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By Luciana Lage - Posted on 18 December 2008

There are several words that are very similar in Portuguese and in English. Check out this list of Brazilian words:

Agressivo/a

Ambicioso/a

Animado/a

Arrogante

Atlético/a

Calmo/a

Competente

Corajoso/a

Criativo/a

Dinâmico/a

Eficiente

Elegante

Extrovertido/a

Fascinante

Generoso/a

Idealista

Imparcial

Importante

Impulsivo/a

Independente

Inteligente

Interessante

Introvertido/a

Liberal

Lógico/a

Materialista

Moderno/a

Nervoso/a

Otimista

Paciente

Parcial

Passivo/a

Perfeccionista

Pessimista

Popular

Rebelde

Religioso/a

Responsável

Romântico/a

Sentimental

Sério/a

Sincero/a

Terrível

Tímido

Tradicional

Just be careful: Some words are deceivingly similar; we call them false cognates. Here are a few of them with their correct meaning:

Portuguese	English
sensível	sensitive
esquisito	weird
pretender	to intend

Start practicing these words to incorporate them in your vocabulary!

Check out these other videos to dramatically improve your vocab:

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