Language/Portuguese/Grammar/Nouns

Nouns refer to people, places, things, animals or concepts. In grammar, a noun can be the subject of a clause, the object of a verb or a preposition.

Noun	Translation	Sound
A Ajuda	The Help	[ah ah-joo-dah]
A Água	The Water	[ah ah-goo-ah]
O Apelido	The Surname	[oo ah-peh-lee-doo]
Os Anos	The Years	[oosh ah-noosh]
O Autocarro	The Bus (in EU Portuguese)	[oo aoo-toh-car-roo]
(O) Azar	(The) Bad luck Tough	[oo ah-zahr]
O Balcão	The Balcony The Counter	[oo bahl-kaong]
O Banho	The Bath	[oo bah-nyioo]
O Bilhete	The Ticket	[oo bee-lyieh-teh]
O Cartão	The Card	[oo cahr-taong]
A Casa	The House The Home	[ah kah-sah]
A Chegada	The Arrival	[ah shay-gah-dah]
O Casal	The Couple	[oo kah-zahl] in EU [oo kah-zahoo] in BR
A Coisa	The Thing	[Ah koee-zah]
A Conta	The Bill	[ah-kong-tah]
O Copo	The Glass	[oo koh-poo]
O Cuidado	Careful The carefulness	[oo-koo-ee-dah-doo]
A Desculpa	The Excuse	[ah dsh-cool-pah]
O Dia	The Day	[oo deer]
O Dinheiro	The Money The Cash	[oo dee-nyieh-ee-roh]
A Direita	The Right hand side	[ah dee-ray-ee-tah]
O Direito	The (legal) Right	[oo dee-ray-ee-too]
A Era	The Era	[ah air-rah]
O Esquerdo/A Esquerda	The Left hand side	[ah eesh-kayr-dah] [oo eesh-kayr-doo]
A Esquina	The Corner	[ah sh-keen-ah]
O Estudo	The Study	[oo sh-too-doo]
O Favor	The Favour	[oo fah-vohr]
O Fim	The End	[oo feeng]
A Frente	The front	[ah-frayn-tt] in EU [ah-frayn-tchee] in BR
O Frio	The cold	[oo free-oo]
A Gente	One (The people) We	[ah jayn-tt] in EU and [ah jayn-tt] in BR
O Homem	The Man	[oo oh-mayeen]
* A Hora (also compare with Tempo and Vez)	The Time The Hour	[ah oh-rah]
O Horário	The Timetable	[oo oh-ráh-ree-oo]
A Ida	The Go	[ah ee-dah]
O Lado	The Side	[oo lah-doo]
A Licença	The Permission The Licence	[ah lee-sayn-sah]
A Maioria (de)	Most (of) The majority (of)	[ah may-oo-ree-ah]
O Mal	The Bad thing	[oo mahll]
O MêsOs Meses	The month/The months	[oo may-sh] [oosh may-say-sh]
O Minuto	The minute	[oo mee-noo-too]
A Mulher	The Woman The Wife	[ah moo-lyier]
A Noite	The Night	[ah noh-ee-teh]
O Nome	The Name	[oo noh-meh]
As Novidades	The News (in terms of what is new)	[ash noo-vee-dah-desh]
O Número	The Number	[oo noo-may-roh]
O Ônibus	The Bus (Brazilian Portuguese	[oo oh-nee-booss]
A Palavra	The Word	[ah pah-lah-vrah]
(Os) Parabéns	(The) Congratulations	[(oosh) pah-rah-baingsh]
O Pé	The Foot	[oo peh]
As Pessoas	The People	[ash peh-soh-ash]
A Porta	The Door	[ah pohr-tah]
O Português	The Portuguese	[oo poor-too-gay-sh]
O Prato	The Plate The dish	[oo prah-too]
A Pressa	The hurry The Rush	[ah pray-sah]
O Primeiro	The first	[oo pree-mahee-roh]
O Princípio	The Beginning	[oo preen-cee-peeoh]
O Problema	The Problem	[oh proh-blay-mah]
O Próximo	The Next The following	[oo pro-see-moo]
O Quarto	The Fourth The Bedroom	[oo kwar-too]
O Recado	The Message	[oo ray-kah-doo]
A Rua	The road The street	[ah roo-ah]
O Semáforo	The Traffic lights	[oo say-mah-foo-roh]
A Semana	The Week	[ah say-mah-nah]
A Sorte	The Luck	[ah sohr-tt] in EU or [ah sohr-tchee] in BR
(A) Tarde	Late (The) Afternoon	[(ah) tar-deh] in EU or [(ah) tar-tchee] in BR
* O Tempo (also compare with Horas and Vez)	The Time (as The Weather	[oo taym-poo]
O Trabalho	The Work The Assignment	[oo trah-bah-lyioo]
O Troco	The Change	[oo troh-koo]
O Último	The Last (one)	[oo ool-tee-moo] in EU and [oo ool-tchee-moo] in BR
* A Vez (also compare with Tempo and Horas)	The turn The time	[ah vaysh]
A Viagem	The journey The Trip	[ah vee-ah-jaying]
A Volta	The Return The Going back	[ah vohl-tah]
O Vôo	The Flight	[oo voh-oo]