Brazilian Portuguese — top 433 words

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#	Brazilian Portuguese	English
1		no; not
2		yes
3		you (singular, standard)
4		I
5		he; him; it
6		she; her; it
7		we
8		they (m/mixed)
9		you (plural)
10		me; myself
11		you (object, informal)
12		oneself; himself/herself
13		me (after preposition)
14		with me
15		with oneself/you
16		with us
17		my; mine (m)
18		my; mine (f)
19		my; mine (m pl)
20		your; his; her; its (m)
21		your; his; her; its (f)
22		who; whom
23		which; what
24		when
25		where
26		to where
27		how; as; like
28		because
29		why (as a noun); the reason
30		how much; how many
31		a; an; one (f)
32		very; a lot; much
33		more; plus
34		less; fewer
35		so (with adjectives)
36		so much; so many
37		quite; enough; a lot
38		all; every (m)
39		everyone; all (m)
40		each; every
41		some; any (m)
42		some; any (f)
43		no; none; not any (m)
44		something
45		someone; somebody
46		no one; nobody
47		nothing; not at all
48		everything
49		another; other (m)
50		another; other (f)
51		same; even; really (m)
52		same (f)
53		any; whichever
54		this (m)
55		this (f)
56		that (m, near you)
57		that (f, near you)
58		this (thing)
59		that (thing)
60		that (over there)
61		that one (m, far)
62		to be (permanent)
63		I am
64		he/she/it is; is
65		they are
66		was; used to be
67		was; went (he/she/it)
68		I was; I went
69		will be
70		to be (state/location)
71		I am (state)
72		he/she/it is (state)
73		was (state); I/he was
74		to have
75		I have
76		has; there is/are
77		had; used to have
78		be sure; rest assured
79		to exist; there to be (formal)
80		there is/are; ago (formal)
81		to do; to make
82		does; makes; ago
83		I did; I made
84		doing; making
85		do; make (command)
86		to go
87		goes; is going to
88		we go; let's go
89		to come
90		comes; come
91		to give
92		to be able to; power
93		I can
94		can; is allowed
95		could; would be able
96		to want; to love
97		I want
98		wants
99		to know (a fact)
100		I know
101		knows
102		to know (a person/place)
103		knows (someone)
104		to say; to tell
105		says
106		said (he/she)
107		to speak; to talk
108		speaks; speak (command)
109		to see
110		I saw
111		to hear; to listen
112		I heard
113		to listen
114		to look
115		look; hey (attention)
116		to think
117		to think; to find
118		I think; I guess
119		to believe
120		I believe
121		to like
122		I like; taste
123		to love
124		I love
125		love
126		to hate
127		to need
128		I need
129		must; to owe; duty
130		must; should
131		to let; to leave
132		to help
133		help; helps
134		to stay; to become
135		to take; to grab; to catch
136		to leave; to go out
137		to enter; to go in
138		to arrive
139		to return; to come back
140		to wait; to hope
141		to eat
142		to drink
143		to sleep
144		to die
145		death
146		to kill
147		to live
148		to be born
149		to buy
150		to pay
151		to work
152		work; job; I work
153		to begin; to start
154		to finish; to end
155		to finish; to run out
156		to stop
157		to change; to move house
158		to use; to wear
159		to walk; floor (of building)
160		to run
161		to take; to carry
162		to bring
163		to find; to meet
164		to look for; to search
165		to lose; to miss
166		to win; to earn
167		to count; to tell
168		to show
169		to put; to place
170		to take out; to remove
171		to understand
172		to manage; to be able
173		to try
174		to continue
175		to ask (a question)
176		question; asks
177		to ask for; to order
178		to call; to name
179		to call (phone); to turn on
180		hello
181		hi
182		hello (on the phone)
183		hey
184		bye
185		goodbye; farewell
186		thank you (said by a male)
187		thanks; cheers (informal)
188		favor (as in 'por favor', please)
189		please
190		sorry; excuse me (formal)
191		pleasure; nice to meet you
192		congratulations
193		health; bless you; cheers
194		well; fine; good
195		badly; barely; evil
196		good (m)
197		good (f)
198		great; excellent
199		better; best
200		worse; worst
201		bad
202		big; large; great
203		big (pl)
204		small (m)
205		small (f)
206		tall; high; loud
207		short; low; down
208		new (f)
209		old (m)
210		strong
211		easy
212		hard; difficult
213		fast; quick
214		late; afternoon
215		far
216		near; close
217		hot
218		happy
