Portuguese words
61,948 Portuguese words, each explained in English from the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026) and defined in Portuguese by the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dump of September 1, 2026).
By first letter
The most common Portuguese words, in English
- de
- a
- o
- que
- e
- do
- em
- da
- para
- não
- um
- uma
- com
- no
- se
- na
- por
- os
- eu
- como
- as
- mais
- dos
- mas
- foi
- ao
- me
- você
- ser
- seu
- sua
- são
- das
- ou
- ele
- muito
- isso
- já
- nos
- também
- quando
- está
- meu
- pelo
- ela
- vai
- só
- pela
- dia
- sobre
- bem
- até
- pode
- mesmo
- te
- ter
- tudo
- minha
- ainda
- aqui
- fazer
- todos
- quem
- sem
- agora
- entre
- era
- seus
- nas
- assim
- depois
- onde
- este
- mundo
- brasil
- esse
- vida
- tempo
- essa
- tenho
- eles
- há
- porque
- ver
- casa
- nada
- melhor
- foram
- bom
- sempre
- ano
- grande
- vez
- aos
- apenas
- coisa
- 1
- dois
- nunca
- todo
- quero
- mim
- parte
- sei
- hoje
- tão
- então
- nem
- nossa
- cidade
- qual
- deus
- quer
- estou
- trabalho
- durante
- estado
- pra
- seja
- forma
- novo
- dias
- maior
- outro
- primeiro
- será
- cada
- lá
- qualquer
- sim
- acho
- menos
- alguém
- antes
- nome
- sabe
- desde
- falar
- tinha
- dar
- ir
- contra
- to
- boa
- três
- ficar
- mãe
- pouco
- rio
- segundo
Order: written frequency in Portuguese (wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media)).
Spelled like an English word, meaning something else
| Portuguese | In Portuguese | In English |
|---|---|---|
| de | of (in relation to) | The name of the Cyrillic script letter Д / д. |
| que | that (connecting noun clause) | The name of the Latin script letter Q/q. Alternative form of cue. |
| do | contraction of de + o, literally “of the, from the, -'s (masculine singular)” | A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be. |
| em | in; inside; within (contained by) | The name of the Latin script letter M/m. |
| da | contraction of de + a, literally “of/from the (feminine singular)”: feminine singular of do | Father. |
| para | for (directed at, intended to belong to or to be appropriate for) | A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions. |
| um | one | Expression of hesitation, uncertainty or space filler in conversation. |
| com | with; against | The form of con- used before b, m, and p |
| na | contraction of em + a, literally “in the”: feminine singular of no | Initialism of nerve agent. |
| por | for (on behalf of) | price on request. |
| os | third-person plural direct objective personal pronoun; them | Initialism of outsize, clothes for large people. |
| eu | I (first-person singular personal pronoun) | Abbreviation of expanded universe. |
| como | how (in what way, manner) | Abbreviation of commodore. |
| dos | contraction of de + os, literally “of/from the (masculine plural)”: masculine plural of do | Initialism of date of service. |
| mas | but (introduces a clause that contradicts the implications of the previous clause) | Indicates holidays or sacred days. |
| ao | contraction of a (“to”) + o m sg (“the”) | Initialism of amongst/among/and others. |
| ser | to be (to have the given quality), especially a quality that is intrinsic or not expected to change, contrasting with es | Abbreviation of serial. |
| são | forms the titles of male saints whose names begin with a consonant (except H, which is silent) | Any marine annelid of the genus Hyalinoecia, especially Hyalinoecia tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent mov |
| das | contraction of de (“of/from”) + as f pl (“the”): feminine plural of do | Acronym of diacetoxyscirpenol. |
| já | already (indicating that something has happened before) | Yes. |
| nos | first-person plural nominative personal pronoun: we | Alternative form of nos. Abbreviation of numbers. |
| só | acronym of sistema operacional (“OS, operating system”) | As a result; for that reason; therefore; because of this; due to this. |
| dia | period between sunrise and sunset | through, across |
| até | until (up to the time of something happening) | An elder sister |
| te | you (singular), thee | In solfège, the seventh note of a major scale (the note B in the fixed-do system): ti. |
| ter | to own; to possess; to have; to have got | Eye dialect spelling of to. |
| sem | -less; without (not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.) | Clipping of seminary. |
| nas | contraction of em + as, literally “in the”: feminine plural of no | Initialism of naval air station. |
| tempo | time (the progression from the present into the future) | A frequency or rate. |
| há | huh (all senses) | A representation of laughter. |
| ver | to see; to observe (to perceive with one’s eyes) | Abbreviation of version. |
| casa | structure serving as an abode of human beings | house |
| nada | nothing (not any thing; no thing) | Nothing. |
| bom | desirable, positive, advantageous | Acronym of bill of materials. |
| grande | large; great; big (of great size or extent) | Of a cup of coffee: smaller than venti but larger than tall, usually 16 ounces (~ 455 ml). |
| tão | so (to a great extent) | The art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing. |
| lá | alternative form of a (third-person feminine singular objective pronoun) used as an enclitic and mesoclitic following a | Initialism of left atrium. |
| sim | yes (affirmative answer) | Clipping of simulation. |
| dar | to transfer one’s possession of something to someone without anything in return | A fish found in the Severn River; a dart or dace. |
| ir | to go (to move to a destination) | Used for expressing negation; not |
Source: the first sense of each word in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026); a pair is listed when the Portuguese meaning does not contain the word itself.