In Minas Gerais, trem can mean almost any thing, not only a train. In the Northeast, massa means great and oxe shows surprise. Mark words like these in the editor when the English reads strangely. ### European Portuguese and its swallowed vowels Speakers from Lisbon or Porto drop many unstressed vowels, so telefone can sound close to tlfon, and short words run together. Lines from Portugal deserve a slower read next to your own recording, above all names and figures. ### Angola, Mozambique and Cape Verde Portuguese from Angola, Mozambique and Cape Verde carries words from local languages, and Cape Verdean speakers may switch into Kriolu mid-conversation. Mark those passages in the editor and read them with someone who knows where the speaker comes from. ### Voice notes from WhatsApp In Brazil, long voice notes are a normal way to talk. Save or export the audio from the chat first. It is usually an OPUS or OGG file, and it uploads as it is. Kotosay transcribes the Portuguese, and with Single file or Unlimited you translate it into English. ### A chat full of voice notes Ten voice notes from one chat are ten files. Upload them in the order they were sent and name each one by its time, so the English reads as one conversation. With Unlimited, 3 notes run at the same time. ### Portuguese look-alikes with other meanings A few Portuguese words fool English readers because they look so familiar. - Puxar means to pull. To push is empurrar. - Pretender means to intend. - Esquisito means strange or weird. - Livraria sells books. To borrow them, you go to a biblioteca. - Legal in Brazil usually means cool or nice, as in que legal. Tip: Give these words, plus every name and figure, a second read in the English before anyone else sees it. ### Which surname to use Portuguese names usually put the mother's surname before the father's, and the last surname is the one used on second mention. Ana Paula Ferreira Costa becomes Ms. Costa in an English report. Spanish names work the other way round, so keep the two habits apart when a recording has both. Nicknames add a second layer. Zé is José, Bia is Beatriz and Duda can be Eduardo or Maria Eduarda, so one person may appear under two names in the same recording. ### English captions for Portuguese creators Creators who post in Portuguese can reach English viewers with one more file. Upload the video, translate Portuguese video to English text with Single file or Unlimited and download SRT or VTT. The cues line up with the Portuguese voice, so YouTube Studio or your editor places them correctly. ### Documents that need a sworn translator Immigration files, court papers and hospital documents go to a tradutor juramentado or another certified translator. Passing along the Portuguese transcript spares them retyping the recording. ## Translation questions ### How do I translate a Portuguese audio file to English? Upload the Portuguese file on this page. With Single file or Unlimited, Kotosay transcribes it and translates it into English in one run, and each line keeps its timestamp. Fix names in the editor, then download the English as TXT, DOCX or PDF, or as SRT and VTT subtitles. ### Does it work with Brazilian and European Portuguese? Yes, both upload and transcribe as Portuguese. Check the words that differ, such as ônibus and autocarro, or celular and telemóvel, and verb forms like estou fazendo and estou a fazer. Read the free first 5 minutes of your file to see how the accent comes through. ### Can I get English subtitles for a Portuguese video? Yes. Upload the video here, and with Single file or Unlimited the English text keeps the timing of the Portuguese speech. Export it as SRT or VTT and add the file in YouTube Studio, Vimeo or your video editor, so viewers can switch to English captions. ### Can I download the Portuguese transcript too? Yes, with a separate run. Upload the file on the audio or video transcription page for the Portuguese text, and here for the English. Both versions carry timestamps, so sentences match by time. You can copy the Portuguese on any plan, and Unlimited downloads both. ### How long does it take? It depends on the length of the file and how busy the servers are, so the time varies. Short voice notes take less time than long recordings. Unlimited takes files up to 10 hours and includes translation, Single file does the same for one file, and the free plan covers the first 5 minutes of the Portuguese. ### Can I translate a WhatsApp voice note from Portuguese? Yes. Save or export the voice note from the chat first. It is usually an OPUS or OGG file, which uploads directly. With Single file or Unlimited, Kotosay transcribes the Portuguese and translates it into English. You pick the file yourself, so only that one recording is uploaded. ### How much does Portuguese to English translation cost? Translation comes with Single file, $4.99 once for one file, or with Unlimited, at $9.99 a month, or $119 paid once a year. On the free plan you can still transcribe the Portuguese, 3 files a day with the first 5 minutes of each, and read, edit and copy the text in the browser. ### How accurate is Portuguese to English AI translation? It handles everyday Portuguese well. False friends such as puxar or pretender, slang, names and numbers need a second look. A clear recording gives a cleaner English translation, and the timestamps show you where to listen again in your own recording. ### What about speech that mixes Portuguese and English? Pick Portuguese from the language list when most of the speech is Portuguese, then check the English words in the editor. Brands, tech terms and English loanwords are common in Brazilian speech, so read those lines once before you translate the whole text. ### Is AI translation enough, or do I need a translator? For voice notes, interviews, classes and your own videos, AI translation is usually enough to follow what was said. Immigration papers, court records and medical documents need a certified human translator. You can hand that translator the Kotosay transcript as the Portuguese source. - [Kotosay](https://kotosay.com/translate-portuguese-to-english)