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gzimizeTuesday 08th of August 2006 08:34:56 PM
DICIONÃRIO DE PORTUGUÊS - JOGO - This game consists in list random words, following the Portuguese alphabet. E.g.:
Player 1: [b]Á[/b]guia (eagle)
Player 2: [b]B[/b]ola (ball)

For those who don\'t know, the Portuguese alphabet is given below:

A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V X Z

K, W and Y are used only in foreign words.

I start:

Água (water)

A próxima palavra deve começar com a letra B
klausTuesday 08th of August 2006 08:51:49 PM
- beijo - kiss
gzimizeTuesday 08th of August 2006 09:05:24 PM
- [b]c[/b]asa - house
IsabelWednesday 09th of August 2006 06:10:27 AM
- dança - dance
gzimizeWednesday 09th of August 2006 07:46:31 AM
- entrar - to enter
klausThursday 10th of August 2006 06:46:52 PM
- felpudo - fluffy
gzimizeThursday 10th of August 2006 08:42:12 PM
- gigante - giant
jrclsFriday 11th of August 2006 09:05:42 AM
- hoje - today
gzimizeSaturday 12th of August 2006 12:07:50 AM
- ir - to go
klausSunday 13th of August 2006 06:50:12 AM
- jumento - donkey
gzimizeSunday 13th of August 2006 09:45:23 AM
- leitura - reading
liltdjSunday 13th of August 2006 12:01:53 PM
- molécula- molecule
jrclsSunday 13th of August 2006 11:59:03 PM
- navio - ship
gzimizeMonday 14th of August 2006 09:45:22 AM
- ontem - yesterday
klausMonday 14th of August 2006 09:25:23 PM
- problema - problem
gzimizeWednesday 16th of August 2006 05:30:12 AM
- quando - when
cleomauFriday 18th of August 2006 05:12:58 AM
- razão - reason
gzimizeFriday 18th of August 2006 06:34:46 AM
- sapato - shoe
jrclsFriday 18th of August 2006 09:31:31 AM
- tio - uncle
AgneseFriday 18th of August 2006 04:01:17 PM
- união- union
Fabiano_WenigFriday 18th of August 2006 11:18:04 PM
- vespa - wasp
gzimizeSunday 20th of August 2006 11:05:37 AM
- xadrez - chess
Fabiano_WenigSunday 27th of August 2006 08:53:40 AM
...Z... -
zelo - zeal
dackelMonday 28th of August 2006 01:02:15 AM
- agredecer - to thank
gzimizeMonday 28th of August 2006 09:11:56 AM
- besta - beast
AgneseMonday 28th of August 2006 05:29:33 PM
- cidade- city
gzimizeTuesday 29th of August 2006 04:21:56 AM
- dente - tooth
Fabiano_WenigTuesday 29th of August 2006 05:08:49 AM
...E... -
empurrar - to push
dackelTuesday 29th of August 2006 03:42:56 PM
- força - power
AgneseWednesday 30th of August 2006 02:26:59 PM
- gritar- to cry
dackelWednesday 30th of August 2006 02:43:23 PM
- hesitar - to hesitate
IsabelThursday 31st of August 2006 05:20:09 AM
- irmão - brother
dackelThursday 31st of August 2006 03:34:07 PM
- janela - window
Fabiano_WenigThursday 31st of August 2006 06:57:54 PM
...L... -
lento - slow
IsabelThursday 31st of August 2006 08:35:34 PM
- mãe- mother
dackelThursday 31st of August 2006 11:06:00 PM
- neto - grandson
gzimizeSaturday 02nd of September 2006 04:23:24 AM
- ovo - egg
IsabelSaturday 02nd of September 2006 04:46:40 AM
- professor - teacher
cleomauSaturday 02nd of September 2006 10:57:33 PM
- quando - when
AgneseSunday 03rd of September 2006 12:51:33 AM
- relógio- watch
cleomauSunday 03rd of September 2006 02:26:51 AM
- sessenta - sixty
IsabelSunday 03rd of September 2006 03:04:56 AM
- trinta - thirty
cleomauSunday 03rd of September 2006 04:04:35 AM
- um/uma - one
dackelMonday 04th of September 2006 01:17:28 AM
- vazio - empty
IsabelMonday 04th of September 2006 02:29:17 AM
- xaile - shawl
dackelMonday 04th of September 2006 02:41:09 AM
- zanga - anger
IsabelMonday 04th of September 2006 04:41:00 AM
- arroz- rice
dackelMonday 04th of September 2006 02:39:03 PM
- barulho - noise
cleomauTuesday 05th of September 2006 03:17:56 AM
- criaturas - creatures
dackelTuesday 05th of September 2006 05:42:24 PM
- dor - pain
IsabelWednesday 06th of September 2006 09:36:25 PM
- entrar - come in
dackelThursday 07th of September 2006 12:59:26 AM
- fachar - to close
Fabiano_WenigFriday 08th of September 2006 09:24:58 AM
- ***The correct is FECHAR - to close.***

