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The 100 most common Portuguese words
These hundred words make up a large share of everything written in Portuguese. Learn them and a page stops looking like a wall.
Space shows the answer, then the arrow keys answer it. Hold the green button until the ring fills to mark the word as learned.
How the cards work
Frequency order, not alphabetical
New words arrive in order of how often they appear in real Portuguese. The first twenty do more work for you than the next two hundred, so they come first.
Each word keeps its own schedule
Every word carries its own gap, and the gap grows each time you get it right. Miss one and it resets to a day. Each word is asked both ways round, and each way keeps its own gap, because recognising a word comes well before you can say it yourself.
How fast you answer counts
A word you answer instantly is scheduled further out than one you hesitate over, even though you got both right. Hesitation is the signal that a word is not secure yet.
The full list
All hundred, in frequency order. Words you have practised are marked.
- 1athe, to, it
- 2eand
- 3deof, from, by
- 4othe, it, him
- 5quethat, which, who
- 6nãono, not
- 7uma, an, one
- 8parafor, to, in order to
- 9umaa, an, one
- 10comwith
- 11doof the, from the (masculine)
- 12elehe, him, it
- 13daof the, from the (feminine)
- 14emin, on, at
- 15osthe, them
- 16seif, whether, himself
- 17porfor, by, through
- 18masbut, however
- 19elashe, her, it
- 20asthe, them
- 21éis, are
- 22noin the, on the (masculine)
- 23euI
- 24tinhahad
- 25nain the, on the (feminine)
- 26comolike, as, how
- 27maismore, most, anymore
- 28suahis, her, your
- 29dissesaid
- 30erawas, used to be
- 31estavawas, was being
- 32àto the, at the (feminine)
- 33seuhis, her, your
- 34aoto the, at the (masculine)
- 35muitovery, a lot, much
- 36quandowhen, whenever
- 37tãoso, such, as
- 38meumy, mine
- 39meme, myself, to me
- 40foiwas, went
- 41depoisafter, afterwards, later
- 42minhamy, mine
- 43serto be, being
- 44issothat, that thing
- 45ouor, either
- 46dosof the, from the (masculine plural)
- 47terto have
- 48seushis, her, your
- 49entãothen, so, well
- 50sobreon, about, over
- 51dasof the, from the (feminine plural)
- 52atéuntil, up to, even
- 53agoranow
- 54bemwell, good, quite
- 55nosus, to us, ourselves
- 56nuncanever
- 57pelaby the, through the, for the
- 58semwithout
- 59veztime, occasion, turn
- 60estáis, you are
- 61suashis, her, their
- 62peloby the, through the, for the
- 63nadanothing, anything
- 64tudoeverything, all
- 65assimso, like this, that way
- 66ondewhere
- 67fazerto do, to make
- 68tempotime, weather
- 69mesmosame, self, even
- 70aindastill, yet
- 71jáalready, now, anymore
- 72láthere, over there
- 73enquantowhile, whereas
- 74sidobeen
- 75todosall, everyone, every
- 76háthere is, there are, ago
- 77estathis, this one
- 78apenasonly, just
- 79porquebecause, why
- 80tuyou
- 81antesbefore, beforehand
- 82delehis, of him, its
- 83semprealways
- 84estavamwere
- 85haviathere was, there were, had
- 86estethis, this one
- 87poucolittle, a bit, few
- 88verto see, to watch
- 89simyes
- 90elesthey, them
- 91numin a
- 92nemnor, not even, neither
- 93dizerto say, to tell
- 94delaher, hers, of her
- 95entrebetween, among, come in
- 96mimme
- 97tambémalso, too
- 98sãoare, they are
- 99quemwho, whom
- 100temhas, have, there is
