I have talked about patterns between English and Portuguese in previous posts. I gave you a list of cognates — words that are very similar — and I listed ninety words that are easy to memorize.
Today I will give you a list of 55 words with the following pattern:
- Words that end in -AL in English end in -AL in Portuguese, too.
Here is the best part: Many of these words have the exact same spelling in English and in Portuguese. The pronunciation is different, of course. This is a great opportunity to observe those differences and transfer them to other words in your learning journey.
I will divide the words in two lists: nouns and adjectives. For the nouns, you will see the indication of their gender. The adjectives have only one form for both feminine and masculine.
In the video I pronounce the words for you. Notice that the stress syllable is the last one. The English words are in alphabetical order.
Nouns:
Portuguese | English |
---|---|
O animal | Animal |
O canal | Canal |
O carnaval | Carnival |
A catedral | Cathedral |
O cereal | Cereal |
O cristal | Crystal |
O festival | Festival |
O hospital | Hopital |
O potencial | Potential |
O sinal | Signal |
O total | Total |
Adjectives
Portuguese | English |
---|---|
Acidental | Accidental |
Adicional | Addtional |
Artificial | Artificial |
Audiovisual | Audiovisual |
Banal | Banal |
Casual | Casual |
Central | Central |
Coloquial | Colloquial |
Colonial | Colonial |
Comercial | Commercial |
Confidencial | Confidential |
Cordial | Cordial |
Crucial | Crucial |
Cultural | Cultural |
Digital | Digital |
Emocional | Emotional |
Igual | Equal |
Essencial | Essential |
Existencial | Existential |
Facial | Facial |
Global | Global |
Gradual | Gradual |
Habitual | Habitual |
Individual | Individual |
Informal | Informal |
Irracional | Irrational |
Literal | Literal |
Nacional | National |
Natural | Natural |
Normal | Normal |
Original | Original |
Parcial | Partial |
Radical | Radical |
Regional | Regional |
Residencial | Residential |
Sensacional | Sensational |
Social | Social |
Especial | Special |
Espiritual | Spiritual |
Tradicional | Traditional |
Tropical | Tropical |
Usual | Usual |
Virtual | Virtual |
Vital | Vital |
I hope you have fun using your new vocabulary.
This list is from the book Instant Brazilian Portuguese Vocabulary Builder, by Tom Means.
For similar vocabulary videos, check out these posts:
- 40 Easy Words to Learn: Use Patterns to Your Benefit – with video
- 90 New Words that You Will Have No Trouble Memorizing – with Video
- Quick Vocabulary Building – Cognates – with Video
Valeu!
Photo by Jeff Belmonte on Flickr’s Creative Commons
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