portuguese starter pack 

lnguages:

(fun things to do outside duolingo)

getting started

• easyportuguese.com - pronunciation, basic phrases & grammar rules
  
• a pronunciation overview on learningportuguese.co.uk with a pretty good section on vowels. website is EU focused
• jump start brazilian portuguese by professor jason on yt - a really well-paced introduction to the language. BR focus. he also teaches spanish! big fav 

grammar

• só português - a massive resource on the language, in the language. BR focused. includes exercises
  
• a complete grammar course taught by a lovely Brazilian lady (yt playlist, series of lectures). in portuguese
• verb conjugations
• aulas de português, meant for Brazilian ff writers to improve their grammar and style
  

vocabulary

• reverso - multi-language dictionary & translator. does a pretty good job for portuguese
  
• the priberam dictionary - monolingual dictionary up to date with the acordo ortográfico. also available as an app to use offline!
• dicionário sinônimos [br]
  

listening

• que horas ela volta? - brilliant Brazilian film. tension between two clashing worlds arises when Jessica comes to visit her mother, Val, who works as the help in an upper-class household in SP. 
  
• história do brasil - a complete course 
• história essencial de portugal hosted by the late prof. josé hermano saraiva. speaks pretty clearly for EP
• yt mix for munhoz e mariano, big sertanejo stars. my favourites include seu bombeiro, vem cuidar do seu bebê, kit kat and their super catchy latest song, amor a 3 [br]
• turma do pagode - my latest musical discovery! bagode is, apparently, a party/romantic subgenre of samba. other songs worth checking out: beijo roubado; aquele beijo; amigos; horas iguais; melhor amigo; a gente tem tudo a ver [br]
• cartola - a legend of Brazilian music. calm, melancolic, pensive samba.
• legião urbana - classy 80s rock, more like this here
  
• anitta - big Brazilian celeb, sings funk/pop. recent hits: bang, deixa ele sofrer & na batida. also took part in j balvin’s remix of ginza which is A++

reading

• vagalume - no 1 resource for song lyrics
  
• the EP experience - great blog run by duolingo expert luís with posts on grammar, culture, differences b/w BR and EU portuguese etc. he also takes questions! EU focus. BIG FAV
• público - a portuguese daily, articles on politics, economy, popular culture etc. 
  
• expresso - portuguese weekly, articles on general news, business, nice thematic sections as well on culture, sport and internatonal news
• projeto livro livre - free public domain books. includes works by adolfo caminha, almeida garrett, LOTS AND LOTS of eça, euclides da cunha etc as well as translations of dickens, kafka, rousseau, and jules verne! this made my dayyyy
• portuguese archive on project gutenberg

that’s it gente, I hope someone finds this list useful! please add more to it if need be!!