Brasília, Brazil
Photo: Eduardo Deboni
In a previous article I mentioned a few words in Portuguese are very similar or even identical to other English language, but with different meanings. Here I add many more to complete the list and avoid confusion and misunderstandings.
Portuguese - English
abalar - shake, shake proof
- believe
year - year
anus - anus
damper - Draft to erase the writing on a blackboard
surname - nickname
handle - ala
hogged - shoot, throw, throw random
- bad luck
bullet - bullet (projectile) / Candy
cheap - cockroach jump
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puppy play - dog
CADELA - bitch
cadeira - hip (body part) / chair
layer - cover or book or magazine cover
dinner - scene
flat - boring colleague
- colleague (working) / partner (Studies)
Comprido, Longueur - long, long
invitation, invite, invited - invitation, invite, invited
snowflake - glass
costs - back
enroll - confused / roll up
Blowdry -
exquisite brush - strange, weird, unusual.
-expert experiente
Filhotes - puppy breeding
Guard - bodyguard
jogar - play, throw, throw, get rid of something long
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length width - width
legal - Legal (according to the law) /
very good move, Mudanças - change, change
dry - drought
desktop - dessert
sobrenome - surname
surdo - deaf
cover - slap
tempt - try to pull
- get bent
- swollen, supporters of a team
cup - toilet
vidro - bottle
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