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63 Cards in this Set
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environment
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meio ambiente
(2 words, no hyphen) |
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extraordinary
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extraordinário
(X = "sh") |
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textbook
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livro-texto
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loudspeaker
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alto-falante
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apostrophe
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o apóstrofe
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Jewish
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judeu / judia
judaico (no written accent, stress same as in Spanish) |
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demonstrate
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demonstrar
(with an N) |
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to fall
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cair
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pelo (contração)
o pêlo |
por + o = pelo
fur, hair |
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furious
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furioso
(long O) |
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slang
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a gíria
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concomitante / simultâneo
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concomitant / simultaneous
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a forma
a fôrma |
form (short O)
mould (long O) |
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expressed (participle)
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expresso
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to inspect
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inspecionar
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windshield
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o pára-brisa
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windshield
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o pára-brisa
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pneumonia
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a pneumonia
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cemetary
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o cemitério
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juxtaposed (adj.)
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justaposto
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alcohol
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o álcool
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fluid
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fluido
(no written accent; stress on "i") |
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stress (tension, anxiety)
stress (on a syllable) |
o estresse
o acento tônico |
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gourmet; gourmand
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o gastrônomo
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a moqueca (de peixe, etc.)
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Brazilian fish or chicken stew made with coconut milk, onions, and palm oil.
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respective
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respectivo
(with a C) |
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to collide
to crash to run into |
colidir
chocar abalorar |
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a xícara
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a xicrihna
(irregular diminutive) |
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bobo
cão corpo homem (aumentaivos irregulares) |
bobalhão
canzarrão corpanzil homenzarrão |
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acima (de)
(lá) em cima em cima de |
above
upstairs on top of |
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tableware
workshop |
os talheres
fábrica [building]; oficina [literal and event] |
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tiredness
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o cansaço
(no N in 2nd syllable) |
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shoulder [noun]
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o ombro
[no "H"] |
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fine arts
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as belas-artes
(sometimes hyphenated; always plural) |
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contra
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long "O"
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fireworks
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os fogos de artifício
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exigir
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X has a "Z" sound
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exeção
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X has an "S" sound
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odioso
odiosa |
-oso: with a long "O" sound
-osa" with a short "O" sound |
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movimento
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mo- with a long "O" sound
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excitado
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"X" with "S" sound;
can mean "excited," or can have the connotation of "sexually aroused" |
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executar
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"X" with a "Z" sound
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psicopata
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É palavra paroxítona.
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complementar
cumprimentar |
to complement
to compliment |
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logo
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short "O" sound
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o intelecto
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keeps the "C"
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textile
textiles |
têxtil
têxteis |
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excesso
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"X" with "S" sound
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spectator
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o espectador
(with a C) |
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fictional character
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o personagem
(masculine) |
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o povo
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long "O" sound
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a otimização
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long "O" sound
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a posse
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short "O" sound
means "possession," NOT "posse" as in English |
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o conto
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long "O" sound
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science fiction
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a ficção científica
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voluminous
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volumoso
(not "voluminoso") |
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acordar
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NOT "acordar-se"
(it is not reflexive) |
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morrer
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never "morrer-se"
(never reflexive in Portuguese) |
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discriminar
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discriminar a alguém
(note the preposition: "a") |
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to go to the bathroom
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ir ao banheiro
(note: "ao") |
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molestar *
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* has a sexual connotation
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o texto
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"X" pronounced like "SS"
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broad, wide
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amplo
(not "âmplio") |
