diff --git a/labscore/constants.js b/labscore/constants.js
index f18dde4..ffa17cd 100644
--- a/labscore/constants.js
+++ b/labscore/constants.js
@@ -549,8 +549,8 @@ module.exports.DICTIONARY_LANGUAGES = Object.freeze({
   nl: "Dutch",
   no: "Norwegian",
   pl: "Polish",
-  "pt-br": "Portuguese",
-  "pt-pt": "Portuguese",
+  "pt-br": "Portuguese (Brazil)",
+  "pt-pt": "Portuguese (Portugal)",
   pt: "Portuguese",
   ro: "Romanian",
   ru: "Russian",
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ module.exports.DICTIONARY_LANGUAGES = Object.freeze({
 // work lmk on discord @bignutty and i'll add it (if reasonable)
 // same goes for emoji below
 module.exports.TRANSLATE_LANGUAGE_ALIASES = Object.freeze({
-  "jp": "ja"
+  "jp": "ja",
 })
 
 module.exports.TRANSLATE_LANGUAGE_MAPPINGS = Object.freeze({
@@ -664,6 +664,8 @@ module.exports.TRANSLATE_LANGUAGE_MAPPINGS = Object.freeze({
   "fa": "🇮🇷",
   "pl": "🇵🇱",
   "pt": "🇵🇹",
+  "pt-pt": "🇵🇹",
+  "pt-br": "🇧🇷",
   "ro": "🇷🇴",
   "ru": "🇷🇺",
   "sm": "🇼🇸",
@@ -798,7 +800,8 @@ module.exports.TRANSLATE_LANGUAGES = Object.freeze({
   "ps": "Pashto",
   "fa": "Persian",
   "pl": "Polish",
-  "pt": "Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)",
+  "pt": "Portuguese",
+  "pt-br": "Brazilian Portuguese",
   "pa": "Punjabi",
   "qu": "Quechua",
   "ro": "Romanian",
diff --git a/labscore/utils/translate.js b/labscore/utils/translate.js
index b6453bc..a4efdf7 100644
--- a/labscore/utils/translate.js
+++ b/labscore/utils/translate.js
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ function getCode(desiredLang) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    return TRANSLATE_LANGUAGES[key].toLowerCase() === desiredLang;
+    if(TRANSLATE_LANGUAGES[key].toLowerCase() === desiredLang) return true;
+    if(TRANSLATE_LANGUAGES[key].toLowerCase().startsWith(desiredLang)) return true;
+    return false;
   });
 
   keys.push(Object.keys(TRANSLATE_LANGUAGE_MAPPINGS).filter(function (key) {
@@ -23,7 +25,9 @@ function getCode(desiredLang) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    return TRANSLATE_LANGUAGE_MAPPINGS[key].toLowerCase() === desiredLang;
+    if(TRANSLATE_LANGUAGE_MAPPINGS[key].toLowerCase() === desiredLang) return true;
+    if(TRANSLATE_LANGUAGE_MAPPINGS[key].toLowerCase().startsWith(desiredLang)) return true;
+    return false;
   }));
 
   return keys[0] || false;
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ module.exports.getCodeFromAny = function (prompt) {
   if(TRANSLATE_LANGUAGE_ALIASES[prompt.toLowerCase()]) prompt = TRANSLATE_LANGUAGE_ALIASES[prompt.toLowerCase()]
   if(TRANSLATE_LANGUAGES[prompt.toLowerCase()]) return prompt.toLowerCase()
   let languages = [];
-  for(const i of Object.keys(TRANSLATE_LANGUAGES)) if(!languages.includes(i) && TRANSLATE_LANGUAGES[i].toLowerCase() == prompt.toLowerCase()) languages.push(i)
+  for(const i of Object.keys(TRANSLATE_LANGUAGES)) if(!languages.includes(i) && (TRANSLATE_LANGUAGES[i].toLowerCase() == prompt.toLowerCase() || TRANSLATE_LANGUAGES[i].toLowerCase().startsWith(prompt.toLowerCase()))) languages.push(i)
   for(const i of Object.keys(TRANSLATE_LANGUAGE_MAPPINGS)) if(!languages.includes(i) && TRANSLATE_LANGUAGE_MAPPINGS[i].toLowerCase() == prompt.toLowerCase()) languages.push(i)
   return languages[0];
 };