Portuguese Keyboard: key facts
- Script: Latin, used across Portugal & Brazil.
- Writing direction: left to right.
- Layout: 44 keys, 44 base characters, 44 on Shift, 5 on AltGr.
- Typing: direct key mode with Shift and AltGr layers.
- Variants: 2 (Portugal, Brasil).
- Native name: Teclado português; speech synthesis locale: pt-PT.
Portuguese Keyboard in detail
Clavier portugais en ligne : écrivez em português avec ç, ã, õ et accents. The Portuguese Keyboard (Teclado português) covers the Latin script as used across Portugal & Brazil. Text flows left to right in the editor, and every character below belongs to the authentic Latin repertoire — no transliterated approximations once you use the virtual keys.
This keyboard works in direct mode: every key inserts exactly the Latin character printed on it, with Shift and AltGr layers for capitals, variants and extended characters.
The page ships 2 built-in variants — Portugal (Portuguese (Portugal) layout.); Brasil (Brazilian ABNT2 layout with cedilha.) — switchable without reloading. Your text never leaves the browser: copy it to any app, export it, listen to it with the pt-PT speech voice, or send it to Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, Translate, DuckDuckGo.
Every key on the Portuguese Keyboard
The layout holds 44 character keys: 44 distinct base characters, 44 Shift variants and 5 AltGr variants. The table below maps each physical position to the characters it produces, so you can learn the layout or verify coverage of a rare letter before you start typing.
| Position | Base | Shift | AltGr |
|---|
| Row 1, key 2 | 1 | ! | — |
| Row 1, key 3 | 2 | " | — |
| Row 1, key 4 | 3 | # | — |
| Row 1, key 5 | 4 | $ | — |
| Row 1, key 6 | 5 | % | — |
| Row 1, key 7 | 6 | & | — |
| Row 1, key 8 | 7 | / | — |
| Row 1, key 9 | 8 | ( | — |
| Row 1, key 10 | 9 | ) | — |
| Row 1, key 11 | 0 | = | — |
| Row 1, key 12 | ' | ? | — |
| Row 1, key 13 | « | » | — |
| Row 2, key 2 | q | Q | — |
| Row 2, key 3 | w | W | — |
| Row 2, key 4 | e | E | é |
| Row 2, key 5 | r | R | — |
| Row 2, key 6 | t | T | — |
| Row 2, key 7 | y | Y | — |
| Row 2, key 8 | u | U | ú |
| Row 2, key 9 | i | I | Ã |
| Row 2, key 10 | o | O | ó |
| Row 2, key 11 | p | P | — |
| Row 2, key 12 | + | * | — |
| Row 3, key 2 | a | A | á |
| Row 3, key 3 | s | S | — |
| Row 3, key 4 | d | D | — |
| Row 3, key 5 | f | F | — |
| Row 3, key 6 | g | G | — |
| Row 3, key 7 | h | H | — |
| Row 3, key 8 | j | J | — |
| Row 3, key 9 | k | K | — |
| Row 3, key 10 | l | L | — |
| Row 3, key 11 | ç | Ç | — |
| Row 3, key 12 | º | ª | — |
| Row 4, key 2 | z | Z | — |
| Row 4, key 3 | x | X | — |
| Row 4, key 4 | c | C | — |
| Row 4, key 5 | v | V | — |
| Row 4, key 6 | b | B | — |
| Row 4, key 7 | n | N | — |
| Row 4, key 8 | m | M | — |
| Row 4, key 9 | , | ; | — |
| Row 4, key 10 | . | : | — |
| Row 4, key 11 | - | _ | — |
Direct typing with Shift and AltGr
This keyboard has no phonetic engine, and that is deliberate: Latin spelling maps cleanly onto its own keys. Click a key — or press its physical counterpart with the hardware toggle on — and the exact character appears. Capitals and common variants live on Shift (44 characters), extended and rare forms on AltGr (5 characters).
Dead keys are enabled, so accents compose naturally: press the accent, then the vowel. On mobile, everything is tappable at full key size, and the editor keeps left to right ordering correct even when you mix Latin with Latin words or digits in the same sentence.
Getting the most out of this keyboard
Start with the Portugal variant if you are unsure: Portuguese (Portugal) layout. You can switch variants mid-text without losing what you typed.
Latin runs left to right, so mixing it with in-line Latin terms, brand names or URLs just works: the editor keeps each run in its own direction without manual markers.
For pronunciation, press the speaker button: the pt-PT voice reads exactly what is in the editor, which makes this page a practical dictation and shadowing tool. Export the text first if you want to rehearse offline.
Preferred typefaces here are Noto Sans, Segoe UI (fallback Noto Sans). If a character shows as a box on your device, switch fonts in the toolbar — complex-script shaping varies between systems, especially on older phones.
Hidden characters tour
Beyond the base alphabet, this keyboard hides real value on its upper layers. On Shift: ! " # $ % & / ( ) = ? » Q W E R T Y U I O P * A …. On AltGr: é ú à ó á. Hold the on-screen Shift or AltGr key (or your physical one in hardware mode) to reach them, exactly like a desktop layout.
Dictionaries and resources for Portuguese Keyboard
Below the keyboard, the resource hub gathers 11 hand-picked links for Portuguese Keyboard: 4 monolingual dictionaries (including Lexilogos — dictionnaire, Priberam — Dicionário, Infopédia, Wiktionary (pt)), 3 bilingual translators, 0 grammar and conjugation reference, 1 vocabulary and phrase guide, and 3 encyclopedias, newspapers and general resources. Type a word in the editor first and the links marked with an arrow receive it automatically — look up a definition, a conjugation or a translation without retyping.
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