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100 Basic Portuguese Vocabularies
We believe in learning the most important vocabularies first to start off your learning journey on the right foot. The list below contains 100 of the most frequently used Portuguese vocabularies. For more vocabularies like that, check out our yellow vocabulary book towards the end of this page.
| English | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| I | eu |
| you | tu |
| he | ele |
| she | ela |
| it | isto |
| we | nós |
| you | vós |
| they | eles |
| what | O quê |
| who | Quem |
| where | Onde |
| why | Porquê |
| how | Como |
| which | Qual |
| when | Quando |
| then | então |
| if | se |
| really | mesmo |
| but | mas |
| because | porque |
| not | não |
| this | isto |
| that | aquilo |
| all | tudo |
| or | ou |
| and | e |
| to know | saber (sei, soube, sabendo, sabido) |
| to think | pensar (penso, pensei, pensando, pensado) |
| to come | vir (venho, vim, vindo, vindo) |
| to put | colocar (coloco, coloquei, colocando, colocado) |
| to take | tirar (tiro, tirei, tirando, tirado) |
| to find | encontrar (encontro, encontrei, encontrando, encontrado) |
| to listen | ouvir (ouço/oiço, ouvi, ouvindo, ouvido) |
| to work | trabalhar (trabalho, trabalhei, trabalhando, trabalhado) |
| to talk | falar (falo, falei, falando, falado) |
| to give | dar (dou, dei, dando, dado) |
| to like | gostar (gosto, gostei, gostando, gostado) |
| to help | ajudar (ajudo, ajudei, ajudando, ajudado) |
| to love | amar (amo, amei, amando, amado) |
| to call | telefonar (telefono, telefonei, telefonando, telefonado) |
| to wait | esperar (espero, esperei, esperando, esperado) |
| 0 | zero |
| 1 | um |
| 2 | dois |
| 3 | três |
| 4 | quatro |
| 5 | cinco |
| 6 | seis |
| 7 | sete |
| 8 | oito |
| 9 | nove |
| 10 | dez |
| 11 | onze |
| 12 | doze |
| 13 | treze |
| 14 | catorze |
| 15 | quinze |
| 16 | dezasseis |
| 17 | dezassete |
| 18 | dezoito |
| 19 | dezanove |
| 20 | vinte |
| new | novo (nova, novos, novas) |
| old | velho (velha, velhos, velhas) |
| few | poucos (pouco, pouca, poucos, poucas) |
| many | muitos (muito, muita, muitos, muitas) |
| wrong | errado (errada, errados, erradas) |
| correct | correto (correta, corretos, corretas) |
| bad | mau (má, maus, más) |
| good | bom (boa, bons, boas) |
| happy | feliz (feliz, felizes, felizes) |
| short | curto (curta, curtos, curtas) |
| long | comprido (comprida, compridos, compridas) |
| small | pequeno (pequena, pequenos, pequenas) |
| big | grande (grande, grandes, grandes) |
| there | ali |
| here | aqui |
| right | direita |
| left | esquerda |
| beautiful | belo (bela, belos, belas) |
| young | jovem (jovem, jovens, jovens) |
| old | velho (velha, velhos, velhas) |
| hello | Olá |
| ok | Ok |
| of course | Claro |
| bye bye | Tchau |
| good bye | Adeus |
| excuse me | com licença |
| sorry | Desculpa |
| thank you | Obrigado |
| please | por favor |
| now | agora |
| hour | (a) hora |
| minute | (o) minuto |
| second | (o) segundo |
| day | (o) dia |
| week | (a) semana |
| month | (o) mês |
| year | (o) ano |
| evening | (a) tardinha |
Portuguese Vocabulary Books
Learn Portuguese - Quick / Easy / Efficient
This vocabulary book is a curated Portuguese word frequency list with 2000 of the most common Portuguese words and phrases. Following the Pareto principle (80/20 rule), this book is built to streamline the learning process by concentrating on the core words and sentence structures. The result is a unique book ideal for driven learners and language hackers.
Portuguese Vocabulary Book
This Portuguese vocabulary book contains more than 3000 words and phrases and is organized by topic to make it easier for you to pick what to learn first. It is well suited for learners of all levels who are looking for an extensive resource to improve their vocabulary or are interested in learning vocabularies in one particular area of interest.