Portuguese for Beginners
Rural Life (A vida rural)
| I enjoy living in the open air | Gosto de viver ao ar livre |
| I prefer the country to the town | Prefiro o campo à cidade |
| I love the country | Adoro o campo |
| There’s always something to do at the farm | Há sempre que fazer numa quinta |
| I like helping | Gosto de dar uma ajuda |
| Would you like to spend the weekend with us on our farm? | Gostavas de passar o fim-de-semana connosco na quinta? |
| agricultural implements | alfaias agrícolas |
| agriculture | agricultura |
| barley | cevada |
| barn | celeiro |
| calf | vitela |
| cat | gato |
| cattle | gado |
| chicken coop | capoeira |
| cock/hen | galo/galinha |
| common | baldio |
| corn | milho |
| cornfield | seara |
| country | campo |
| countryman | camponês |
| countyside | região rural / campo |
| countrywoman | camponesa |
| cow / ox | vaca / boi |
| cowshed | curral |
| crop | colheita |
| deer | veado |
| dog / bitch | cão/cadela |
| donkey | burro |
| dovecot | pombal |
| duck / drake | pata / pato |
| fair | feira |
| farm | quinta |
| farm house | casa de lavoura |
| farmer / ploughman | lavrador |
| fence | vedação/cerca |
| fertile | fértil |
| fertilizer | fertilizante |
| festivity | festa/festividade |
| field | campo semeado |
| foilage | folhagem |
| footpath | vereda |
| fork | forquilha |
| gardening | jardinagem |
| goat | cabra |
| goose / geese | ganso(s) |
| grass | erva / relva |
| greenhouse | estufa |
| hamlet | aldeola/lugar |
| hare | lebre |
| harvest | ceifa / colheita |
| harvest time | época das colheitas |
| hay | feno |
| hedge | sebe |
| herd | bando/manada |
| horse | cavalo |
| insecticide | insecticida |
| kitten | gatinho |
| lane | azinhaga |
| lawn (grass) | relvado |
| lawn mower | corta-relva |
| lamb | cordeiro |
| landscape | paisagem |
| mansion | mansão |
| manor house | casa senhorial |
| mare | égua |
| market | feira / mercado |
| meadow | prado |
| mechanised | mecanizado |
| mountain | montanha |
| oats | aveia |
| orchard | pomar |
| partridge | perdiz |
| pig | porco |
| pigeon | pombo |
| pigsty | pocilga |
| polluted | poluído |
| poultry | aves (criação) |
| plough | arado |
| pure | puro |
| quiet | calmo |
| rabbit | coelho |
| ripe | maduro |
| river | rio |
| riverbank | margem do rio |
| scenery | vista |
| seed | semente |
| shears | tesoura de poda |
| sheep | carneiro(s) / ovelha(s) |
| spade | pá |
| stable | estábulo |
| tractor | tractor |
| tradition | tradição |
| turkey | peru |
| valley | vale |
| vegetables | vegetais |
| village | aldeia |
| wheat | trigo |
| wood (trees) | bosque |
| wood (material) | madeira |
| Verbs | |
| to collect | recolher |
| to cultivate | cultivar |
| to dig | cavar |
| to fertilize | adubar |
| to grow | cultivar/crescer |
| to harvest | ceifar |
| to hunt | caçar |
| to keep | conservar/guardar |
| to milk | ordenhar |
| to mow | ceifar |
| to pick | colher |
| to plough | lavrar |
| to sell | vender |
| to sow | semear |
| to spray | pulverizar |
| to store | armazenar |
| to water | regar |
For further learning try the excellent BBC language course >
List of institions that offer free Portuguese lessons to immigrants >
Your local Townhall may well offer free lessons to 'estrangeiros'. Go and ask, and be persistent!
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