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Learn Portuguese: Quick Vocabulary Building with Cognates – with Video

Learn Portuguese: Quick Vocabulary Building with Cognates – with Video

posted on December 19, 2008

Learn Portuguese: Quick Vocabulary Building with Cognates - with Video

There are several words that are very similar in Portuguese and in English. Check out this list of Brazilian Portuguese words:

Agressivo/a

Ambicioso/a

Animado/a

Arrogante

Atlético/a

Calmo/a

Competente

Corajoso/a

Criativo/a

Dinâmico/a

Eficiente

Elegante

Extrovertido/a

Fascinante

Generoso/a

Idealista

Imparcial

Importante

Impulsivo/a

Independente

Inteligente

Interessante

Introvertido/a

 

Liberal

Lógico/a

Materialista

Moderno/a

Nervoso/a

Otimista

Paciente

Parcial

Passivo/a

Perfeccionista

Pessimista

Popular

Rebelde

Religioso/a

Responsável

Romântico/a

Sentimental

Sério/a

Sincero/a

Terrível

Tímido

Tradicional

 Just be careful: Some words are deceivingly similar; we call them false cognates. Here are a few of them with their correct meaning:
Portuguese English
sensível sensitive
esquisito weird
pretender to intend

Start practicing these words to incorporate them in your vocabulary!

Check out these other videos to dramatically improve your vocab:

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Luciana Lage

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Luciana Lage founded Street Smart Brazil drawing on her passion for Brazilian Portuguese language and culture. Luciana has also taught Portuguese at University of California, Berkeley, and currently teaches at the University of San Francisco.

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  1. AvatarJohn Mihaiu

    January 18, 2015 at 9:27 am

    I find your website ‘streetsmartbrazil’ a very good resource to learn and practice. It is very well structured and intuitive.

    I have need for Portuguese as my son married a beautiful girl from Rio De Janiero. I began w/ Rosetta Stone, and have complemented my learning w/ several websites… eg. Street Smart Brazil, Professor Jason.. etc. All are good, but I find Street Smart the best… specifically because of the ‘pattern lessons’ and vocabulary building.

    I am 60 years old, and have a hearing deficiency (not amplitude, but frequency of sounds). I have difficulty hearing consonants properly…. So hearing the spoken language in conversation is my biggest shortcoming. I am not surrounded by the language so it slows my proficiency. Guess I will need to visit Rio!… on my bucket list.

    Thanks again for the website, videos. Again, a terrific resource.

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    • Luciana LageLuciana Lage

      January 18, 2015 at 6:29 pm

      Oi, John! Muito obrigada for your comment! Understanding native speakers is the main challenge for most learners. This is why we focus on one-on-one lessons via Skype: to offer our clients the opportunity to practice with real conversations, the best way to develop fluency.

      I hope you can go to Rio soon. It is a beautiful place 🙂

      Reply

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