Hi. I can produce your list of 500 essential words or phrases in PORTUGUESE, including the basic nouns (names of things) and verbs (words that describe what those things can do) which can be matched with each other to permit basic communication in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Macau, Goa, East Timor, etc. It can all be listed in a simple Excel file or table, divided into categories. I can do this within your $40 budget in 7 days or less (I ask for so much time because I have other work going on simultaneously). Although I live in Brazil now, I´m an AMERICAN writer, editor and proofreader, a native English speaker with excellent language skills and years of experience at producing texts of all kinds. Please contact me for further discussion, I´d really like to work with you on this. Best, David