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Top 100 Portuguese Words Every Beginner Should Know

Lalo Team·Updated April 17, 2026·3 min read

The most frequent 100 words in Portuguese cover a huge portion of everyday conversation. Learning these first gives you the biggest return on your study time.

#WordTranslation
1deof, from
2athe (feminine); to
3othe (masculine)
4quethat, which, what
5eand
6doof the (masculine)
7daof the (feminine)
8emin, on, at
9uma, an, one (masculine)
10parafor, to, in order to
11éis
12comwith
13nãono, not
14umaa, an, one (feminine)
15osthe (masculine plural)
16noin the, on the (masculine)
17seif; oneself
18nain the, on the (feminine)
19porby, for, through
20maismore, most, plus
21asthe (feminine plural)
22dosof the (masculine plural)
23comoas, like, how
24masbut
25foiwas, went
26aoto the (masculine)
27elehe, him
28dasof the (feminine plural)
29seuhis, her, your, its
30suahis, her, your, its (feminine)
31ouor
32serto be
33quandowhen
34muitovery, much, a lot
35there is, there are, ago
36nosus, in the (plural)
37already, now
38estáis (temporary state)
39euI
40tambémalso, too
41only, just, alone
42peloby the, through the (masculine)
43meme, myself
44essathat (feminine)
45numin a (masculine)
46aosto the (masculine plural)
47elashe, her
48entrebetween, among
49erawas (imperfect)
50depoisafter, later
51semwithout
52mesmosame, even, really
53terto have
54seushis, her, your, its (masculine plural)
55quemwho, whom
56nasin the (feminine plural)
57essethat (masculine)
58elesthey (masculine)
59vocêyou
60tinhahad (imperfect)
61bemwell, good
62estarto be (temporary state)
63issothat, this, it
64fazerto do, to make
65aindastill, yet
66doistwo
67atéuntil, up to, even
68desdesince, from
69dizsays
70temhas, there is
71ondewhere
72sobreabout, on, over
73podecan, may
74assimso, thus, like this
75todoall, every, whole
76anoyear
77governogovernment
78diaday
79mundoworld
80casahouse, home
81cadaeach, every
82tempotime, weather
83aquihere
84partepart
85meumy (masculine)
86grandebig, large, great
87outroother, another
88dissesaid
89todosall, everyone
90pessoaspeople, persons
91nóswe, us
92vidalife
93coisathing
94homemman
95mulherwoman; wife
96lugarplace
97casocase; event
98obrawork; construction
99pontopoint; dot
100formaform; way

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