Learn Ten Words Of Portuguese: they have their entrances and exits, as Shakespeare said

Problem

The first thing I do when researching a new country is look at the map. What do those names mean? How will I remember them?

Answer

I try to translate some of the place names. Placenames will help me learn the language as I will see them every time I look at the map.

I had always thought that the words Portugal and Oporto and Port wine has something to do with Port or gate.

Here's what Wikipedia says:

Etymology[edit]

The word Portugal derives from the Roman-Celtic place name Portus Cale^[29]. Cala or Cailleah was the name of a Celtic god and also the name of an early settlement located at the mouth of the Douro River (present-day Vila Nova de Gaia) which flows into the Atlantic Ocean in the north of what is now Portugal. Some French scholars believe it may have come from 'Portus Gallus'^[30], the port of the Gauls or Celts. Around 200 BC, the Romans took the Iberian Peninsula from the Carthaginians during the Second Punic War, and in the process conquered Cale and renamed it Portus Cale (Port of Cale). During the Middle Ages, the region around Portus Cale became known by the Suebi and Visigoths as Portucale. The name Portucale evolved into Portugale during the 7th and 8th centuries, and by the 9th century, that term was used extensively to refer to the region between the rivers Douro and Minho, the Minho flowing along what would become the northern Portugal-Spain border. By the 11th and 12th centuries, Portugale was already referred to as Portugal.

Portuguese - English
castelo - castle
do - of

English - Portuguese
castle - castello
of - do

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English _ Portuguese
river - rio

gate - portão
hotel - hotel
restaurant - restaurante
street - rua

entrance - etnrada
exit - sáida

pull - puxar
push -empurrar

open - aberto (remember open to you Albert)
closed - fechados
welcome - bem vinda

hill - colina (Colin is on the hill with Ina)
mountain - montanha (Like Montana but with an h ha ha!)

bay - baía
harbour - Porto (Porto the seaside city has a harbour)

street - rua
avenue - avenida
motorway - autoestrada

no entry - entrada proibida
danger - perigo (peri(l) i(f) (you) go)

entrance fee - taxa de entrada (tax of entry)
free - livre

PORTUGUESE- English
rio - river

portão - gate
hotel - hotel
restaurante -restaurant
rua - street (like the French rue - you'll rue the day you took this street, ah!)

Entrada - entrance
Saída - exit

puxar - pull
empurrar - push

aberto - open
fechadas - closed
bem vinda - welcome

Colina - hill (both words contain the letters l and i)
montanha - mountain (both words contain the letter mo.nta

baía - bay
Porto - harbour

rua - street
Avenida - avenue
autoestrada - motorway

Entrada proibida - no entry (entry prohibited - silent h, like the French can't say h)
perigo - danger

taxa de entrada
livre - free

Bon voyage (that's French but we say it in English) - Boa viagem!

You've learned 26 words, more if you count the double words in Portuguese. Bettert han ten isn't! But ten sounds easy. We have done well today.

Useful wbsites:
https://www.visitportugal.com/en
http://www.visitmadeira.pt/en-gb/homepage
http://visitbrasil.com/en/
https://www.duolingo.com/course/pt/en/Learn-Portuguese-Online

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