The Portuguese words you didn’t know you know!


Do you know more Portuguese words than you think?

What if I said I could teach you 100 Portuguese words right now?

Did you know that about 80 percent of English words are borrowed from Latin and Greek? These words sound similar to many European languages, including European Portuguese.

But not only do they sound similar, they have the same meaning!

These words are called Cognates.

So prepare to be amazed at the words you already know, that you didn’t know you know. Am I making sense? Take a look at the tables below and you will see what I mean!

Words that end in ‘tion’ in English

Now, just think of how many words you know in English that end with ‘tion’ – write them down and change the endings to ‘ção’ in Portuguese. How many can you make? (check the list at the end of this article)

You got this!

TIONÇÃO
InformationInformação
EducationEducação
NationNação
ActionAção
Portuguese words ending in ‘ção’

Words that end in ‘sion’

Same goes for these words. Are you thinking that it can’t be that simple – well it can! Words ending in ‘sion’ change to ‘são’.

See how many you can think of. 😊

SIONSÃO
DecisionDecisão
TelevisionTelevisão
DiscussionDiscussão
MissionMissão
Portuguese words ending in ‘são’

Words that end in ‘on’

You will find that some of these words will have a Portuguese cousin too!

ONÃO
MillionMilhão
ReasonRazão
BillionBilião
RegionRegião
Portuguese words ending in ‘ão’

Words that end in ‘dade’

This ending may not be the same for every word however, you will find it pretty useful!

TYDADE
CityCidade
CommunityComunidade
SocietySociedade
ActivityAtividade
Portuguese words ending in ‘dade’

Words that end in ‘tion’ & ‘sion’

Here are just a few more words that have these endings. How many did you get?
Let us know in the comments below.

TIONÇÃO
InformationInformação
EducationEducação
NationNação
ActionAção
PositionPosição
SituationSituação
AttentionAtenção
OrganizationOrganização
ConditionCondição
AdministrationAdministração
SIONSÃO
DecisionDecisão
TelevisionTelevisão
DiscussionDiscussão
MissionMissão
VersionVersão
VisionVisão
ExpressionExpressão
SessionSessão
ConclusionConclusão
DivisionDivisão

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