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The house in Portuguese Posted by on Aug 28, 2016 in Learning, Vocabulary

Olá a todos! Hello, everybody!

A few weeks ago we saw some city-related vocabulary to help map your way through the cidade (city). Now how about we shift our focus indoors and learn some words about the casa (house)? Today’s post will teach you about parts of the house with pictures and sample sentences.

Make sure to pay attention to the articles (o and a) preceding the nouns! They are very important in Portuguese to indicate the gender of each noun.

A casa – The house

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  1. a porta – the door
  2. a janela – the window
  3. o chão – the floor
  4. o teto – the ceiling
  5. a parede – the wall
  6. a tomada – the plug
  7. as escadas – the stairs
  • João desceu as escadas correndo para atender a porta (João raced down the stairs to answer the door)
  • Está quente aqui! Posso abrir a janela? (It’s hot in here! Do you mind if I open a window?)
  • Esse quadro vai ficar lindo na parede da sala (This painting will look great on the living room wall)

O quarto – The bedroom

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  • a cama – the bed
  • o guarda-roupa – the wardrobe
  • o travesseiro – the pillow
  • o abajur – the lamp
  • a cômoda – the dresser

 

  • Eu nunca arrumo a minha cama depois que acordo de manhã (I never make my bed after I wake up in the morning)
  • Vou ligar para o serviço de quarto e pedir mais um travesseiro (I’ll call room service and ask for an extra pillow)
  • Eu saí de casa com pressa e esqueci minha carteira em cima da cômoda (I left the house in a hurry and forgot my wallet on the dresser)

A sala de estar – The living room

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  • o sofá – the couch
  • o tapete – the rug
  • a televisão – the television
  • o armário – the cabinet
  • a poltrona – the armchair
  • a prateleira – the shelf
  • Não tem nada de bom na televisão essa noite (There’s nothing good on television tonight)
  • O cachorro fez xixi no tapete de novo! (The dog peed on the rug again!)
  • Meu filho está tirando uma soneca no sofá (My son is taking a nap on the couch)

A cozinha – The kitchen

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  • a geladeira – the fridge
  • o microondas – the microwave
  • o fogão – the stove
  • a pia – the sink
  • a mesa – the table
  • a cadeira – the chair
  • o prato – the plate
  • a panela – the pan

 

  • Tem leite na geladeira? (Is there any milk left in the fridge?)
  • Não se deve deixar crianças chegarem perto do fogão (You shouldn’t let children near the stove)
  • É só esquentar a pizza no microondas por cinco minutos e ele vai estar pronta para comer (Just heat the pizza up in the microwave for five minutes and it will be ready to eat)
  • Termine seu prato antes de sair da mesa (Finish your plate before you leave the table)
  • Tem muita louça suja na pia (There are many dirty dishes in the sink)

O Banheiro – The bathroom

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  • o espelho – the mirror
  • o vaso sanitário/a privada the toilet
  • o chuveirothe shower
  • a torneira the faucet
  • a toalha the towel

 

  • Você deve dar descarga após usar o vaso sanitário (You should flush after using the toilet)
  • A imagem que vemos no espelho parece estar ao contrário (The image you see in the mirror seems to be reversed)
  • Feche a torneira enquanto você escova os dentes para economizar água (Turn off the faucet while you brush your teeth to save water)
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Comments:

  1. Camões:

    Wow, I searched for 30 pages and didn’t even find a post about the Portuguese culture since we have great musicians and writers. As a Portuguese, that’s depressing.

    • carol:

      @Camões I’m sorry you feel that way, Julio. Portugal is indeed very rich culturally. But as you may have noticed, our focus is primarily on Brazilian Portuguese and Brazilian culture, and our writers are all from Brazil.
      I’d be glad to include some info on Portugal on our next posts, I’d love to get some tips from you.
      Thank you 🙂

  2. Mahesh Chandra:

    Por favor verifica sobre-
    o vaso sanitário/a privada – the mirror ??? Certo ou errado??

    • carol:

      @Mahesh Chandra Oops! Sorry about that. It’s been fixed now, thanks for the heads up 🙂

  3. Marcus Estrada:

    I’m learning so much from your posts. 🙂 I love these vocabulary themed posts and then what’s better is that you also give funny example sentences which are very useful.

    • carol:

      @Marcus Estrada I’m so glad to hear that, Marcus!
      Thanks for reading our blog 😀

  4. sami Zaki:

    I liked the lesson. It was useful.