12 Comments

• admin commented on April 9, 2009 at 9:24 am |Permalink

  Eu gosto das palavras…

  Sacudir - to shake (commonly used to mean dancing or moving to music)

  Vermelho - red (it just sounds good!)

  Relax - relax, chill. (pronounced ‘hey-lacks’)

  And of course any diminutivezinho at all!!

• Renoir commented on April 9, 2009 at 9:42 am |Permalink

  A minha palavra portuguêsa favorita é “amanhecer”

• trevor commented on April 9, 2009 at 4:11 pm |Permalink

  Favorite words:

  Saudades: i love this word in general as it implies so much. there’s just no adequate translation

  Beija-flor: hummingbird. its so poetic

  As for speaking:

  sorriso

  Anything with “ão”: Então. Irmão, etc…

• troy commented on April 9, 2009 at 4:38 pm |Permalink

  sacanagem - dirty trick played upon someone
  folgado - slacker

• Matthew commented on April 9, 2009 at 8:12 pm |Permalink

  Disculpa pela palavrão, mas minha frase favorita em a língua portuguesa é ‘afogar ao ganzo’

• Robin commented on April 10, 2009 at 12:13 pm |Permalink

  My favorite Portuguese word is papagallo - not sure if that is spelled right but its the
  word for parrot.

• Steven commented on April 11, 2009 at 5:07 pm |Permalink

  I like many words because of how they sound. Examples are abacaxi, abacate, e advogado (this last one because of the extra syllable due to the ‘d’ and ‘v’ being adjacent). Also words that others have suggested, like beija-flor e papagaio.

  I also like words that are similar to English words, but suggest something a bit different, such as fanático.

  Lastly there are words taken from english, but sound completely different in português, such as rock (like hockey) or hip-hop (like ippy-oppy).

• Margarida commented on April 15, 2009 at 2:35 pm |Permalink

  Hey, I’m Portuguese, I live in Portugal and personally my favorite word is otorrinolaringologista (otorhinolaringologist) and hipopótamo (hippopotamus).

  visit Portugal, we are a small country but we have a lot to discover!

  now just for playing a bit, i’ll translate this text to portuguese :

  Olá, sou portuguesa, vivo em Portugal e pessoalmente a minha palavra favorita é otorrinolaringologista e hipopótamo

  visitem Portugal, somos um país pequeno mas temos muito por descobrir!

• Tom DePaoli commented on April 16, 2009 at 6:39 pm |Permalink

  I am a fan of “qüinquagésimo” or fiftieth in English.

• Marlene commented on April 18, 2009 at 10:47 am |Permalink

  “jardim” e “coração” eram minhas palavras favoritas na época (que já faz quase 4 anos) que eu começava a aprender português.
  E quem não gosta de “saudades”??
  “jardim” and “coração” were my favorite words at the time (which is already almost 4 years ago) that I was starting to learn Portuguese.
  And who doesn’t like “saudades”??

• nathalia commented on June 4, 2009 at 8:40 pm |Permalink

  oi
  eu suo brasileira
  acho muito legal esse blog
  porque por ele posso apreder um pouco de ingles
  e a minha palavra faforita é:
  oftamologista

• Jeff commented on June 28, 2009 at 3:31 pm |Permalink

  coitadinha (poor little thing!)