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How to translate from English to Portuguese

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Escrito por Yes Portuguese em abril 8, 2021
How to translate from English to Portuguese
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When we are starting to learn a new language, one thing can be very helpful: to be able to figure how to say something in that language. Knowing the correspondences between some suffixes in English and in Portuguese then can be very useful and help you to deduce some words in Portuguese.

But remember this does NOT happen every time! We have a lot of exceptions. So this is just an interesting perception to have when learning a new language.

Let’s learn some of these correspondences?

Correspondences

The suffix -ity , as in the word “creativity”, very often corresponds to -idade as in the word “criatividade“.

See more examples:

-ity-idade
creativitycriatividade
insanityinsanidade
realityrealidade
activityatividade

The suffix -ly , as in the word “slowly“, very often corresponds to -mente as in the word “lentamente“.

See more examples:

-ly-mente
slowlylentamente
wiselysabiamente
quicklyrapidamente
curiouslycuriosamente

The suffix -tion , as in the word “aviation“, very often corresponds to -ção as in the word “aviação“.

See more examples:

-tion-ção
aviationaviação
solutionsolução
intentionintenção
emotionemoção

The suffix -ist , as in the word “alienist“, very often corresponds to -ista as in the word “alienista“.

See more examples:

-ist-ista
alienistalienista
pianistpianista
communistcomunista
journalistjornalista

The suffix -er, as in the word “gardener“, very often corresponds to -eiro as in the word “jardineiro“.

See more examples:

-er-eiro
gardenerjardineiro
engineerengenheiro
butcheraçougueiro
bakerpadeiro

The suffix -y, as in the word “biology“, very often corresponds to -ia as in the word “biologia“.

See more examples:

-y-ia
biologybiologia
philosophyfilosofia
sociologysociologia
dynastydinastia

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