Portuguese reference

Portuguese descriptive words

63 words with English translations. 48 of them appear in the 5,000 most common Portuguese words, and the table shows exactly where each one ranks — so you can learn the ones you will actually hear first.

63words
48in the top 5,000
Portugueselanguage
WordEnglishHow common
grandelarge#87 0.114% of speech
pequenosmall#255 0.038% of speech
altohigh#295 0.034% of speech
baixolow#529 0.018% of speech
longolong#333 0.029% of speech
curtoshort#906 0.010% of speech
largowide#2606 0.004% of speech
estreitonarrow#4681 0.001% of speech
finothin#3897 0.001% of speech
grossothick#1654 0.005% of speech
lindobeautiful#991 0.009% of speech
feiougly#3113 0.002% of speech
atraentehandsome#4170 0.001% of speech
bonitopretty#591 0.017% of speech
velhoold#462 0.021% of speech
jovemyoung#331 0.029% of speech
novonew#75 0.134% of speech
gastoworn#3030 0.002% of speech
modernomodern#1093 0.009% of speech
antigoold#451 0.021% of speech
retangularrectangularoutside the top 5,000
redondoround#4345 0.001% of speech
ovalovaloutside the top 5,000
quadradosquare#3651 0.001% of speech
rápidofast#530 0.018% of speech
lentoslow#3286 0.002% of speech
pesadoheavyoutside the top 5,000
levelight#1203 0.008% of speech
maciosoftoutside the top 5,000
durohard#2203 0.004% of speech
frágilfragile#4006 0.001% of speech
fortestrong#368 0.026% of speech
fracoweak#1709 0.005% of speech
ricorich#694 0.014% of speech
pobrepoor#995 0.009% of speech
fácileasy#453 0.021% of speech
difícildifficult#380 0.025% of speech
calmoeasy#2559 0.006% of speech
ansiosoanxious#3664 0.001% of speech
gentilkind#4097 0.001% of speech
antipáticounfriendlyoutside the top 5,000
corajosobraveoutside the top 5,000
covardecowardly#4723 0.001% of speech
generosogenerousoutside the top 5,000
egoístaselfish#4788 0.001% of speech
educadopoliteoutside the top 5,000
mal-educadorudeoutside the top 5,000
organizadoorderly#1844 0.005% of speech
desorganizadountidyoutside the top 5,000
interessanteinteresting#862 0.011% of speech
chatoboring#3074 0.002% of speech
barulhentonoisyoutside the top 5,000
silenciosoquietoutside the top 5,000
quentehot#1221 0.008% of speech
friocold#914 0.010% of speech
sujodirty#3179 0.002% of speech
limpoclean#2647 0.003% of speech
fundodeep#823 0.011% of speech
rasoshallowoutside the top 5,000
lisosmooth#3093 0.002% of speech
ásperoroughoutside the top 5,000
molhadowetoutside the top 5,000
secodry#1601 0.006% of speech

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