Appendix:False friends between English and Portuguese
These are terms that are prone to error when translated intuitively.
English term | Portuguese translation | Portuguese term | English translation |
---|---|---|---|
a | um, uma | a | the; to |
actual | real, verdadeiro | atual | current |
advertisement | anúncio, aviso | advertência | warning |
ant | formiga | anta | tapir |
as | como; tão; enquanto; já que | ás | ace |
attend | assistir | atender | answer |
balcony | varanda | balcão | counter |
bald | careca | balde | bucket |
cigar | charuto | cigarro | cigarette |
comprehensive | completo | compreensivo | understanding |
conceited | presunçoso | conceituado | esteemed |
cop | policial | copo | glass |
data | dados | data | date |
deception | engano | decepção | disappointment |
exit | saída | êxito | success |
idiom | expressão idiomática | idioma | language |
intoxication | embriaguez | intoxicação | poisoning |
library | biblioteca | livraria | bookstore |
magazine | revista | magazine | department store |
no | não | no | in the |
outdoor | ao ar livre | outdoor | billboard |
parent | pai or mãe (unspecified); genitor; criar, educar | parente | relative |
ten | dez | tem | he has |
to do | fazer | dar | to give |
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