galho - branch


dackelFriday 08th of September 2006 03:04:09 PM
- hoje - today
IsabelSaturday 09th of September 2006 04:50:04 AM
- igreja - church
dackelSaturday 09th of September 2006 05:44:38 PM
- janela - window
cleomauSunday 10th of September 2006 06:38:13 AM
- lição - lesson
gzimizeFriday 15th of September 2006 07:32:51 AM
- música - music
dackelFriday 15th of September 2006 04:09:53 PM
- nariz - nose
IsabelFriday 15th of September 2006 05:58:42 PM
- ópera
AgneseFriday 15th of September 2006 10:28:55 PM
- piscina- swimming pool
dackelSaturday 16th of September 2006 06:33:13 PM
- querido - dear
Fabiano_WenigMonday 18th of September 2006 08:55:20 PM
- respingar - to splash
AgneseMonday 18th of September 2006 09:46:27 PM
- sabão- soap
dackelTuesday 19th of September 2006 01:38:34 AM
- temer - to fear
Fabiano_WenigTuesday 19th of September 2006 04:56:08 AM
- uva - grape
dackelTuesday 19th of September 2006 09:15:08 PM
- voltar - to return
Fabiano_WenigTuesday 19th of September 2006 09:42:38 PM
- xingar (br) - to insult with words
dackelWednesday 20th of September 2006 12:17:23 AM
- zepelim - zeppelin
Fabiano_WenigWednesday 20th of September 2006 01:53:25 AM
- alimentar - to feed
cleomauWednesday 20th of September 2006 07:45:59 AM
- bebida - drink
jrclsWednesday 20th of September 2006 09:12:18 AM
- céu - sky
dackelWednesday 20th of September 2006 03:52:05 PM
- desengano -dissapointment
AgneseThursday 21st of September 2006 02:27:46 AM
- e- and
dackelThursday 21st of September 2006 05:35:42 AM
- forte - strong
Fabiano_WenigThursday 21st of September 2006 05:55:04 AM
- galo - cock
dackelThursday 21st of September 2006 03:16:53 PM
- hortaliça - vegetable
AgneseThursday 21st of September 2006 03:36:51 PM
- infância- childhood
dackelThursday 21st of September 2006 10:56:47 PM
- jantar - dinner
jrclsFriday 22nd of September 2006 12:09:05 AM
- língua - means both \"language\" and \"tongue\"
dackelFriday 22nd of September 2006 02:11:05 AM
- manteiga - butter
AgneseFriday 22nd of September 2006 02:17:00 AM
- nabo- turnip (is it also used for describing foolish people?)
dackelFriday 22nd of September 2006 04:50:04 AM
- outono - autumn
Fabiano_WenigFriday 22nd of September 2006 08:31:55 PM
- [quote][i]Originally posted by Agnese[/i]


nabo- turnip (is it also used for describing foolish people?)[/quote]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Agnese[/i]


nabo- turnip (is it also used for describing foolish people?)[/quote]

No, it does not. A vegetable that is used for describing a kind of people is \"banana\". It means \"slowcoach\" or \"sluggard\". At least in Brazil. :)

