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Portuguese common nouns

50 words with English translations. 50 of them appear in the 5,000 most common Portuguese words, and the table shows exactly where each one ranks — so you can learn the ones you will actually hear first.

50words
50in the top 5,000
Portugueselanguage
WordEnglishHow common
a casahouse#1096 0.009% of speech
o cachorrodog#1596 0.006% of speech
o gatocat#1507 0.006% of speech
o livrobook#252 0.039% of speech
a mesatable#1141 0.008% of speech
a cadeirachair#1780 0.005% of speech
o carrocar#388 0.025% of speech
a portadoor#1697 0.005% of speech
a janelawindow#2591 0.004% of speech
o amigofriend#174 0.056% of speech
a escolaschool#228 0.042% of speech
o professorteacher#585 0.017% of speech
o estudantestudent#870 0.011% of speech
o trabalhowork#116 0.077% of speech
o dinheiromoney#293 0.034% of speech
a comidafood#2522 0.011% of speech
a águawater#1836 0.005% of speech
a cidadecity#106 0.087% of speech
o paíscountry#143 0.064% of speech
a montanhamountain#1426 0.006% of speech
a praiabeach#742 0.013% of speech
o solsun#750 0.013% of speech
a luamoon#1496 0.006% of speech
a estrelastar#1658 0.005% of speech
a árvoretree#1080 0.009% of speech
a florflower#1014 0.009% of speech
o rioriver#2381 0.003% of speech
o marsea#777 0.012% of speech
o caminhoroad or path#474 0.020% of speech
o tempotime or weather#82 0.116% of speech
o diaday#39 0.233% of speech
a noitenight#176 0.056% of speech
o meninoboy#354 0.027% of speech
a meninagirl#2530 0.010% of speech
a mãemother#165 0.058% of speech
o paifather#257 0.038% of speech
o irmãobrother#267 0.037% of speech
a irmãsister#2525 0.011% of speech
a famíliafamily#191 0.049% of speech
a bebidadrink#2656 0.003% of speech
a músicamusic#1054 0.009% of speech
o filmemovie#247 0.040% of speech
a históriastory or history#154 0.060% of speech
a ruastreet#1338 0.007% of speech
o jardimgarden#1217 0.008% of speech
a lojastore#863 0.011% of speech
o supermercadosupermarket#4031 0.001% of speech
o hospitalhospital#693 0.014% of speech
o parquepark#899 0.010% of speech
a bibliotecalibrary#1679 0.005% of speech

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