Translate to Portuguese on Your Mac — Brazilian or European, One Shortcut

When someone searches "translate to Portuguese," they almost always mean Brazilian Portuguese. Brazil has over 200 million Portuguese speakers, dwarfing Portugal's 10 million — and the two variants differ in spelling, grammar, and everyday vocabulary. Using European Portuguese in a message to a Brazilian client (or vice versa) signals that you didn't pay attention. Getting the variant right matters.

Most translation tools give you generic Portuguese with no control over which variant you get. You paste text into a browser tab, hope the output matches the audience, copy it back, and move on. That workflow is slow, and the result is often wrong for your specific reader.

How WunderType Lets You Translate to Portuguese Instantly

WunderType is a macOS menu bar app built around Custom Prompts — AI-driven text actions you trigger with a keyboard shortcut. Create a "Translate to PT" prompt that specifies Brazilian Portuguese (or European, if that's your audience), select your English text in any app, press the shortcut, and the Portuguese translation replaces the original in place.

No browser tabs. No copy-paste loops. No guessing which variant you'll get.

See the Translation in Action

Here's an informal English email that needs to reach a client in Brazil:

Before

I need to send this email to my client in Brazil. It's super important that they understand the proposal. I'm just not sure if I'm phrasing it correctly.

Select the text, press ⌥⇧⌘T, and WunderType delivers:

After

Com certeza, preciso enviar este e-mail ao meu cliente no Brasil. É fundamental que ele compreenda a proposta. Ainda não tenho certeza se estou usando a formulação correta.

The output reads like natural Brazilian Portuguese — not a word-for-word substitution. Phrasing, register, and tone all carry over correctly.

Brazilian vs. European Portuguese: Why It Matters

The differences between Brazilian and European Portuguese go beyond accent marks. Brazilians write "fato" where the Portuguese write "facto." Gerund usage differs: "estou fazendo" (Brazil) vs. "estou a fazer" (Portugal). Pronouns land in different positions. Even common words like "trem" (Brazil) vs. "comboio" (Portugal) for "train" can confuse the wrong audience.

With WunderType's Custom Prompts, you encode these preferences directly into the instruction. Want Brazilian Portuguese for client emails and European Portuguese for a Lisbon-based partner? Create two prompts, each with its own shortcut. The AI follows your specification every time.

Set Up Your Portuguese Translation Prompt

1. Click the WunderType icon in your Mac's menu bar and open Custom Prompts
2. Create a new prompt named "Translate to PT" with an instruction like: Translate the selected English text into natural Brazilian Portuguese. Preserve the original tone and intent. Use Brazilian spelling and grammar conventions.
3. Assign a keyboard shortcut (e.g., ⌥⇧⌘T) — it now works in every app on your Mac

Available Wherever You Write on macOS

Mail, Slack, Pages, Notes, Safari, Google Docs — WunderType operates system-wide. Your Portuguese translation shortcut stays available across every application. No plugins to install, no extensions to manage, no browser required.

Whether you're translating a sales proposal for São Paulo or a support reply for Lisbon, the right Portuguese is one shortcut away.

Download WunderType from the Mac App Store and translate to Portuguese without leaving the app you're working in.