The Portuguese flag and Portuguese words for colours

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Portuguese flag

Portuguese - English

English - Portuguese

Do you have
a Portuguese flag

Português - inglês
Inglês - português
Você tem
uma bandeira portuguesa

red
orange
yellow
green
blue

vermelho - red (like vermilion)
laranja (like orange)
amarelo
verde (like verdant)
azul

navy blue/dark blue
violet
purple
pink
black - white

Português - inglês Inglês - português Você tem azul marinho / azul escuro (like marine, like obscure) tolet (violet and tolet both end with et) roxa Rosa (like rose pink) Preto - black; branco - white (like blank white paper)

grey
not grey

striped
patterned

no striped
polka dots

coloured
multi coloured

bright colours
pale colours

cinzento
não cinza
listrado (striped like lines crossing out a shopping list)
estampado (pattern stamped on it)
não listrado
bolinhas
colori - coloured
multi colorido - multi coloured
cores brilhantes - brilliant colours

cores pálidas - pale colours

I like
I want
small
bigger

how much
cheaper

Perfect
I'll buy it

Thank you
Goodbye

Eu gosto
eu quero
pequeno
Maior (big or major)

quanto
mais barato (m for much or more)
Perfeito - perfect PERFE .T in both words
Vou comprar
Obrigado - obliged/much obliged/ thanks
Adeus - like mixing Spanish adios with French adieu

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I and my family have lived in the UK, Spain, the USA and Singapore. I am a trave writer and phtographer and teacher of English A level and English as a foreign language.
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