{"id":3791,"date":"2012-07-13T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=3791"},"modified":"2014-07-24T19:41:17","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T19:41:17","slug":"collective-nouns-in-portuguese-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/collective-nouns-in-portuguese-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Collective Nouns in Portuguese: People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year our Portuguese blogger Rachel wrote about animal and nature collective nouns and today I’m going to continue this series with collective nouns related to people. I will include a translation when possible, ok?<\/p>\n

Shall we go for it?<\/p>\n

assembleia <\/strong>[assembly]<\/em> = pessoas reunidas
\nbanca <\/strong>[board]<\/em> = examinadores
\nbanda <\/strong>[band]<\/em> = m\u00fasicos
\nbando, corja, cambada, caterva, malta, s\u00facia<\/strong> = desordeiros ou malfeitores
\nbatalh\u00e3o <\/strong>[batallion]<\/em> = soldados
\ncamarilha <\/strong>= bajuladores
\ncaravana <\/strong>[caravan, convoy]<\/em> = viajantes ou peregrinos
\ncholdra <\/strong>= assassinos ou malfeitores
\nchusma <\/strong>= pessoas em geral
\nclaque <\/strong>= pessoas pagas para aplaudir
\nclero <\/strong>[clergy]<\/em> = religiosos
\ncol\u00f4nia <\/strong>[colony]<\/em> = imigrantes
\ncomitiva <\/strong>[entourage]<\/em> = acompanhantes
\ncoro <\/strong>[choir]<\/em> = cantores
\ncorpo <\/strong>[corps]<\/em> = eleitores, alunos, jurados
\nelenco <\/strong>[cast] <\/em>= atores de uma pe\u00e7a ou filme
\nfalange <\/strong>[phalanx]<\/em> = tropas, anjos, herois
\nhorda <\/strong>[horde]<\/em> = bandidos, invasores
\njunta <\/strong>[council]<\/em> = m\u00e9dicos, examinadores, credores
\nj\u00fari <\/strong>[jury] <\/em>= jurados
\nlegi\u00e3o <\/strong>[legion] <\/em>= soldados, anjos, dem\u00f4nios
\nleva <\/strong>[batch, group]<\/em> = presos, recrutas
\nmultid\u00e3o, roda<\/strong> [crowd]<\/em> = pessoas em geral
\norquestra <\/strong>[orchestra]<\/em> = m\u00fasicos
\npelot\u00e3o <\/strong>[platoon]<\/em> = soldados
\nplateia <\/strong>[audience]<\/em> = espectadores
\npl\u00eaiade <\/strong>= poetas ou artistas
\nplantel <\/strong>= atletas, bovinos ou equinos selecionados
\nprole <\/strong>[offspring]<\/em> = filhos
\nquadrilha <\/strong>[gang, mob] = ladr\u00f5es ou malfeitores
\nronda <\/strong>= policiais em patrulha
\ntert\u00falia <\/strong>= amigos, intelectuais
\ntripula\u00e7\u00e3o <\/strong>[crew] <\/em>= aerovi\u00e1rios ou marinheiros
\ntropa <\/strong>[troop]<\/em> = soldados, pessoas
\nturma <\/strong>= estudantes, trabalhadores, pessoas em geral<\/p>\n

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Last year our Portuguese blogger Rachel wrote about animal and nature collective nouns and today I’m going to continue this series with collective nouns related to people. I will include a translation when possible, ok? Shall we go for it? assembleia [assembly] = pessoas reunidas banca [board] = examinadores banda [band] = m\u00fasicos bando, corja…<\/p>\n

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