There is the world “habilidade” in Portuguese. It has pretty much the same meaning as ability, and you probably could not find it because it carries an “h” in Portuguese.

One very important exception to the tips mentioned is the word “eventualmente”, as it means either “às vezes” (=sometimes) or refers to something that may happen but is not certain that will. It therefore has very different meaning from “eventually”. Also, the noun “eventualidade” is used to designate something that is not foreseen, and normally indicates something bad to which we need to get prepared.

Leonardo

Thanks for the blog, it is being really useful for me, even being a Brazilian guy. I use it to understand the opposite of your explanations.

Let me give you a little tip: the word abilidade exists indeed, but it begins with an H: habilidade.

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