I was on holiday in Portugal in June, 2024 and picked up a supermarket leaflet, which I kept to help learn some Portuguese words. Now, In March 2025, I am tidying the house and throwing away some of the many leaflets I have picked up in my travels.
Before throwing away the leaflet, I thought I would fulfil my original intention of translating it and learning some everyday words which are useful to use or at least recognize on signs. when shopping in Portugal.
Portuguese - English
altura - height
bem - well\
bola - ball
catergoria - category
com - with
de - of
e - and
em - in
forno - oven
fresca - fresh
infantil - child
iogurte - yogurt
liquido - liquid
mais - most
oliveira - olive
origem - (place of) origin
pera - pear
peso - weight
pimento - pepper
por - for
porco - pork
Precos - prices (note the cedilla under the c in Portuguese)
salada - salad
sardinha - sardine
tigre - tiger
unid - unit / single item
verde - green
viver - to live viver bem - to live well
English - Portuguese
and - e
ball - bola
Child - i (plural) nfantil
fresh - fresca
fruit - fruta (singular) frutas (plural)
green - verde
in - em
item (single) / unit - unid
Italian - Italiano
julho - July
junho - June
liquid - liquido
meat - carne (like carnivore)
to live well -
olive - oliveira
origin - origen
oven - forno
pear - pera (the same letters but in a different order)
pork - porco
salad - salada
sardine - sardinha
tigre - tiger
weight - peso
yogurt - iogurte
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