Nikesh Chapain
Jan 20, 2024
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same words, similar phrases, portuguese, english
Learning Portuguese is fun. Vocabularies are a fundamental part of the language. The more vocabulary you have, the more frequently you can speak. Memorizing vocabulary is always a challenge for new learners. If the learning language has the same vocabulary as your speaking language, it gives the boost and lets you relax a bit.
I am here discussing 100 Portuguese vocabularies that are the same as in English. Remember, their pronunciation is different. For example, 'hospital' in Portuguese is the same as in English. But while pronouncing the 'H' is muted. It sounds like ‘uspitaal’ or ‘ospitaal’.
I have here mentioned the words ending in 'al,' which are the same in both Portuguese and English and have the same meaning. 'Normal' is the same in Portugal and in English, and their meaning is also the same. Some words like 'Official' need to change slightly. For example, there are two 'f's in English, and in Portuguese, there is only one f. 'Official' in English and 'Oficial' in Portuguese.
Here are 70 words that end with all the same in English and Portuguese.
| ---------- | English | ------------ | Portuguese | |
| 1 | Anal | Anal | ||
| 2 | Animal | Animal | ||
| 3 | Artificial | Artificial | ||
| 4 | Brutal | Brutal | ||
| 5 | Canal | Canal | ||
| 6 | Capital | Capital | ||
| 7 | Central | Central | ||
| 8 | Continental | Continental | ||
| 9 | Crucial | Crucial | ||
| 10 | Cultural | Cultural | ||
| 11 | Editorial | Editorial | ||
| 12 | Eventual | Eventual | ||
| 13 | Facial | Facial | ||
| 14 | Festival | Festival | ||
| 15 | Final | Final | ||
| 16 | Fundamental | Fundamental | ||
| 17 | Funeral | Funeral | ||
| 18 | Habitual | Habitual | ||
| 19 | horizontal | horizontal | ||
| 20 | Hospital | Hospital | ||
| 21 | Ideal | Ideal | ||
| 22 | Imperial | Imperial | ||
| 23 | Individual | Individual | ||
| 24 | Industrial | Industrial | ||
| 25 | Local | Local | ||
| 26 | Manual | Manual | ||
| 27 | Mental | Mental | ||
| 28 | Moral | Moral | ||
| 29 | Municipal | Municipal | ||
| 30 | Musical | Musical | ||
| 31 | Nasal | Nasal | ||
| 32 | Natural | Natural | ||
| 33 | Normal | Normal | ||
| 34 | numeral | numeral | ||
| 35 | Oriental | Oriental | ||
| 36 | Original | Original | ||
| 37 | plural | plural | ||
| 38 | postal | postal | ||
| 39 | Principal | Principal | ||
| 40 | Professional | Professional | ||
| 41 | Real | Real | ||
| 42 | Regional | Regional | ||
| 43 | Rival | Rival | ||
| 44 | Rural | Rural | ||
| 45 | Semifinal | Semifinal | ||
| 46 | Sensual | Sensual | ||
| 47 | Sentimental | Sentimental | ||
| 48 | Sexual | Sexual | ||
| 49 | Social | Social | ||
| 50 | Territorial | Territorial | ||
| 51 | Textual | Textual | ||
| 52 | Tutorial | Tutorial | ||
| 53 | Usual | Usual | ||
| 54 | Verbal | Verbal | ||
| 55 | Vertical | Vertical | ||
| 56 | Viral | Viral | ||
| 57 | Virtual | Virtual | ||
| 58 | Visual | Visual | ||
| 59 | Vital | Vital | ||
| 60 | Vocal | Vocal |
Here are some more words that need a slight change. For example, if the letter t sounds like s in English, then it changes to c.
For example:
National to Nacional.
Optional to Opcional.
If the English words have double letters, then in Portuguese, they change to single letter.
For example:
official(English) to oficial (Portuguese).
Here are some words that end with ..al and change the ‘t' to ‘c’ and are pronounced the same in English.
| ---------- | English | ---------- | Portuguese | |
| 61 | Calculational | Calculational | ||
| 62 | Conditional | Conditional | ||
| 63 | Conventional | Conventional | ||
| 64 | Diferential | Diferencial | ||
| 65 | Educational | Educacional | ||
| 66 | Emotional | Emocional | ||
| 67 | Functional | Funcional | ||
| 68 | International | Internacional | ||
| 69 | Operational | Operacional | ||
| 70 | Optional | Opcional | ||
| 71 | Potential | Potencial | ||
| 72 | Rational | Racional | ||
| 73 | Relational | Relacional | ||
| 74 | Residential | Residencial | ||
| 75 | Traditional | Tradicional | ||
| 76 | Vocational | Vocacional |
Here are more Portuguese words that end with ..al and are slightly changed and are almost similar to English.
| ---------- | English | ---------- | Portuguese | |
| 77 | Official | Oficial | ||
| 78 | Spiritual | Espiritual | ||
| 79 | Equal | Igual | ||
| 80 | General | Geral | ||
| 81 | Signal | Sinal | ||
| 82 | Special | Especial | ||
| 83 | Personal | Pessoal | ||
| 84 | Spectacular | Espetacular | ||
| 85 | Exceptional | Excecional | ||
| 86 | Accidental | Acidental | ||
| 87 | Carnival | Carnaval | ||
| 88 | Partial | Parcial |
Let's see some more words that are similar to English and do not end with ..al.
| ---------- | English | ---------- | Portuguese | |
| 89 | Chocolate | Chocolate | ||
| 90 | Crime | Crime | ||
| 91 | Familiar | Familiar | ||
| 92 | Zero | Zero | ||
| 93 | Cinema | Cinema | ||
| 94 | Banana | Banana | ||
| 95 | Radio | Rádio | ||
| 96 | Hotel | Hotel | ||
| 97 | Area | Área | ||
| 98 | ||||
| 99 | Gas | Gas | ||
| 100 | Sauna | Sauna |
Many more words are either similar or almost similar to the English words. There is also a pattern of changing English words to Portuguese, like City to Cidadae. That means words ending with ...ty are changed to dade to be a Portuguese word.
There are some other rules, which we will discuss later on in new blog posts.
Happy Learning!
