Notes
Misc
- taxas de juro- interest (on a loan)
- capaz- able
- É capaz (cah-paash) or É possível- It’s possible
- sem- without
- cem- 100
- z at end is “sh”
- Egito- Egypt
- related to the word “gypsy”
- aperitivos- appetizer
- entradas- entree
- pôr- to put, to set, to insert
- excessivo- excessive
- crer- believe (often religious)
- crença- belief
- many words that end in “ty” in English become “dade” in Portuguese
- city → cidade
- society → sociedade
- responsibility → responsabilidade (guttural-uspons-uh-bee-lee-daad)
- habilidade (uh-bee-lee-daad)- ability
- pátria (pah-tree-uh)- fatherland
- raça
Prefixes
in
- incapaz (een-cah-paash)- incapable
- A máquina é incapaz de funcionar (foon-syu-nad) sem energia.- The machine is unable to work without power.
ante (ahn-te)
- antebraço- forearm
- anteontem- day before yesterday
- antever- preview or foresee
- antepor- place something before (literal) or oppose someone’s ideas
Suffixes
mente (mint-uh)
- excessivamente- excessively
oso or osa
- Makes the adjectives talk about people and a bit more formal
- bom- good
- bondoso- kind (person)
- bondosamente- kind (person)
- mau- bad
- malicioso- malicious or evil
Nominal or nomitive
-dor; -tor; -sor; -eiro; -ista; -ante; -rio
- doutor- doctor
- tutor- guardian (someone who raises you)
- tradutor- translator
- professor- teacher or professor
- pão- bread
- dente- teeth
- análise- analysis
- estudar- study
- biblioteca- library
- cabelo- hair
- cabeleireiro- hairdresser
-dade (daa-duh; -ability in English)
- credibilidade (cruh-duh-bee-daa-duh)- credibility
-ismo (eej-moo; -ism in English)
- patriotism- patriotismo (pah-tree-oo-teej-moo)
- racism- racismo (guttural-ah-seej-moo)
- tourism- turismo (too-reej-moo)
- cristianismo- Christian
- judaísmo- Judaism
- islamismo- Islam