\"Ele é um BANANA.\" = \"Ele é um palerma, molengão.\" or \"Ele é um preguiçoso, vadio.\"

pato - duck
dackelFriday 22nd of September 2006 09:49:13 PM
- queimar - to heat
Fabiano_WenigFriday 22nd of September 2006 10:33:21 PM
- *queimar - to burn
to heat is \"esquentar\",\"aquecer\" or \"acalorar\".

raro - rare
AgneseSaturday 23rd of September 2006 03:19:25 AM
- saúde- health
Fabiano_WenigSaturday 23rd of September 2006 05:13:11 AM
- tatu - armadillo
jrclsSaturday 23rd of September 2006 09:28:31 AM
- urso - bear
Fabiano_WenigSaturday 23rd of September 2006 05:19:36 PM
- vigário - vicar
dackelSaturday 23rd of September 2006 10:33:03 PM
- xadrez - chess
Fabiano_WenigSunday 24th of September 2006 06:13:06 AM
- zurro - bray (cry of a donkey)
dackelSunday 24th of September 2006 06:16:24 AM
- andar - to go
Fabiano_WenigSunday 24th of September 2006 06:24:46 AM
- beleza - beauty
dackelSunday 24th of September 2006 06:56:03 PM
- chumbar - to fail (e.g. at en exam)
Fabiano_WenigSunday 24th of September 2006 08:14:12 PM
- [quote][i]Originally posted by dackel[/i]


chumbar - to fail (e.g. at en exam)[/quote]

In Brazil we say: \"levar bomba na prova\" - to fail at an exam
literally: to take bomb in the exam.


destreza - skill
cleomauMonday 25th of September 2006 02:58:24 AM
- eficaz - efficient
dackelMonday 25th of September 2006 03:02:23 AM
- frango - chicken
cleomauMonday 25th of September 2006 03:12:15 AM
- governo - government
dackelMonday 25th of September 2006 03:16:04 AM
- hora - hour
cleomauMonday 25th of September 2006 03:28:28 AM
- idioma - language
dackelMonday 25th of September 2006 03:30:57 AM
- jeito - behaviour
cleomauMonday 25th of September 2006 03:41:00 AM
- limites - limits
dackelTuesday 26th of September 2006 03:47:54 AM
- magoar - to hurt
IsabelThursday 28th of September 2006 10:58:34 PM
- nadar - to swim
dackelMonday 02nd of October 2006 03:24:53 AM
- odiar - to hate
BrancoMonday 02nd of October 2006 06:00:54 PM
- peixe - fish
dackelMonday 02nd of October 2006 09:28:49 PM
- quotidiano - daily
IsabelMonday 02nd of October 2006 09:31:12 PM
- rápido - quick
dackelMonday 02nd of October 2006 09:40:39 PM
- sombra - shadow
cleomauMonday 02nd of October 2006 11:41:09 PM
- ter - to have
dackelTuesday 03rd of October 2006 12:01:30 AM
- ultrapassar - to exceed
cleomauTuesday 03rd of October 2006 12:03:54 AM
- verdadeiro - true
dackelTuesday 03rd of October 2006 12:10:59 AM
- xau - bye
cleomauTuesday 03rd of October 2006 12:14:10 AM
- zoológico - zoo
dackelTuesday 03rd of October 2006 12:30:55 AM
- ar - air
cleomauTuesday 03rd of October 2006 12:39:38 AM
- basquetebol - basketball
dackelTuesday 03rd of October 2006 12:46:21 AM
- concha - mussel
cleomauTuesday 03rd of October 2006 01:41:12 AM
- dizer - to say
dackelTuesday 03rd of October 2006 01:44:29 AM
- embora - although
BrancoTuesday 03rd of October 2006 02:38:40 PM
- futebol - football

