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English Spelled Like Portuguese SomewhatEnglish Spelled Like Portuguese Somewhat are the next easiest for Portuguese speakers, after English Words Spelled Like Portuguese. These are English words similar to Portuguese, but spelled somewhat differently than Portuguese, although easily recognizable as clearly related to Portuguese. The English version is placed first to encourage you to look for and recognize English words similar to ones in your own language and deduce what the English words mean by yourself without being given the translation first. [In the following pronunciation guide, only a few pronunciations of English words are included. The rest of the English pronunciations will be added later.] In the pronunciation guide, the pronunciations of English words pronounced like Portuguese are enclosed in single quotation marks, as in: bikini -- biquíni -- [‘biquíni’]. To keep English pronunciation easiest, English words are shown to have a similar pronunciation to Portuguese if the stress is on the same syllable, and the letters are pronounced enough alike that English people will probably understand what you mean if you pronounce those words as you do in Portuguese. You may merely sound like you have a ‘Portuguese accent’ in English. Later you can listen to how English people pronounce them, and try to mimic any small differences in pronunciation to make them sound more authentically English. ----- English Spelled Partly Like Portuguese ENGLISH -- PORTUGUESE -- [SAY ENGLISH] access -- acesso accident -- acidente -- [‘acidente’] accompany -- acompanhar adapter -- adaptador agency -- agência air -- aérea airport -- aeroporto allergic -- alérgico aluminum -- alumínio apartment -- apartamento appetite -- apetite appointment -- apontamento arthritis -- artrite authenticity -- autenticidade authorized – autorizada baggage -- bagagems bank -- banco basketball -- basquetebol -- [‘basquetebol’] bicycle -- bicileta bikini -- biquíni -- [‘biquíni’] bisexual -- bissexual botanical -- botânico Brazil -- Brasil -- ['Brasil'] car -- carro -- [car] card -- cartão cascade -- cascata cashew -- caju -- [‘caju’] castle -- castelo cathedral -- catedral -- [‘catedral’] cavern -- caverna center -- centro -- [CEN-ter] certificate -- certificado city -- cidade club -- clube -- [‘clube’] code -- código coffee -- café -- [‘café’] commercial -- comercial computer -- computador concert -- concerto control -- controle -- [‘controle’] credit -- crédito crystal -- cristal -- [‘cristal’] custo -- cost day -- dia dentist -- dentista detergent -- detergente -- [‘detergente’] diarrhea -- diarreia -- [‘diarreia’] difficult -- difícil discotheque -- discoteca discount -- desconto distance -- distância distant -- distante -- [‘distante’] dollars -- dólares -- [‘dólares’] elevator -- elevador -- [‘elevador’] English -- inglês excellent -- excelente -- [‘excelente’] excursion -- excursão family – familia fever -- febre film -- filme forest -- floresta form -- forma fountain -- fonte function -- funciona garden -- jardim golf -- golfe -- [‘golfe’] guide -- guia gym(nasium) -- ginásio Hello. -- Olá. heterosexual -- heterossexual -- [‘heterossexual’] horrible -- horrível hour -- hora hygenic -- higiénico identification -- identificação -- [‘identificação’] incluído -- included infection -- infecção -- [‘infecção’] information -- informações innocent -- inocente -- [‘inocente’] insects -- insectos interesting -- interessante intolerant -- intolerante -- [‘intolerante’] kilo -- quilo -- [‘quilo’] kilometer -- quilómetro lake -- lago lemon -- limão -- [‘limão’] magnificant -- magnífico mango -- manga -- [‘manga’] map -- mapa -- [map] market -- mercado mayonnaise -- maionese -- [‘maionese’] melon -- melão -- [‘melão’] messages -- mensagem mileage -- milhagem modify -- modificar moment -- momento mountain -- montanha museum -- museu my -- meu my – minha name – nome night -- noite -- [‘noite’] nights -- noites -- [‘noites’] no -- não -- [‘não’] number -- número omelet -- omelette -- [‘omelette’] one -- um / uma packet -- pacote -- [‘pacote’] palace -- palácio paper -- papel park (n) -- parque -- [‘parque’] passport -- passaporte peak -- pico -- [pic] pediatrician -- pediatra per -- por -- [per] permitted -- permitidas pharmacy -- farmácia phone -- fone -- [‘fone’] platform -- plataforma pork -- porco Portuguese -- português -- [‘português’] price -- preço problem -- problema protestant -- protestante -- [‘protestante’] qualified -- qualificada racket -- raquete -- [‘raquete’] reaction -- reação receipt -- recibo receive -- receber recommend -- recomendar refrigerator -- frigorífico repeat -- repetir repellent -- repelente -- [‘repelente’] reserve (v) -- reservar restaurant -- restaurante -- [‘restaurante’] romantic -- romântico ruins -- ruínas salad -- salada -- [SA-lad] sandwich -- sanduíche -- [‘sanduíche’] service -- serviço soup -- sopa station -- estação strange -- estranho student -- estudante stupendous -- estupendo supermarket -- supermercado synagogue -- sinagoga tax -- taxa telephone -- telefone -- [‘telefone’] towel -- toalha tradicional -- traditional transaction – transacção unlimited -- ilimitados urgent -- urgente -- [‘urgente’] valley -- vale -- [VA-li] vegetables -- vegetais vermouth -- vermute -- [‘vermute’] vinegar -- vinagre -- [‘vinagre’] vineyard -- vinha visit -- visita volleyball -- voleibol -- [‘voleibol’] wine -- vinho yogurt -- yogurte -- [‘yogurte’] yogurt -- iogurte -- [‘iogurte’] zone -- zona ----- BRAZIL ONLY correspondence -- correspondência (Brazil) bus -- ônibus (Brazil) filet (steak) -- filé (Brazil) -- [‘filé’] Hello. (on phone) -- Alô. (Brazil) platform -- plataforma (Brazil) shampoo -- xampu (Brazil) -- [‘xampu’] sweater -- suéter (Brazil) -- [‘suéter’] tennis -- tênis (Brazil) -- [‘tênis’] train -- trem (Brazil) -- [‘trem’] ----- PORTUGAL ONLY baby -- bebê (Portugal) -- [‘bebê’] beef (steak) -- bife (Portugal) -- [‘bife’] comprehend -- compreendo (Portugal) registration -- registro (Portugal) tennis -- ténis (Portugal) -- [‘ténis’] -----
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