1000 Most Common Portuguese Words

The 1,000 most common Portuguese words, ranked by frequency: the workhorse vocabulary every learner needs. 998 here, with swear words held back for their own chapter.

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998 words
# Freq Word
11quethat, which, who; what
22nãono, not
33othe (masculine singular); him, it (object pronoun)
44deof, from
55athe (feminine singular); to, at (preposition); her, it (object pronoun)
66serto be (identity, origin, lasting qualities: what something is)
77vocêyou (singular); plural vocês
88eand
99euI
1010uma, an (masculine); one (masculine)
1111parafor, to; in order to
1212estarto be (the state or place something is in right now)
1313umaa, an (feminine); one (feminine)
1414seif; himself, herself, itself, themselves; each other
1515comwith
1616porby, through; for, because of; per
1717elehe, him; it (masculine)
1818issothat, that thing; (isto) this
1919emin, on, at
2020masbut
2121comoas, like; how
2222bemwell; quite, very
2323osthe (masculine plural); them (masculine or mixed object pronoun)
2424elashe, her; it (feminine)
2525simyes
2626aquihere
2727maismore; most; plus
2828terto have; to have to (ter que)
2929meumy; mine (masculine)
3030seuyour (of você); on paper also his, her, their, which Brazilians say with dele, dela, deles
3131muitovery, a lot, much
3232irto go
3333asthe (feminine plural); them (feminine object pronoun)
3434tudoeverything
3535sóonly, just; alone
3636entãothen, so
3737poderto be able to, can; may
3838agoranow
3939quandowhen
4040fazerto do, to make
4141saberto know (a fact); to know how to
4242elesthey, them (masculine or mixed group)
4343nóswe; us
4444certoright, correct; certain, sure
4545quererto want; to wish
4646jáalready; right now; ever
4747quemwho, whom
4848ouor
4949nadanothing, anything
5050dizerto say, to tell