dackelTuesday 03rd of October 2006 05:06:58 PM
- geral - general
BrancoTuesday 03rd of October 2006 05:45:43 PM
- humano - human
dackelTuesday 03rd of October 2006 06:37:32 PM
- inveja - envy
BrancoTuesday 03rd of October 2006 10:23:26 PM
- jeitoso - clever, skillful
cleomauWednesday 04th of October 2006 06:29:00 AM
- limpar - to clean
BrancoWednesday 04th of October 2006 09:51:52 PM
- mesmo - same
dackelThursday 05th of October 2006 04:20:58 AM
- nada - nothing
cleomauThursday 05th of October 2006 06:07:54 AM
- organização - orginization
dackelThursday 05th of October 2006 02:26:31 PM
- pinha - pine cone
BrancoThursday 05th of October 2006 05:26:30 PM
- quintal - yard
Fabiano_WenigThursday 05th of October 2006 06:33:40 PM
- rota - route
AnyaThursday 05th of October 2006 07:07:52 PM
- arriscado - risky
Fabiano_WenigThursday 05th of October 2006 07:12:21 PM
- ontem - yesterday
dackelThursday 05th of October 2006 10:46:36 PM
- [quote][i]Originally posted by Anya[/i]


arriscado - risky[/quote]

Acho que a próxima palvra tive que começar com [b]S[/b]

saúde - health
jrclsFriday 06th of October 2006 08:55:51 AM
- tartaruga - turtle
BrancoFriday 06th of October 2006 03:28:32 PM
- unidade - unity
dackelFriday 06th of October 2006 09:16:39 PM
- vergonha - shame
AnyaFriday 06th of October 2006 11:25:29 PM
- Desculpe! Eu não compreendi o jogo, que letras a se usar!

em seguida: x, correto?

xarope - cough medicine (limited x vocabulary!)
BrancoSaturday 07th of October 2006 04:25:14 PM
- zanga - quarrel
dackelSaturday 07th of October 2006 06:49:41 PM
- abraço - hug
BrancoSunday 08th of October 2006 12:04:48 AM
- braço - arm
dackelMonday 09th of October 2006 03:04:10 AM
- chover - to rain
BrancoMonday 09th of October 2006 03:59:44 PM
- datar - to date
dackelTuesday 10th of October 2006 12:51:11 AM
- empregado - employee, waiter
IsabelTuesday 10th of October 2006 12:59:18 AM
- fome - hunger
dackelTuesday 10th of October 2006 02:33:32 AM
- garrafa - bottle
cleomauTuesday 10th of October 2006 09:27:17 AM
- hoje - today
BrancoTuesday 10th of October 2006 03:26:07 PM
- igreja = church
IsabelTuesday 10th of October 2006 08:22:39 PM
- janela - window
dackelWednesday 11th of October 2006 02:58:19 AM
- loja - shop
cleomauWednesday 11th of October 2006 05:59:19 AM
- mau - bad
dackelWednesday 11th of October 2006 02:40:57 PM
- ninguém - nobody
cleomauThursday 12th of October 2006 08:54:16 AM
- opinião - opinion
BrancoThursday 12th of October 2006 03:03:06 PM
- proposição - proposition


