100 Most Common Portuguese Words
The 100 most common Portuguese words, ranked by frequency. Function words and the handful of verbs and nouns you will use in every conversation.
The words you will meet in almost every Portuguese sentence, so the first ones worth knowing cold. Drill all of them free, no account needed.
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100 words
| # | Freq | Word |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | quethat, which, who; what |
| 2 | 2 | nãono, not |
| 3 | 3 | othe (masculine singular); him, it (object pronoun) |
| 4 | 4 | deof, from |
| 5 | 5 | athe (feminine singular); to, at (preposition); her, it (object pronoun) |
| 6 | 6 | serto be (identity, origin, lasting qualities: what something is) |
| 7 | 7 | vocêyou (singular); plural vocês |
| 8 | 8 | eand |
| 9 | 9 | euI |
| 10 | 10 | uma, an (masculine); one (masculine) |
| 11 | 11 | parafor, to; in order to |
| 12 | 12 | estarto be (the state or place something is in right now) |
| 13 | 13 | umaa, an (feminine); one (feminine) |
| 14 | 14 | seif; himself, herself, itself, themselves; each other |
| 15 | 15 | comwith |
| 16 | 16 | porby, through; for, because of; per |
| 17 | 17 | elehe, him; it (masculine) |
| 18 | 18 | issothat, that thing; (isto) this |
| 19 | 19 | emin, on, at |
| 20 | 20 | masbut |
| 21 | 21 | comoas, like; how |
| 22 | 22 | bemwell; quite, very |
| 23 | 23 | osthe (masculine plural); them (masculine or mixed object pronoun) |
| 24 | 24 | elashe, her; it (feminine) |
| 25 | 25 | simyes |
| 26 | 26 | aquihere |
| 27 | 27 | maismore; most; plus |
| 28 | 28 | terto have; to have to (ter que) |
| 29 | 29 | meumy; mine (masculine) |
| 30 | 30 | seuyour (of você); on paper also his, her, their, which Brazilians say with dele, dela, deles |
| 31 | 31 | muitovery, a lot, much |
| 32 | 32 | irto go |
| 33 | 33 | asthe (feminine plural); them (feminine object pronoun) |
| 34 | 34 | tudoeverything |
| 35 | 35 | sóonly, just; alone |
| 36 | 36 | entãothen, so |
| 37 | 37 | poderto be able to, can; may |
| 38 | 38 | agoranow |
| 39 | 39 | quandowhen |
| 40 | 40 | fazerto do, to make |
| 41 | 41 | saberto know (a fact); to know how to |
| 42 | 42 | elesthey, them (masculine or mixed group) |
| 43 | 43 | nóswe; us |
| 44 | 44 | certoright, correct; certain, sure |
| 45 | 45 | quererto want; to wish |
| 46 | 46 | jáalready; right now; ever |
| 47 | 47 | quemwho, whom |
| 48 | 48 | ouor |
| 49 | 49 | nadanothing, anything |
| 50 | 50 | dizerto say, to tell |