Essential vocabulary

The 100 Most Common Portuguese Words

These words make up more than half of everything native speakers say and write — including Portuguese's distinctive contractions (do, na, pelo...), which have no real English equivalent. Master these and your comprehension jumps.

100

Words

100

With real examples

>50%

Of everyday Portuguese

100 words

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oArticle

the (masculine)

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dePreposition

of / from

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aArticle

the (feminine)

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eConjunction

and

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quePronoun

that / which / what

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doContraction

of the (de + o)

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daContraction

of the (de + a)

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emPreposition

in / on / at

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umArticle

a / one (masculine)

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paraPreposition

for / to

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comPreposition

with

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nãoAdverb

no / not

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umaArticle

a / one (feminine)

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osArticle

the (masculine plural)

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noContraction

in the (em + o)

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seConjunction

if / oneself

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naContraction

in the (em + a)

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porPreposition

for / by / through

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maisAdverb

more

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asArticle

the (feminine plural)

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dosContraction

of the (de + os)

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comoAdverb

how / like / as

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masConjunction

but

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aoContraction

to the (a + o)

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elePronoun

he

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dasContraction

of the (de + as)

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àContraction

to the (a + a)

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seuPronoun

your / his (masculine)

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suaPronoun

your / her (feminine)

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ouConjunction

or

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quandoConjunction

when

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muitoAdverb

very / a lot

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nosContraction

us / in the (em + os)

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jáAdverb

already / now

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euPronoun

I

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tambémAdverb

also / too

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sóAdverb

only / just

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peloContraction

by / through the (por + o)

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pelaContraction

by / through the (por + a)

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atéPreposition

until / even

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issoPronoun

that

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elaPronoun

she

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entrePreposition

between / among

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depoisAdverb

after / later

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semPreposition

without

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mesmoAdjective

same / even

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aosContraction

to the (a + os)

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seusPronoun

your / his / her (plural)

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quemPronoun

who

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nasContraction

in the (em + as)

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mePronoun

me

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essePronoun

that (masculine)

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elesPronoun

they (masculine)

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vocêPronoun

you

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essaPronoun

that (feminine)

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numContraction

in a (em + um)

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nemConjunction

nor / not even

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suasPronoun

your / her (feminine plural)

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meuPronoun

my (masculine)

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àsContraction

at the (a + as, time)

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minhaPronoun

my (feminine)

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numaContraction

in a (em + uma)

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pelosContraction

by / through the (por + os)

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elasPronoun

they (feminine)

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qualPronoun

which / what

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nósPronoun

we

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lhePronoun

to him / to her

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delesPronoun

their / theirs (masc.)

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essasPronoun

those (feminine)

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essesPronoun

those (masculine)

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pelasContraction

by / through the (por + as)

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estePronoun

this (masculine)

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delePronoun

his / its

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tuPronoun

you (informal, regional)

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tePronoun

you (object, informal)

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vocêsPronoun

you all

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vosPronoun

you all (object, formal)

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lhesPronoun

to them

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meusPronoun

my (masc. plural)

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minhasPronoun

my (fem. plural)

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teuPronoun

your (informal, masc.)

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tuaPronoun

your (informal, fem.)

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teusPronoun

your (informal, masc. pl.)

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tuasPronoun

your (informal, fem. pl.)

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nossoPronoun

our (masculine)

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nossaPronoun

our (feminine)

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nossosPronoun

our (masc. plural)

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nossasPronoun

our (fem. plural)

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delaPronoun

her / hers

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delasPronoun

their / theirs (fem.)

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estaPronoun

this (feminine)

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estesPronoun

these (masculine)

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estasPronoun

these (feminine)

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aquelePronoun

that (masc., over there)

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aquelaPronoun

that (fem., over there)

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aquiloPronoun

that (neutral, over there)

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serVerb

to be (permanent traits)

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estarVerb

to be (temporary state)

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terVerb

to have

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fazerVerb

to do / to make

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