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Leroy, Claude E.; Albuquerque, Severino João Medeiros; Schil, Mary H. / Português para principiantes
(1993)

Portuguese-English,   pp. 343-373


Page 346

ausente - absent
o  autom6vel - car
de autom6vel - by car
a  ave - bird
a  avenida - avenue
o  avido - airplane
viajar de avido - to travel by airplane
dvido, -a - avid
avisar - to advise, notify; inform; warn
o  aviso - announcement, warning
a  av6 - grandmother
o  avO - grandfather
o  azar - bad luck
ter/estar com azar - to be unlucky
azedo, -a - sour
a  azeitona - olive
azul - blue
B
o  bacalhau - codfish
a  bacalhoada - codfish dinner
a  bagagem - baggage
o  baile - dance
o  bairro - neighborhood
baixo, -a - low, short
o  baixo - lower part
embaixo de - under
lA em baixo - down there, downstairs
mais em baixo - farther down
mais para baixo - farther down
a  balanga - scales
o  baldo (-6es) - balloon
a banana - banana
o  banco- bank
a  banda- band
a  bandeira - banner, flag
o  bandido - "bad guy"
o  banheiro - bathroom
o  banho - bath
banho de chuveiro - shower
tomar banho - to go swimming; to take
a bath
tomar banho de mar - to swim in the
ocean
o  bar - bar
o  baralho - deck of cards
barato, -a - cheap
a  barba - beard
fazer a barba - to shave
barbear-se - to shave
a  barraca - stand, shack, shed
a  barriga - belly
o  barulho - noise
o  barzinho - bar
a  base - base, basis
baseado, -a - based
o  basquete - basketball
bastante - enough; quite
bastar - to be enough
Basta! - Enough!
bastar que (+ subj.) - to be enough
that; all one has to do is
a  batalha - battle
a  batata - potato
batatinhas fritas - potato chips or
french fries
bater - to hit, knock
bater Ai miquina - to type
a  batida - blow; collision; alcoholic fruit
drink
a  baunilha - vanilla
o  beba- baby
beber - to drink
bege - beige
beijar - to kiss
o  beijo - kiss
a  beira - edge, shore
beira de - at the edge of
bern - well, very, quite
bem passado - well-done (meat)
meu bem - my dear
Ora bem - Well now
a  biblioteca - library
o  bicho - creature, animal
a  bicicleta - bicycle
o  bife - beefsteak
o  bigode - moustache
a  bilheteria - box office
a  blusa - blouse
a  boate - night club
a  bobagem - nonsense
Deixe de bobagem! - Don't be silly!
o/a bobo, -a - fool
a  boca - mouth
o  bocado - bit, small piece
um bocado - a little; quite, somewhat
um bocado de - a lot of


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