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Words commencing in AOla, então?Here you have a list of words commencing in A. Also, you can always click on the letters below, to find out other words or expressions. A a – to, at, the f. a que horas? - what time?
abaixo - down abelha - bee aberto/a - open aborrecido/a - boring abraçar - to embrace abraço – embrace, hug Abril - April abrir - to open abrir uma conta bancária - to open a bank account
acabar - to end acabar de - to have just done something acariciar - to caress acaso - chance acaso: por acaso sabe… - do you happen to know… acção - action aceitar - to accept acender - to light
acetona - polish remover achar - to find, to think acidente - accident m. acima - above acolhedor – welcoming m. acolhedora – welcoming f. acolher - to receive acompanhamento - side orders acompanhar - to go with, accompany
acontecer - to happen acordar - to wake up, to agree acordo - agreement acreditar - to believe acrescentar - to add actividade - activity f. actor/ator - actor actriz/atriz - actress actual/atual – current, present
actualmente/atualmente - at present, nowadays açúcar - sugar açucareiro - sugar bowl acudam! - help! acudir - to help (someone in distress) adaptar - to adapt adega - wine cellar adeus - goodbye adiantado/a - fast, advanced
adiantar o relógio - to put the clock forward. aéreo/a: linha aérea - airline adiar – to postpone, to put back admirar - to admire admirar-se de - to be surprised at admitir - to admit adoçar - to sweeten adoecer - to get/become ill adorar - to adore, to love very much adormecer - to go to sleep adquirir - acquire adulto/a - adult
advogado/a - lawyer, barrister, advocate, solicitor ar – air m. aeroporto - airport afastado/a - far (away), distant afastar - to push aside (move away) afiador - pencil sharpener afiar - to sharpen
afilhado/a - godson/daughter afinal – finally, in the end afixar - to stick aflito/a - desperately worried, desperately anxious agarrar - to grasp agência - agency agenda - diary agora - now Agosto - August
agradar - to please agradável - pleasant agradecer - to thank agrícola – farming, agricultural agricultor - farmer
agricultura – farming, agriculture água - water água com gás - sparkling water água sem gás - still water água mineral - mineral water aguarde, por favor - please wait aguardente – special type of brandy aguarela - watercolour
aguçador - pencil sharpener aguçar - to sharpen aguentar - to endure, stand, withstand, bear águia - agulha - needle aí – there ainda – still, yet ajuda - help ajudar - to help alargar - to broaden, to widen alcatifa - carpet álcool – medical alcohol m. aldeia - village alegre - happy, merry alegria - happiness, joy além - beyond além de – beyond that, besides, in addition aletria - vermicelli pudding alface - lettuce f. alfaiate - tailor m. alfândega - Customs algodão - cotton m. alguém - somebody algum/alguma - some alho - garlic ali - (over) there aliás - besides - moreover alimentação – the feeding f. alimentar - to feed almoçar - to (have) lunch almoço - lunch
almofada - pillow alojamento - accommodation alojar - to lodge altar - altar m. alto/a - high; tall altura - height altura: a certa altura - at some time, all of a sudden alugar - to rent; to hire out; to let
aluguer - rent m. aluno/a - student, pupil amanhã - tomorrow amar - to love amarelo/a - yellow amargo/a - bitter amável - kind
ambiente - atmosphere, environment m. ambivalente - ambivalent ambulância - ambulance amêijoa - cockle ameixa - plum amêndoa - almond amendoeira - almond tree
amiga - (girl) friend amigo - friend amizade - friendship f. amor - love m. amoras - blackberries f.pl. amoroso/a - loving analisar - to analyse análise - analysis f. ananás - pineapple m. andar - to walk, to ride andar - floor m. andar (o táxi anda depressa) - to go (the taxi is going fast) andebol - handball m. andorinha - swallow anedota - anecdote - story anestesista - anaesthetist
anfiteatro - lecture room/amphitheatre anfitrião/anfitriã - host/hostess animado/a - cheerful animal - animal m. ano - year anterior - previous antes - before antes de... - before... antigamente - in the past
antigo/a - old, antique antipático/a - unfriendly, unpleasant, not nice anual - yearly, annual anunciar - to announce aonde - where to. apagador - board wiper; eraser m. apagar - to put out, turn off
apaixonado/a (por) - passionate, in love (with) apaixonar(-se) - to fall in love apalpar - to touch apanha - harvest apanhar - to catch, grab apanhar (o autocarro, comboio) - to catch (the bus, train) apanhar uma seca - to be left waiting for a lot of time (PT slang) aparecer - to appear, turn up apartamento - flat
apeadeiro - train halt apelido - surname apenas - only apertado/a - tight apertar - to tighten, squeeze apertar o cinto de segurança - fasten your seat belt apesar de - in spite of
apetece-me... - I feel like... apitar - to whistle, to hoot, to buzz apontar - to make a note of apreçar - to ask the price of apreciar - to apreciate aprender - to learn aprendiz/a - apprentice
apresentador/a de televisão - tv presenter apresentar - to present apressado/a - in a hurry aproveitar-se de - to take advantage of aproximar-se de - to get near/close to aquecedor - heater m. aquecer - to heat aquecimento - heating
aquele/aquela - that (see demonstrative pronouns) aqui - here aquilo - that (thing) aquisição - acquisition ar - air m. arado - plough aranha - spider árbitro/a - referee, umpire arbusto - bush
ardina - newspaper boy m. areia - sand arenque - herring m. arma - weapon armário - cupboard armazém - store m. arquitecto/a - architect arquitectura - architecture
arrancar - to pull out, to start, to drive off arranjar - to arrange arredores - outskirts arrefecer - to cool arrependido/a - sorry arroz - rice m. arroz doce - rice pudding arrumar - to tidy arte - art f.
artigo - article artista - artist árvore - tree f. árvore (de fruto) - (fruit) tree asa - wing aspecto - aspect aspirador - vacuum cleaner m. aspirar - to hoover
assado/a - roast assar - to roast assassinar - to assassinate, murder asseado/a - neat and tidy assembleia - assembly
assento - seat assim - so, thus, in this/that way assim como - just like assim – so Assim: mesmo assim - even so assinar - to sign assinatura - signature assistência - attendance assistente de bordo - air stewerd/ess assistir a - to attend assistir à aula - to attend class associação - association associar - to associate assunto - subject, matter atacar - to attack até - even, see you! até a - until - as far as até que - until...+ clause atenção - attention atendedor de chamadas - answering machine atender - to attend atender o telefone - to answer the telephone atento/a - attentive aterrar - to land ateu/ateia - atheist(ic) atingir - to attain, reach atirar - to throw atitude - attitude f. atleta - athlete atletismo - athletics atrás - back(wards), rear atrasado/a - late atrasar - to delay atrasar o relógio - to put the clock back atrasar-se - to be delayed atraso - delay através de - through atravessar - to cross atum - tuna m. aula - class, lecture (room) aumentar - to increase aumento - increase aumento de preço - increase in price auscultador - phone receiver, head phone autocarro - bus automóvel - car m. avariado/a - out of order avenida - avenue aventura - adventure avião - plane avô - grandfather m. avó - grandmother f. azedo/a - bitter azeite - olive oil m. azeitona - olive azul - blue Some of the images on the right habd side of this page are affiliate links. Rafa x Go Back From Portuguese Words In A To Portuguese Dictionary
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