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Favorite Words in Portuguese

Posted by Rachel

Today’s post is interactive: what’s your favorite word in Portuguese?

For native English speakers, there are a number of words that are a delight to say, or sound funny or interesting to our Anglo ears.

Some examples of my favorite Portuguese words, which all happen to start with “p”:

paralelepípedo (cobblestone) [par-ah-lehl-eh-pee-peh-doh]

pequenininho (very, very small) [peh-que-nee-nee-nyo]

pipoca (popcorn) [pee-poh-kah]

What’s your favorite word in Portuguese?