{"id":2025,"date":"2011-02-15T01:34:37","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T01:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2011-02-15T01:34:37","modified_gmt":"2011-02-15T01:34:37","slug":"portuguese-words-of-english-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/portuguese-words-of-english-origin\/","title":{"rendered":"Portuguese Words of English Origin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Between globalization and the rise of technology, you’ll find dozens, if not hundreds of Portuguese words that come directly from English. In some cases, the spelling of words are changed to adapt to the Portuguese pronunciation, but the words essentially stay the same. In Portuguese, these words are known as anglicismos<\/em>. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n

picape<\/strong> [pee-kah-pee] = pick-up (truck, SUV)<\/p>\n

nocaute<\/strong> [noh-ck-ow-chee] = knockout (in boxing)<\/p>\n

blecaute<\/strong> [bleh-ck-ow-chee] = blackout (electricity outage)<\/p>\n

bife <\/strong>[bee-fee] = beef<\/p>\n

futebol <\/strong>[foo-chee-bow] = football (soccer)<\/p>\n

site<\/strong> [cy-chee] = site (website)<\/p>\n

hit<\/strong> [hee-chee] = hit (like Top 40 hits)<\/p>\n

performance<\/strong> [per-fohr-mahn-see] = performance (like computer performance)<\/p>\n

designer<\/strong> [deh-zein-ehr] = designer (fashion, etc)<\/p>\n

show<\/strong> [show] = show (convert)<\/p>\n

blog<\/strong> [blog-ee] = blog<\/p>\n

reset <\/strong>[heh-seh-chee] = reset<\/p>\n

play<\/strong> [plei] = play (press play)<\/p>\n

ranking<\/strong> [hah-nking] = ranking<\/p>\n

piercing<\/strong> [peer-sing] = body piercing<\/p>\n

Can you think of any others?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Between globalization and the rise of technology, you’ll find dozens, if not hundreds of Portuguese words that come directly from English. In some cases, the spelling of words are changed to adapt to the Portuguese pronunciation, but the words essentially stay the same. In Portuguese, these words are known as anglicismos. Here are some examples…<\/p>\n

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