Common Portuguese Words

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160	saber
1. v. to know
2. v. to be aware of a fact
Perguntaram-me a resposta, mas eu não sabia. - They asked me the answer, but I didn’t know.
Sei que é verdade. - I know it’s true.
3. v. to be aware of a value or piece of information
161	espera
1. n-f. wait (time spent waiting)
2. n-f. ambush (wait for someone in order to attack them)
3. v. verb form of esperar
	esperar
1. v. to wait
2. v. (indtr, por, intr=1, direct=1) to wait (for); to await
3. v. to wait for (not to do anything until)
162	pouco
1. pron. little of something
Compramos muita comida, mas sobrou pouco. - We bought a lot of food, but little was left.
2. pron. a short while
Saímos há pouco. - We left not long ago.
Sairemos daqui a pouco. - We will leave in a short while.
163	podes
1. v. verb form of poder
	poder
1. v. (auxiliary) to be able to; can (to have the ability to)
2. v. (auxiliary) can; to be allowed to (to have the permission to)
3. v. (auxiliary) can; could (indicates possibility)
164	dinheiro
1. n-m. money (means of exchange and measure of value)
2. n-m. (historical) a coin used from the 12th to the 15th century in Portugal
165	qualquer	©
1. det. any; whatever (no matter what kind, which or who)
Escolhe qualquer livro. - Choose any book.
2. det. some (in an unspecified time)
Qualquer dia o visito. - I’ll visit you some day.
3. pron. any (no matter what kind, which or who)
166	qual
1. det. which
2. pron. form of
3. pron. which (what one)
Qual é maior? - Which is bigger?
167	podemos
1. v. verb form of poder
	poder
1. v. (auxiliary) to be able to; can (to have the ability to)
2. v. (auxiliary) can; to be allowed to (to have the permission to)
3. v. (auxiliary) can; could (indicates possibility)
168	vá
1. v. verb form of ir
	ir
1. v. (indtr, para, a, em, até, intr=1) to go (to move to a destination)
2. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going to; forms the future tense
169	fora
1. adv. outside (on the outside of a building or location)
Fiquei trancado fora da minha casa. - I got locked outside my house.
2. adv. abroad; overseas (in another country)
Morei fora por dois anos. - I lived abroad for two years.
3. adv. out (away from home or one’s usual place)
	ir
1. v. (indtr, para, a, em, até, intr=1) to go (to move to a destination)
2. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going to; forms the future tense
	ser
1. v. (copulative) to be (to have the given quality), especially a quality that is intrinsic or not expected to change, contrasting with estar which denotes a temporary quality
2. v. to be (to be an example or type of, or the same as)
170	pois
1. adv. so; then (in that case)
Podemos, pois, terminá-lo. - So we can finish it.
2. adv. emphasises a yes-or-no answer or an order
Pois vai! - Go!
Pois sim. - Indeed.
171	daqui
1. contraction. contraction of de aqui (from here)
172	deve
1. v. verb form of dever
	dever
1. v. should (indicates that an action is considered by the speaker to be obligatory)
2. v. ought (indicates that the subject of the sentence has some obligation to execute the sentence predicate.)
3. v. will likely (indicates that the subject of the sentence is likely to execute the sentence predicate.)
4. v. owe (to be in debt.)
5. n-m. duty (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
173	disso
1. contraction. contraction of;de isso;;of this thing;nodot=1: of desse
174	merda
1. n-f. (vulgar) shit; faeces (excretory product evacuated from the bowels)
2. n-f. (vulgar) a chunk of shit
3. n-f. (vulgar) piece of shit (an object of poor quality)
O teu trabalho é uma merda. - Your work is shit!
4. n-f. (vulgar, colloquial, followed by alguma or nenhuma) shit (anything)
175	filho	©
1. n-m. son (male offspring)
2. n-m. child (offspring of any sex)
3. n-m. (informal) son (term of address for a younger male)
4. n-m. (somewhat, poetic) son; child (any descendant)
5. n-m. child (any person or thing heavily influenced by something else)
176	hoje
1. adv. today (in the current day)
2. adv. nowadays (in the current era)
177	olha
1. n-f. (obsolete) a type of large, earthenware pan
2. n-f. a stew prepared with meat, chickpeas, peas and other vegetables
3. v. verb form of olhar
	olhar
1. v. to look
2. n-m. gaze; stare; look
3. n-m. glance
178	mulher
1. n-f. woman (adult female human)
Aquela mulher lê livros. - That woman reads books.
A mulher tem o direito de votar. - The woman (as such) has the right to vote.
2. n-f. (with possessive pronoun, the preposition de, or in the vocative) wife (married woman)
Minha mulher não está aqui. - My wife isn’t here.
179	meus
1. det. masculine plural of meu
2. pron. masculine plural of meu
	meu
1. det. first-person possessive pronoun
2. det. pertaining or belonging to me; my
3. det. that serves or interests me; my

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