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Political Vocabulary Posted by on Jan 20, 2009 in Vocabulary

In honor of the American Presidential inauguration today, we’re going to learn some political vocabulary in Portuguese.

político = politician

posse / ceremônia de posse = inauguration

presidente = president

eleição = election

eleitorado = electorate

discurso = speech

governo = administration

Congresso = Congress

Senado = Senate

lobista = lobbyist

direitos = rights

liberdade = freedom

constituição= Constitution

cidadão = citizen

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  1. Antonio Aguiar:

    Assisti (Li) pelo NYtimes a posse do Obama. O jornal caprichou nas frases. Vejam os exemplos abaixo:

    Obama Is Sworn In as the 44th President.

    “You almost start tearing up.” (Colin Powell)

    PRESIDENT OBAMA VOWS ERA OF RESPONSIBILITY.

    Socorro!!