MARCO SUCUPIRA LANGUAGE MATERIALS

ENGLISH/PORTUGUESE FALSE FRIENDS

 

ENGLISH PORTUGUÊS PORTUGUÊS ENGLISH
Actually (adv)   Atualmente nowadays
Adept (n)   Adepto follower
advise (v)   avisar to warn
Agenda (n)   Agenda diary
anthem (n)   antena aerial
Anticipate (v)   Antecipar to do sthing in advance
Application (n)   Aplicação (financeira) investment
Appointment (n)   Apontamento note
Appreciation (n)   Apreciação judgement
Argument (n)   Argumento point of view
arm (n)   arma gun
army (n)   arma gun
Assess (v)   acessar to access
Assist (v)   Assistir to attend, to watch
Assume (v)   Assumir to take over
Attend (v)   Atender to help, to answer
Audience (n)   Audiência court appearance
batter (n)   bater to hit, to strike
Balcony (n)   Balcão counter
Beef (n)   Bife steak
brave (adj)   bravo angry
café (n)   café coffee
Cafeteria (n)   Cafeteira coffee pot
cargo (n)   cargo post, job
Carton (n)   Cartão card
casualty (n)   casualidade by chance
chef (n)   chefe boss, leader
Cigar (n)   Cigarro cigarette
collar (n)   colar necklace
College (n)   Colégio high school
commodity (n)   cÔmodo comfortABLE
Competition (n)   Competição contest
Comprehensive (adj)   Compreensivo understanding
Compromise (v)   Compromisso appointment, date
concourse (n)   concurso contest
Contest (n)   Contexto context
Convenient (adj)   Conveniente appropriate
Costume (n)   Costume custom, habit
courier (n)   correio post-office
data (n)   data date
decorate (v)   decorar to memorize
delight (n)   delito crime, offence
Design (v, n)   Designar to appoint

Design (v, n)

 

Desenhar

to draw
disgust (n)   dEsgosto grief
door (n)   dor pain
Editor (n)   Editor publisher
Educated (adj)   Educado polite
enjoy (v)   enjoar to feel sick
Enroll (v)   Enrolar to roll
envy (v)   enviar to send
Eventually (adv)   Eventualmente occasionally
Exciting (adj)   Excitante thrilling, turn on
Exit (n, v)   Êxito success
Expert (n)   Esperto cunning, smart, clever
experiment (v)   experimentar to try
Fabric (n)   Fábrica plant, factory
fat (adj)   fato fact
form (n)   forma way, means
gentle (adj)   gentil kind
gracious (adj)   gracioso cute, graceful
Graduate program (n)   Curso de graduação undergraduate program
grand (adj)   grande big
Grip (v)   Gripe flu
gymnasium (n)   ginásio (escola) junior high school
Idiom (n)   Idioma language
Ingenious (adj)   IngÊnuo naive
Intend (v)   Entender understand
Journal (n)   Jornal newspaper
just (adv)   justo tight
Large (adj)   Largo wide, broad
laser (n)   lazer leisure
Lecture (n)   Leitura reading
Legend (n)   Legenda subtitle
Library (n)   Livraria book shop
long (adj)   longe far
Lunch (n)   Lanche snack
magazine (n)   magazine department store
mascara (n)   máscara mask
Mayor (n)   Maior bigger
media (n)   média average
Notice (v, n)   Notícia news
Novel (n)   Novela soap opera
ordinary (adj)   ordinário vulgar
pace (n)   passo step
Parents (n)   Parentes relatives
Particular (adj)   Particular private
Pasta (n)   Pasta paste, briefcase, FOLDER
patio (n)   pátio courtyard
pavement (n)   pavimento floor
Policy (n)   Polícia police
pork (n)   porco pig
Prejudice (n)   Prejuízo damage
Prescribe (v)   Prescrever expire
Preservative (n)   Preservativo condom
Pretend (v)   PretendER to intend, to plan
Private (adj)   Privado DEVOID
Procure (v)   Procurar to look for
professor (n)   professor teacher
Propaganda (n)   Propaganda advertisement, ad
proper (adj)   próprio own
Pull (v)   Pular to jump
Push (v)   Puxar to pull
quote (n, v)   cota share
real (adj)   real royal
Realize (v)   Realizar to accomplish
receipt (n)   receita recipe (food) prescription (doctor)
Record (v, n)   Recordar to remember
repair (v)   reparar to notice
Resume (v)   Resumir to summarize
Résumé (n)   Resumo summary
retire (v)   retirar to take back/out
Retired (adj)   Retirado secluded
rim (n)   rim kidney
rum(o)ur (n)   rumor noise
sap (n)   sapo toad
sensible (adj)   sensível sensitive
Service (n)   Serviço job
sort (n)   sorte luck
Stranger (n)   Estrangeiro foreigner
Stupid (adj)   Estúpido rude, impolite
sympathetic (adj)   simpático nice
Tax (n)   Taxa rate, FEE
terrific (adj)   terrível terrible
Trainer(S) (n)   Treinador coach
tremendous (adj)   tremendo terrible
Turn (n, v)   Turno round, shift
ultimately (adv)   ultimamente lately
vague (adj)   vago vacant
Vegetables (n)   Vegetais plants
vest (n)   vestir to dress

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