Portuguese reference

Portuguese school vocabulary

30 words with English translations. 24 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.

30words
24in the top 5,000
Portugueselanguage
WordEnglishHow common
a escolaschool#228 0.042% of speech
a faculdadecollege#831 0.011% of speech
a universidadeuniversity#362 0.026% of speech
o estudantestudent#870 0.011% of speech
o mestreteacher#1215 0.008% of speech
o professorteacher#585 0.017% of speech
a aulaclass#659 0.015% of speech
a sala de aulaclassroomoutside the top 5,000
a lousablackboardoutside the top 5,000
a carteiradeskoutside the top 5,000
o lápispencil#4487 0.001% of speech
a canetapen#3716 0.001% of speech
o cadernonotebook#3852 0.001% of speech
o livrobook#252 0.039% of speech
a mochilabackpack#3510 0.001% of speech
a tarefahomework#2106 0.004% of speech
a provatest#1337 0.007% of speech
a liçãolesson#2166 0.004% of speech
a matériasubject#944 0.010% of speech
o horárioschedule#1182 0.008% of speech
a bibliotecalibrary#1679 0.005% of speech
o laboratóriolab#1782 0.005% of speech
o recreiorecessoutside the top 5,000
a sériegrade#318 0.031% of speech
o diplomadiploma#3368 0.001% of speech
a notaqualification#1719 0.005% of speech
a réguaruleoutside the top 5,000
a borrachaeraser#3448 0.001% of speech
o marcadormarkeroutside the top 5,000
o mapamap#1351 0.007% of speech

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