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Portuguese (Brazil) A2 — Core Vocabulary, Part 2 flashcards

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100 of the most frequent Brazilian Portuguese words after A1, part 2: everyday verbs, home, food and travel, feelings, talking and thinking, describing words and small words, each with an original example sentence and its translation.

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Learn deck · part of Portuguese (Brazil) A1–A2 · written against: CEFR A1–A2; Brazilian Portuguese with European variants noted; the vocabulary is 600 of the most frequent everyday words of a Brazilian OpenSubtitles 2018 frequency list, since no Portuguese exam publishes a word list. Updated 2026-10-10.

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  1. desaparecer (v.) (eu desapareço, nós desaparecemos)
    to disappear, to go missing

    Meu gato desapareceu ontem, mas voltou hoje de manhã. — My cat disappeared yesterday, but it came back this morning.

    Note: Brazilians often say sumir in speech: Meu celular sumiu! = My phone has vanished!
    Everyday verbs
  2. nascer (v.) (eu nasço, nós nascemos)
    to be born; to rise (the sun)

    Eu nasci em Olinda, numa noite de Carnaval. — I was born in Olinda, on a Carnival night.

    Watch out: Active in Portuguese: eu nasci = I was born. o nascer do sol = sunrise.
    People & family
  3. o chão (n.m.)
    floor; ground

    As crianças sentaram no chão para ver o desenho. — The children sat on the floor to watch the cartoon.

    Note: Plural chãos. A storey of a building is o andar: Moro no terceiro andar.
    Home & daily life
  4. doce (adj., m./f.)
    sweet

    Essa manga está muito doce, quer provar? — This mango is really sweet, want to try some?

    Note: o doce = a sweet, a dessert: Quer um doce? a água doce = fresh water.
    Food & shopping
  5. o sol (n.m.)
    sun; sunshine

    Hoje fez tanto sol que as plantas da varanda murcharam. — Today was so sunny that the balcony plants wilted.

    Note: Faz sol = it's sunny; tomar sol = to sunbathe; o protetor solar = sunscreen.
    Time & weather
  6. o cachorro (n.m.)
    dog

    O cachorro da minha tia esconde os chinelos de todo mundo no quintal. — My aunt's dog hides everyone's flip-flops in the back yard.

    Watch out: In Portugal o cachorro is a puppy and a dog is o cão. o cachorro-quente = hot dog.
    Nature & the world
  7. o aniversário (n.m.)
    birthday; anniversary

    Vamos comemorar o aniversário da minha mãe no sábado. — We're going to celebrate my mother's birthday on Saturday.

    Note: Feliz aniversário! = Happy birthday! A wedding anniversary is o aniversário de casamento.
    Free time & culture
  8. a vontade (n.f.)
    will, wish; urge

    Estou com vontade de pintar o quarto de verde-claro. — I feel like painting the bedroom light green.

    Note: ter or estar com vontade de = to feel like; Fique à vontade! = Make yourself at home!
    Feelings & character
  9. perdido / perdida (adj.)
    lost

    Estávamos perdidos no centro, então pedimos ajuda. — We were lost in the city centre, so we asked for help.

    Note: The participle of perder; Achados e Perdidos = Lost and Found.
    Describing words
  10. o passo (n.m.)
    step

    Dei dois passos para trás para todo mundo caber na foto. — I took two steps back so everyone would fit in the photo.

    Note: passo a passo = step by step; dar um passo = to take a step.
    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 A2 by rank; spelling checked against the Vocabulário Ortográfico da Língua Portuguesa (Academia Brasileira de Letras) and the 1990 Orthographic Agreement text, European Portuguese forms against the Priberam dictionary, verb forms against the conjugacao.com.br tables, meanings against the Michaelis online dictionary and Aulete Digital, glosses against the Michaelis and Cambridge Portuguese–English dictionaries, usage notes against phrase counts from the OPUS OpenSubtitles 2018 pt-BR corpus, and the passport requirement for travel to Europe against the EU's Your Europe portal (CC BY 4.0). Reference only; all example sentences are original.

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