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Portuguese politics and government vocabulary

75 words with English translations. 51 of them appear in the 5,000 most common Portuguese words, and the table shows exactly where each one ranks — so you can learn the ones you will actually hear first.

75words
51in the top 5,000
Portugueselanguage
WordEnglishHow common
a democraciademocracy#1933 0.004% of speech
a monarquiamonarchy#4391 0.001% of speech
o comunismocommunism#4958 0.001% of speech
o socialismosocialism#4696 0.001% of speech
a ditaduradictatorship#2661 0.003% of speech
o presidentepresident#205 0.046% of speech
o primeiro-ministroprime ministeroutside the top 5,000
o reiking#662 0.015% of speech
a rainhaqueen#2546 0.008% of speech
o senadorsenator#1317 0.007% of speech
o deputadorepresentative#1238 0.008% of speech
o juizjudge#974 0.010% of speech
o prefeitomayor#1146 0.008% of speech
o governadorgovernor#1050 0.009% of speech
o embaixadorambassador#3053 0.002% of speech
o candidatocandidate#725 0.013% of speech
o políticopolitician#217 0.044% of speech
a constituiçãoconstitution#1311 0.007% of speech
a leilaw#269 0.037% of speech
o artigoarticle#464 0.021% of speech
o direitoright#162 0.059% of speech
o deverduty#86 0.114% of speech
o código penalpenal codeoutside the top 5,000
o tribunalcourt#720 0.013% of speech
o advogadolawyer#1703 0.005% of speech
o réudefendant#4695 0.001% of speech
o promotorprosecutor#3231 0.002% of speech
o processotrial#313 0.031% of speech
o vereditoverdictoutside the top 5,000
a penasentence#2509 0.019% of speech
a emendaamendmentoutside the top 5,000
o contratocontract#1063 0.009% of speech
o crimecrime#604 0.016% of speech
a multafine#3034 0.002% of speech
o recursoappeal#645 0.015% of speech
a testemunhawitness#2706 0.003% of speech
a manifestaçãoprotest#1712 0.005% of speech
o comíciodemonstrationoutside the top 5,000
a grevestrike#2736 0.003% of speech
o boicoteboycottoutside the top 5,000
o ativismoactivismoutside the top 5,000
o movimento socialsocial movementoutside the top 5,000
o cartazsign#3673 0.001% of speech
o slogansloganoutside the top 5,000
a passeatamarchoutside the top 5,000
o piquetepicket lineoutside the top 5,000
o manifestanteprotester#3957 0.001% of speech
o líderleader#678 0.014% of speech
a repressãorepression#3917 0.001% of speech
o direito de protestarright to protestoutside the top 5,000
a desobediência civilcivil disobedienceoutside the top 5,000
a resistênciaresistance#1499 0.006% of speech
o ativistaactivist#4457 0.001% of speech
a mudança socialsocial changeoutside the top 5,000
a solidariedadesolidarity#3066 0.002% of speech
a violênciaviolence#1340 0.007% of speech
a diplomaciadiplomacyoutside the top 5,000
o tratadotreaty#1210 0.008% of speech
a embaixadaembassy#2730 0.003% of speech
o acordoagreement#240 0.040% of speech
as relações internacionaisinternational relationsoutside the top 5,000
o conflitoconflict#1226 0.008% of speech
a cooperaçãocooperation#2678 0.003% of speech
a organização internacionalinternational organizationoutside the top 5,000
o diplomatadiplomatoutside the top 5,000
o consuladoconsulateoutside the top 5,000
a mediaçãomediationoutside the top 5,000
o comércio internacionalinternational tradeoutside the top 5,000
a segurança internacionalinternational securityoutside the top 5,000
o embargoembargooutside the top 5,000
a aliançaalliance#2614 0.003% of speech
a negociaçãonegotiation#2154 0.004% of speech
o protocoloprotocol#3039 0.002% of speech
a soberaniasovereignty#3921 0.001% of speech
o embaixador adjuntodeputy ambassadoroutside the top 5,000

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