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ENGLISH/PORTUGUESE FALSE FRIENDS

 

ENGLISH PORTUGUÊS


PORTUGUÊS

ENGLISH
Actually (adv) na verdade   nowadays
Adept (n) profundo conhecedor   follower
advise (v) aconselhar   to warn
Agenda (n) pauta   diary
anthem (n) hino   aerial
Anticipate (v) prever, aguardar   to do sthing in advance
Application (n) inscrição   investment
Appointment (n) compromisso   note
Appreciation (n) gratidão   judgement
Argument (n) discussão   point of view
arm (n) braço   gun
army (n) exército   gun
Assess (v) avaliar   to access
Assist (v) ajudar   to attend, to watch
Assume (v) presumir   to take over
Attend (v) participar   to help, to answer
Audience (n) público   court appearance
batter (n) massa (doces)   to hit, to strike
Balcony (n) sacada   counter
Beef (n) carne de vaca   steak
brave (adj) corajoso   angry
café (n) café (bar)   coffee
Cafeteria (n) refeitório   coffee pot
cargo (n) carga   post, job
Carton (n) pacote de cigarros (200)   card
casualty (n) acidente   by chance
chef (n) cozinheiro   boss, leader
Cigar (n) charuto   cigarette
collar (n) gola   necklace
College (n) faculdade   high school
commodity (n) produto   comfortABLE
Competition (n) concorrência   contest
Comprehensive (adj) abrangente   understanding
Compromise (v) entrar em acordo   appointment, date
concourse (n) salão   contest
Contest (n) concurso   context
Convenient (adj) prático   appropriate
Costume (n) fantasia (roupa)   custom, habit
courier (n) mensageiro, GUIA TUR   post-office
data (n) dados, fatos   date
decorate (v) pintar, decorar   to memorize
delight (n) prazer   crime, offence
Design (v, n) projetar   to appoint

Design (v, n)

projetar   to draw
disgust (n) nojo   grief
door (n) porta   pain
Editor (n) redator   publisher
Educated (adj) instruído   polite
enjoy (v) dEsfrutar   to feel sick
Enroll (v) inscrever-se   to roll
envy (v) invejar   to send
Eventually (adv) algum dia   occasionally
Exciting (adj) empolgante   thrilling, turn on
Exit (n, v) saída, sair   success
Expert (n) especialista   cunning, smart, clever
experiment (v) fazer experiências   to try
Fabric (n) tecido   plant, factory
fat (adj) gordo   fact
form (n) formulário   way, means
gentle (adj) delicado   kind
gracious (adj) clemente   cute, graceful
Graduate program (n) Curso de pós-graduação   undergraduate program
grand (adj) importante   big
Grip (v) agarrar   flu
gymnasium (n) ginásio   junior high school
Idiom (n) expressão idiomática   language
Ingenious (adj) engenhoso   naive
Intend (v) pretender   understand
Journal (n) revista especializada   newspaper
just (adv) apenas   tight
Large (adj) grande   wide, broad
laser (n) LASER   leisure
Lecture (n) palestra   reading
Legend (n) lenda   subtitle
Library (n) biblioteca   book shop
long (adj) comprido   far
Lunch (n) almoço   snack
magazine (n) revista   department store
mascara (n) rÍmel (olho)   mask
Mayor (n) prefeito   bigger
media (n) meio de comunicação   average
Notice (v, n) notar, aviso   news
Novel (n) romance   soap opera
ordinary (adj) normal, comum   vulgar
pace (n) ritmo   step
Parents (n) pais   relatives
Particular (adj) específico   private
Pasta (n) massa (macarrão)   paste, briefcase, FOLDER
patio (n) átrio   courtyard
pavement (n) calçada   floor
Policy (n) diretrizes   police
pork (n) carne de porco   pig
Prejudice (n) preconceito   damage
Prescribe (v) receitar   expire
Preservative (n) conservante   condom
Pretend (v) fingir   to intend, to plan
Private (adj) particular   DEVOID
Procure (v) conseguir   to look for
professor (n) professor de faculdade   teacher
Propaganda (n) Propaganda política   advertisement, ad
proper (adj) adequado   own
Pull (v) puxar   to jump
Push (v) empurrar   to pull
quote (n, v) citar   share
real (adj) verdadeiro   royal
Realize (v) dar-se conta   to accomplish
receipt (n) recibo   recipe (food) prescription (doctor)
Record (v, n) gravar, disco   to remember
repair (v) consertar   to notice
Resume (v) reiniciar   to summarize
Résumé (n) currículo   summary
retire (v) aposentar   to take back/out
Retired (adj) aposentado   secluded
rim (n) borda   kidney
rum(o)ur (n) boato   noise
sap (n) seiva   toad
sensible (adj) sensato   sensitive
Service (n) atendimento   job
sort (n) tipo   luck
Stranger (n) desconhecido   foreigner
Stupid (adj) burro   rude, impolite
sympathetic (adj) solidário   nice
Tax (n) imposto   rate, FEE
terrific (adj) excelente   terrible
Trainer(S) (n) TÊNIS (SAPATOS)   coach
tremendous (adj) enorme, muito bom   terrible
Turn (n, v) vez, virar   round, shift
ultimately (adv) finalmente   lately
vague (adj) impreciso   vacant
Vegetables (n) verduras   plants
vest (n) colete   to dress

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