cleomauThursday 12th of October 2006 06:47:02 PM
- querer - to want
BrancoThursday 12th of October 2006 07:49:52 PM
- rápido - quick
dackelSunday 15th of October 2006 12:29:43 AM
- sotaque - accent
jrclsMonday 16th of October 2006 10:52:52 PM
- tarde - (n) afternoon, (adv) late
dackelTuesday 17th of October 2006 01:23:37 AM
- util - useful
cleomauWednesday 18th of October 2006 06:20:22 AM
- verdadeiro - true
dackelThursday 19th of October 2006 02:40:12 AM
- xenofobia - xenophobia
jrclsSunday 22nd of October 2006 02:36:46 AM
- zelador - janitor
cleomauSunday 22nd of October 2006 09:16:20 AM
- alemão - German
dackelSunday 22nd of October 2006 06:15:50 PM
- barriga - belly
cleomauSunday 22nd of October 2006 11:05:11 PM
- compreender - to understand
dackelMonday 23rd of October 2006 01:25:53 AM
- dor - pain
cleomauMonday 23rd of October 2006 03:25:41 AM
- eficaz - efficient
dackelMonday 23rd of October 2006 03:39:37 AM
- forno - oven
jrclsMonday 23rd of October 2006 09:14:06 AM
- galinha - chicken, hen
dackelTuesday 24th of October 2006 03:00:03 AM
- hora - hour
cleomauTuesday 24th of October 2006 08:42:50 AM
- igreja - church
dackelTuesday 24th of October 2006 05:13:00 PM
- jardim - garden
cleomauWednesday 25th of October 2006 08:20:19 AM
- luz - light
dackelWednesday 25th of October 2006 01:14:36 PM
- madeira - wood
BrancoWednesday 25th of October 2006 05:21:05 PM
- nível - level
dackelWednesday 25th of October 2006 09:03:17 PM
- ouvido - ear
Fabiano_WenigThursday 26th of October 2006 12:32:10 AM
- pão - bread
BrancoThursday 26th of October 2006 01:27:02 AM
- quantidade - quantity
dackelThursday 26th of October 2006 05:09:03 AM
- recear - to worry
Elamelka1981Thursday 26th of October 2006 03:51:41 PM
- saco - a bag
jrclsThursday 26th of October 2006 11:34:32 PM
- tia, tio - aunt, uncle
dackelFriday 27th of October 2006 04:11:04 AM
- urso - bear
Elamelka1981Friday 27th of October 2006 02:46:59 PM
- valsa - waltz
BrancoFriday 27th of October 2006 04:26:26 PM
- xisto - schist (never even heard of it in my native language)
dackelFriday 27th of October 2006 10:06:17 PM
- zorro - fox
Elamelka1981Saturday 28th of October 2006 12:25:34 AM
- [i]question: isn\'t \'zorro\' a Spanish word? :) in Portuguese: um raposo[/i]

arrepio - rain
cleomauSaturday 28th of October 2006 03:02:12 AM
- bom - good
dackelSaturday 28th of October 2006 05:09:43 PM
- [quote][i]Originally posted by Elamelka1981[/i]


[i]question: isn\'t \'zorro\' a Spanish word? :) in Portuguese: um raposo[/i]

[/quote]

I found it in my dictionary. But if you\'re right I have one more reason to stop trusting it.

coelho - rabbit
Elamelka1981Saturday 28th of October 2006 09:17:17 PM
- @ dackel: [i]I\'ve been learning Portuguese only for 2 months (3 years ago!), so.. no sweat :) it\'s rather me you shouldn\'t trust,hehe ;)[/i]

descobrir - to discover
dackelSunday 29th of October 2006 01:23:03 AM
- But you\'re right Elamelka, I asked my roommate who is Mozambican...

