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Portuguese vocabulary A1: Verbs, function words and more

A1 Catalogue 126 cards

The commonest verbs, yes and no, question words and the little words that join and place things, with a few everyday nouns: ser, ter, quando, com, a coisa.

126 Portuguese words at level A1, with their translation.

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PortuguêsEnglish
em in
sobre about (on a subject)
ser to be (identity)
tão (na comparação) as (comparison)
e and
ou or
mas but
porque because
porque é que why
quando when
onde where
quanto how much
quantos how many
depois then (next)
depois de after (preposition)
até until
durante for (a time)
para for (purpose)
de of (belonging)
estar to be (state or place)
ter to have (possess)
tomar (uma refeição ou bebida) to have (eat/drink)
sim yes
não no
não muito not very
nunca never
também also
só only
com with
encontrar to find
pôr to put (something somewhere)
do que than
como as (a job)
aqui here
ali there
há there is
querer to want
ir to go
vir to come
dar to give
levar to take (along)
fazer to do
ver to see
ouvir to hear
o tipo kind (sort/type)
a parte part
o lugar place
o problema problem
a coisa thing
saber to know
pensar to think
esperar to wait
usar to use
de (ao sair) off (away from)
achar (ter uma opinião) to think (have an opinion)
conseguir (fazer algo) to manage to (do sth)
viver to live (be alive)
entre between
antes de before (preposition)
ajudar to help
deixar to let (someone do something)
começar to start
a frente front
o fim end (noun)
compreender to understand
perceber to understand
ter de to have to
poder can (be able to)
não poder cannot
terminar to finish
parar to stop
abrir to open
fechar to close
mudar to change
perguntar to ask (a question)
olhar para to look (at something)
procurar to look (for something)
daqui fala this is (on the phone)
de volta back (return)
juntos together
o fundo bottom
o exemplo example
por exemplo for example
dentro de inside
lá fora outside
em cima de on (a surface)
ligado on (switched on)
cerca de about (around)
acima above
finalizar to finish
colocar to place (something somewhere)
arranjar to fix
pegar (em algo) to pick up (sth)
alterar to change
a partir de from (a time)
gostaria de would like
estar disposto a to be willing to
gostar de to like
adorar to love (things)
amar to love (a person)
morar to live (reside)
subir to go up
escolher to choose
receber to receive
fumar to smoke
planear to plan
tornar-se to become
apreciar to enjoy
abaixo below
para cima up
para baixo down
debaixo de under (position)
atrás de behind
para trás backwards
escutar to listen
lembrar-se de to remember
precisar de to need
mostrar to show
o interesse interest
o barulho noise
a fada fairy
nessa altura then (at that time)
perto de near
em frente de opposite (facing)
fora de out of
para dentro de into

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