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47 of the most frequent A1 words of Brazilian Portuguese, with key numbers from zero to a thousand: adjectives of quality, size, colour and state, everyday adverbs and small words, and a few common nouns, each with an original example sentence and its translation.

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  1. claro / clara (adj.)
    clear; light, bright (colour, room)

    A sala é clara e tem duas janelas. — The living room is bright and has two windows.

    Note: Claro! on its own = Of course!; Claro que sim = Of course, yes.
    Describing words › Colour
  2. branco / branca (adj.)
    white

    Minha camiseta branca está suja. — My white T-shirt is dirty.

    Note: o vinho branco = white wine; em branco = blank: uma folha em branco.
    Describing words › Colour
  3. sério / séria (adj.)
    serious; honest, reliable

    Meu chefe fica sério quando fala de dinheiro. — My boss gets serious when he talks about money.

    Note: Sério? = Really?, Seriously?; levar a sério = to take seriously.
    Describing words › People
  4. jovem (adj., m./f.)
    young

    O namorado da minha irmã é bem jovem. — My sister's boyfriend is quite young.

    Note: Plural jovens. Also a noun: o / a jovem = young person.
    Describing words › People
  5. humano / humana (adj.)
    human; humane

    O cachorro entende a voz humana. — The dog understands the human voice.

    Note: o ser humano = human being; os direitos humanos = human rights.
    Describing words › People
  6. o jeito (n.m.)
    way, manner; knack

    Ela tem um jeito muito calmo de falar. — She has a very calm way of talking.

    Note: dar um jeito = to find a way, sort it out; de jeito nenhum = no way.
    Small words & numbers
  7. a causa (n.f.)
    cause, reason

    A piscina do clube fechou por causa da reforma. — The club's pool closed because of the renovation.

    Watch out: por causa de + noun = because of; before a clause use porque.
    Small words & numbers
  8. a maneira (n.f.)
    way, manner

    A maneira mais fácil de descascar manga é com uma colher. — The easiest way to peel a mango is with a spoon.

    Note: de qualquer maneira = anyway, in any case. In speech jeito is more common.
    Small words & numbers
  9. a graça (n.f.)
    charm, fun; grace; free of charge (de graça)

    O museu é de graça no domingo. — The museum costs nothing on Sunday.

    Note: Não tem graça = It's not funny; Que graça! = How cute!; graças a = thanks to.
    Small words & numbers
  10. a ordem (n.f.)
    order (sequence, tidiness); an order, a command

    Os documentos da pasta estão em ordem de data. — The documents in the folder are in date order.

    Note: Plural ordens; Tudo em ordem? = Everything OK?
    Small words & numbers

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  • Word selection follows a frequency list of Brazilian Portuguese content words (OpenSubtitles 2018 pt-BR via hermitdave/FrequencyWords: word lists CC BY-SA 4.0, code MIT; lemmas by simplemma), cleaned by hand and banded to A1 by rank, with days, months, seasons and numbers added as a fixed group; spelling checked against the Vocabulário Ortográfico da Língua Portuguesa (Academia Brasileira de Letras) and the 1990 Orthographic Agreement as promulgated in Brazil (Decretos 6.583/2008 and 7.875/2012), European Portuguese forms against the Priberam dictionary, meanings against the Michaelis online dictionary, glosses against the Michaelis and Cambridge Portuguese–English dictionaries, usage against Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa and Aulete Digital, frequency notes against word counts from the OPUS OpenSubtitles 2018 pt-BR corpus and Tatoeba's Portuguese sentences (CC BY 2.0 FR), and the driving age and speed-limit wording against the Código de Trânsito Brasileiro. Reference only; all example sentences are original.

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