219		sad
220		handsome; pretty (m)
221		pretty; beautiful (f)
222		beautiful; gorgeous (m)
223		beautiful; gorgeous (f)
224		cool; nice; legal
225		funny
226		strange; stranger
227		crazy
228		right; correct; sure
229		wrong
230		truth; true
231		clear; of course
232		important
233		possible
234		different
235		next; near (m)
236		last (m)
237		first (m)
238		only; unique (m)
239		whole; entire
240		serious; seriously
241		safe; sure; insurance
242		ready; done
243		full
244		man
245		woman; wife
246		person
247		people; folks; (a gente = we, colloquial)
248		people (a nation)
249		child
250		boy
251		girl
252		boy; young guy
253		girl; young woman
254		young man; guy
255		young; young person
256		friend (m)
257		friend (f)
258		family
259		father; dad
260		mother; mom
261		daddy
262		mommy
263		son
264		daughter
265		brother
266		sister
267		uncle
268		aunt
269		husband
270		wife
271		baby
272		sir; mister; you (formal m)
273		madam; ma'am; you (formal f)
274		house; home
275		home
276		room; bedroom
277		living room; hall
278		bed
279		table
280		door
281		city; town
282		street
283		place
284		school
285		hospital
286		food
287		coffee; café; breakfast
288		water
289		car
290		money
291		book
292		music
293		film; movie
294		party
295		telephone
296		day
297		night; evening
298		morning
299		today
300		tomorrow
301		yesterday
302		now
303		week
304		month
305		year
306		hour; time (o'clock)
307		minute
308		moment
309		time (occurrence); turn
310		time; weather
311		always
312		never
313		already; now; right away
314		still; yet
315		before
316		after; afterwards
317		soon; right away
318		too early
319		then; so
320		while
321		during
322		here
323		there (near you)
324		there; over there
325		there (far)
326		here
327		inside
328		outside; out
329		top; up (em cima = on top)
330		side
331		front
332		behind; back
333		middle; half; means
334		right (direction); law; straight
335		without
336		for; to; in order to
337		for; to (colloquial for 'para')
338		on; about; over
339		between; among
340		against
341		until; up to; even
342		since; from
343		but
344		however; but
345		also; too
346		maybe; perhaps
347		like this; so; that way
348		only; just
349		almost
350		really; truly
351		exactly
352		simply; just
353		finally
354		probably
355		careful; care; watch out
356		calm; take it easy
357		luck
358		fear
359		reason; right (ter razão = to be right)
360		idea
361		name
362		life
363		thing
364		part
365		case; in case
366		way; manner; knack
367		form; way; shape
368		number
369		two (m)
370		two (f)
371		three
372		five
373		ten
374		thousand
375		head
376		hand
377		eye
378		mouth
379		heart
380		body
381		face
382		hair
383		foot
384		blood
385		face; guy; dude (colloquial)
386		God
387		problem
388		history; story
389		war
390		police
391		doctor; medical
392		teacher; professor
393		president
394		country
395		government
396		the real world
397		a little; a bit
398		again
399		why
400		excuse me
401		why (at end of question)
402		okay; yeah; it is (colloquial for 'está')
403		I am (colloquial for 'estou')
404		where is...? (colloquial)
405		right?; isn't it? (tag question)
406		alright; ok (texting, from 'beleza')
407		you (texting, from 'você')
408		thanks; cheers (texting, from 'valeu')
409		later; bye (texting, from 'falou')
410		also; too (texting, from 'também')
411		everything; all (texting, from 'tudo')
412		today (texting, from 'hoje')
413		why; because (texting, from 'por quê/porque')
414		when (texting, from 'quando')
415		again (texting, from 'de novo')
416		missing you (texting, from 'saudades')
417		kiss (texting, from 'beijo')
418		kiss (texting, from 'beijo')
419		guys; people (texting, from 'gente')
420		with me (texting, from 'comigo')
421		OMG (texting, from 'meu Deus')
422		dude; bro (texting, from 'mano')
423		dude (texting, from 'cara')
424		where is...? (texting, from 'cadê')
425		chill; no worries (from 'tranquilo')
426		weekend (texting, from 'fim de semana')
427		to add (texting, from 'adicionar')
428		bro; dude
429		longing; missing someone (untranslatable)
430		beauty; alright / cool (as a reply)
431		hahaha (Brazilian internet laugh, from 'k')
432		hehe (shy/ironic laugh, from 'risos')
433		trollish/gamer laugh