esperança - hope


BrancoSunday 29th of October 2006 04:21:12 PM
- frigideira - frying pan
dackelSunday 29th of October 2006 05:40:51 PM
- gastar - to spend (money)
TigerThursday 02nd of November 2006 07:51:28 AM
- hoje - today
jrclsThursday 02nd of November 2006 02:34:54 PM
- inimigo - enemy
dackelFriday 03rd of November 2006 03:37:06 PM
- Janeiro - January
Elamelka1981Saturday 04th of November 2006 10:18:45 PM
- lembrança - a memory
dackelSunday 05th of November 2006 04:53:07 AM
- mudança - change
BrancoSunday 05th of November 2006 05:31:30 PM
- nora - daughter-in-law
dackelMonday 06th of November 2006 01:24:25 AM
- orgulho - pride
jrclsMonday 06th of November 2006 02:44:55 AM
- praia - beach
dackelMonday 06th of November 2006 03:06:47 AM
- quotodiano - daily
cleomauTuesday 07th of November 2006 08:48:25 AM
- riso - laugh
dackelTuesday 07th of November 2006 03:23:51 PM
- sorriso - smile
BrancoThursday 09th of November 2006 05:05:39 PM
- triolé - triolet
dackelFriday 10th of November 2006 04:49:42 AM
- útil - useful
RickSR00Saturday 02nd of December 2006 01:19:18 PM
- vir - to come
dackelFriday 08th of December 2006 04:54:24 AM
- xampu - shampoo
RickSR00Saturday 09th of December 2006 08:25:17 AM
- zelador - janitor
dackelMonday 11th of December 2006 04:38:27 AM
- azeite - olive oil
GoranMonday 11th of December 2006 08:45:47 AM
- banho - bath
dackelMonday 11th of December 2006 04:09:16 PM
- ciumento - jealous
jrclsThursday 14th of December 2006 07:36:40 AM
- dono - owner
RickSR00Thursday 14th of December 2006 10:18:58 AM
- enganar - to fool
dackelFriday 15th of December 2006 05:31:42 AM
- faca - knife
RickSR00Sunday 17th of December 2006 03:40:14 AM
- gêmeos - twins
DonaFlorSunday 17th of December 2006 10:49:05 AM
- homicida - killer
dackelTuesday 19th of December 2006 04:22:22 AM
- incêndio - fire, wildfire
RickSR00Tuesday 19th of December 2006 07:45:28 AM
- janela - window
jrclsThursday 21st of December 2006 08:09:48 AM
- limão - lemon
RickSR00Thursday 21st of December 2006 09:06:08 AM
- mandar - to order
DonaFlorThursday 21st of December 2006 09:08:50 AM
- o carro - a car
LyddiSaturday 23rd of December 2006 09:31:48 PM
- Namíbia - Namibia
RickSR00Wednesday 27th of December 2006 12:24:08 PM
- obstáculo - obstacle
Elamelka1981Wednesday 27th of December 2006 03:28:19 PM
- parvo - a fool
RickSR00Thursday 28th of December 2006 10:00:50 PM
- qual? - which?
Elamelka1981Friday 29th of December 2006 12:03:51 AM
- [b]revogar[/b] - to reverse a decision or a process
jrclsFriday 29th of December 2006 08:42:26 AM
- sino - bell
Elamelka1981Friday 29th of December 2006 06:41:20 PM
- tragédia - tragedy
dackelSunday 31st of December 2006 05:06:17 AM
- útil - useful
RickSR00Sunday 31st of December 2006 05:55:32 AM
- verde - green
Elamelka1981Sunday 31st of December 2006 07:47:28 PM
- o xerife - sheriff
jrclsSaturday 06th of January 2007 09:36:11 PM
- zagueiro - fullback (football/soccer vocabulary :-)
dackelSunday 07th of January 2007 05:10:05 AM
- ainda - yet
RickSR00Sunday 07th of January 2007 07:41:35 AM
- banhar-se - to bathe
dackelSunday 07th of January 2007 07:46:31 PM
- chuva - rain
LyddiSunday 07th of January 2007 10:10:05 PM
- dádiva - gift
RickSR00Monday 08th of January 2007 08:07:53 AM
- entrar - to enter
dackelMonday 08th of January 2007 07:23:43 PM
- frango - chicken
soleasoleaTuesday 09th of January 2007 03:40:35 AM
- goleiro - goal keeper
RickSR00Tuesday 09th of January 2007 08:29:44 AM
- habituado - accustomed
jrclsFriday 12th of January 2007 07:57:46 AM
- ingênuo - naive
dackelFriday 12th of January 2007 09:45:01 PM
- jantar - dinner
TigerSunday 18th of February 2007 09:50:05 AM
- lâmina - blade
dackelThursday 22nd of February 2007 01:10:13 AM
- menina - girl
cleomauSaturday 03rd of March 2007 09:16:14 PM
- natureza - nature
lesombresdeschatsFriday 09th of March 2007 01:36:34 PM
- esquilo = squirrel
dackelSunday 18th of March 2007 05:46:37 AM
- orgulho - pride
Lucas_Santos_RibeiroSunday 18th of March 2007 06:11:36 AM
- pássaro - bird
dackelMonday 19th of March 2007 04:21:40 PM
- queixa - complaint
Lucas_Santos_RibeiroTuesday 20th of March 2007 04:18:50 AM
- retroceder - to go back
jrclsSunday 25th of March 2007 01:00:54 PM
- sapo - frog
dackelSunday 25th of March 2007 04:48:34 PM
- torre - tower
Lucas_Santos_RibeiroSunday 25th of March 2007 06:17:50 PM
- usar - to use
DonaFlorSaturday 14th of April 2007 03:38:08 PM
- vacilar - to hesitate
Lucas_Santos_RibeiroSunday 15th of April 2007 04:12:30 AM
- xadrez - chess


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