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In-Laws & Stepfamily in Portuguese Posted by on Feb 6, 2012

Yesterday at lunch, we were talking about in-laws, and the question of whether there was a word for a brother/sister-in-law’s spouse existed. And in Portuguese, there is a word! So I figured I’d do a quick post on in-laws and “step” type vocabulary in Portuguese! Next time you go to visit them, you can impress…

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Portuguese Vocabulary: Family Posted by on Mar 11, 2009

Today, we’re going to learn the vocabulary terms for family members. pai = father mãe = mother avó = grandmother avô = grandfather filho / filha = son / daughter irmão = brother irmã = sister neto / neta = grandson / granddaughter sobrinho / sobrinha = nephew / niece tio / tia = uncle…

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