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Collective Nouns in Portuguese: Objects Posted by on Jun 21, 2011 in Learning, Vocabulary

Today is our last installment of the collectives series, where we learn words for groups of objects.

acervo – collection (art, collectibles, etc)

baixela – tableware

bagagem – luggage

cartuchame – cartridges (ie for printers, video games, etc)

clientela – clientele

comboio – fleet of trucks, ships, or trains

elenco – cast

madeixa – tress/lock of hair (bunch of hairs)

molho (de chaves) – bunch of keys *

ror – a large number of things (animals, people, or objects)

trouxa – bundle of clothes **

turma – gang, class, graduating class

*molho also means sauce

**trouxa also means jerk, fool or sucker

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