The Body

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Description

• The Body (o corpo)
• Helpful verbs
• Grammar: Pronominal verbs levantar-se

The Body (o corpo)

English	Images	Portuguese	IPA	Write (r = response; f = first letter)
the head		a cabeça	/ɐ kɐ.ˈbe.sɐ/	?
the nose		o nariz	/u nɐ.ˈɾiʃ/	?
the ear		a orelja	/ɐ o.ˈɾɐ.ʎɐ/	?
the face		o rosto	/u ʁuʃ.ˈtu/	?
the eyes		os olhos	/uz ˈo.ʎuʃ/	?
the hair		o cabelo	/u kɐ.ˈbe.ɫu/	?
the heart		o coração	/ku.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w/	?
the lungs		os pulmões	/uʃ puɫ.ˈmõjʃ/	?
an arm		um braço	/ˈũ ˈbɾa.su/	?
a hand		uma mão	/ˈu.mɐ ˈmɐ̃w/	?
a finger		um dedo	/ũ ˈde.du/	?
my leg		a minha perna	/ɐ ˈmi.ɲɐ ˈpeɾ.nɐ/	?
the knee		o joelho	/u ʒu.ˈɐ.ʎu/	?
the foot		o pé	/u ˈpɛ/	?
the ankle		o meu tornozelo	/u ˈmew tuɾ.nu.ˈze.ɫu/	?
the body		o corpo	/u ˈkoɾ.pu/	?
the mouth		a boca	/ɐ ˈbo.kɐ/	?
the teeth		os dentes	/uʒ ˈdẽ.tɨʃ/	?
the cheeks		as bochechas	/ɐʒ bu.ˈʃɐj.ʃɐʃ/	?
my shoulder		o meu ombro	/u ˈmew ˈõ.bɾu/	?
my elbow		o meu cotovelo	/u ˈmew ku.tu.ˈve.ɫu/	?
my neck		o meu pescoço	/u ˈmew pɨʃ.ˈko.su/	?
the back		as costas	/ɐʃ ˈkoʃ.tɐʃ/	?

Helpful verbs

lavar ("to wash"), doer-se ("to hurt"), quebrar ("to break"), e.g.:

lavar

Preciso de lavar as mãos = "I need to wash my hands"

doer-se

Dói-me a cabeça = "My head hurts"

quebrar

Ela quebrou o braço quando caiu = "She broke her arm when she fell"

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Grammar: Pronominal verbs levantar-se

Pronominal verbs have a pronoun as part of the infinitive (the base form), e.g.: esquecer-se, divertir-se. The pronoun must match the subject, e.g.: Visto-me a pressa ("I dress myself in a hurray"), Levanto-me cedo ("I get up early"). You can learn more about pronominal verbs here.

Exercises

Give the English equivalent:

Give the Spanish equivalent:

Translate the following, then verify your grammar with PortugueseChecker.com:

1. You should wash your hands before eating.

2. My legs hurt.

3. If you eat vegetables, your heart will be healthy.

4. Last year, my sister broke her arm.

After producing your own grammatically correct translation on SpanishChecker.com, you can check your answer by typing R below:

/de.vɨ ɫɐ.ˈvaɾ ɐʒ ˈmɐ̃wz ˈɐ̃.tɨʒ dɨ ku.ˈmeɾ/

/ɐʒ ˈmi.ɲɐʃ ˈpeɾ.nɐʒ ˈdo.ɐ̃j/

/sɨ ku.ˈmeɾ vɨ.ʒɨ.ˈtajʃ, u ˈsew ku.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w fi.kɐ.ˈɾa saw.ˈda.vɛɫ/

/nu ˈɐ.nu pɐ.ˈsa.du, ɐ ˈmi.ɲɐ iɾ.ˈmɐ̃ paɾ.ˈtiw u ˈbɾa.su/

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