E aí, pessoal? What’s up, everybody?

August 5th marks the beginning of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The games are a major sporting event worldwide. Are you guys excited?

If you’re um fã de esportes (a sports fan) or just intend to watch the competitions (whether attend it in person or watch the coverage on TV) to get involved and support your country’s activities, it’s always good to know some sports-related vocab. Since the olympics will be held in Brazil, these words can give you a better understanding of what’s going on and help you practice Portuguese. Vamos nessa? (Let’s go?)

General vocab:

• Olimpíadas = olympics
• Arena = arena
• Calendário = schedule
• Países = countries
• Atletas = athletes
• Campeão = champion
• Modalidade = category
• Local = venue
• Pontuação = score
• Time = team
• Equipe = crew
• Estádio = stadium
• Regras = rules
• Juiz = judge
• Desempenho = performance
• Competir = play
• Treinar = train
• Treinamento = training
• Torcer = cheer
• Maratona = marathon
• Desqualificar = disqualify
• Jogo(s) = game
• Jogador = player
• Jogar = play
• Partida = match
• Competir = compete
• Competidor = competitor
• Competição = competition
• Resultados = results
• Começo/ Fim = start/ finish
• Ganhar / Perder = lose/win
• Vencedor = winner
• Medalha = medal /Ouro, prata, bronze = gold, silver, bronze
• Primeiro, segundo, terceiro = first, second, third
• Vitória = victory
• Provas = events
• Participar = take part
• Torneio = tounament
• Cerimônia de abertura/ encerramento = opening/closing ceremony
• Tocha = torch
• Tempo = time
• Espectador = spectator
• Torcedor = fan
• Pontos = points
• Placar = scoreboard
• Salto = jump
• Derrotar = beat
• Oponente = opponent
• Habilidade = skill
• Campo = field

Some examples:

• Me encontre na arena às 19h (Meet me at the arena at 7pm)
• Muitas provas serão realizadas no distrito do Maracanã (Many events will be held in the Maracanã district)
• O estádio é capaz de abrigar em torno de 45.000 espectadores (The stadium can hold about 45.000 spectators)
• Os juízes deram à ginasta chinesa a maior pontuação pelo seu desempenho (The judges gave the Chinese gymnast the highest score for her performance)
• Quem está jogando nesse torneio? (Who is playing in this tournament?)
• Muitos locais novos tiveram que ser construídos para as olimpíadas (A lot of new venues had to be built for the olympics)
• Há mais de 10.000 competidores participando dos jogos olímpicos esse ano (There are over 10.000 competitors taking part in the Olympic games this year)
• O seu desempenho no boxe esse ano não foi tão bom quanto no evento anterior (His boxing performance this year wasn’t as good as in the previous event)
• Os atletas precisam de meses de treinamento para se prepararem para as olimpíadas (It takes Athletes months of training to prepare themselves for the Olympics)
• A pontuação final do jogo foi de 5 a 2 (The final score of the game was 5 to 2)
• As regras de badminton podem ser difíceis de entender (The rules of badminton can be complicated to understand)
• Se quiser se tornar um atleta profissional, você terá que treinar por horas diariamente (If you want to become a professional athlete, you’ll have to train for hours on a daily basis)
• A vitória da China foi merecida pelo seu desempenho em ginástica (China’s victory was well-deserved for their outstanding gymnastics performance)
• Você sabe o resultado da partida de ontem à noite? (Do you know the score of last night’s match?)
• Camille Muffat ganhou três medalhas nas olimpíadas anteriores (Camille Muffat has won three medals at the previous Olympics)

Some sports:

Aquáticos – aquatics: natação (swimming), nadar (swim), nadador (swimmer), água (water), piscina (pool)

• Michael Phelps irá representar os EUA na competição de natação (Michael Phelps will be representing the USA in the swimming competition)

Vôlei – volleyball: rede (net), bola (ball), quadra (court), jogador (player)

• A Rússia ganhou a medalha de ouro em uma vitória de 3 x 2 contra o Brasil em vôlei nas olimpíadas de 2012 (Russia won the gold medal in a 3–2 victory against Brazil in volleyball in the 2012 olympics)

Atletismo – Athletics: correr (run), corredor (runner), corrida (race), metros (meters), pista (track), barreira (hurdles), salto (jump)

• O recorde mundial de corrida com barreiras pertence à Kendra Harrison (The 100-meters hurdle world record was set by Kendra Harrison)

Divirtam-se e não se esqueçam de praticar durante os jogos! Have fun and don’t forget to practice during the day!