Clothing

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Description

• Clothing (as roupas)
• Helpful verbs
• Grammar Point: Subject pronouns

Clothing (as roupas)

English	Images	Portuguese	IPA	Write (r = response; f = first letter)
a hat		um chapéu	/ˈũ ʃɐ.ˈpɛw/	?
a (light) jacket		uma jaqueta	/ˈu.mɐ ʒɐ.ˈke.tɐ/	?
a (heavy) jacket		um casaco	/ˈũ kɐ.ˈza.ku/	?
the socks		as meias	/ɐʒ ˈmɐj.ɐʃ/	?
my shoes		os meus sapatos	/uʒ ˈmewʃ sɐ.ˈpa.tuʃ/	?
the heels		os saltos	/uʃ ˈsaɫ.tuʃ/	?
the running shoes		os ténis	/uʃ ˈtɛ.nɨʃ/	?
a shirt		uma camisa	/ˈu.mɐ kɐ.ˈmi.zɐ/	?
pants		um par de calças	/ˈũ ˈpaɾ dɨ ˈkaɫ.sɐʃ/	?
shorts		os calções	/uʃ kaɫ.ˈsõjʃ/	?
the belt		O meu cinto	/u ˈmew ˈsĩ.tu/	?
a scarf		um cachecol	/ũ kɐ.ʃɨ.ˈkɔɫ/	?
under clothing		a roupa de baixo	/ɐ ˈʁo.pɐ dɨ ˈbaj.ʃu/	?
my jeans		as minhas calças de ganga	/ɐʒ ˈmi.ɲɐʃ ˈkaɫ.sɐʒ dɨ ˈgɐ̃.gɐ/	?
a skirt		uma saia	/ˈu.mɐ ˈsaj.ɐ/	?
a dress		um vestido	/ˈũ vɨʃ.ˈti.du/	?
my boots		as minhas botas	/ɐʒ ˈmi.ɲɐʒ ˈbo.tɐʃ/	?
a sweater		um camisola	/ˈũ kɐ.mi.ˈzo.ɫɐ/	?
the slippers		os chinelos	/uʃ ʃi.ˈne.ɫuʃ/	?
pyjamas		o pijama	/u pɨ.ˈʒɐ.mɐ/	?
a bathing suit		um fato de banho	/ˈũ ˈfa.tu dɨ ˈbɐ.ɲu/	?
to wear	to wear	usar	/u.ˈzaɾ/	?
to dress		vestir-se	/vɨʃ.ˈtiɾ-sɨ/	?
to take off		tirar	/ti.ˈɾaɾ/	?

Helpful verbs

usar ("to wear"), tirar ("to take off"), vestirse ("to get dressed"), lavar ("to wash"), e.g.:

usar

Gosto de usar chapéus = "I like to wear hats"

tirar

Tire a sua camisa = "Take off your sweater"

vestirse

Eu visto-me rapidamente = "I dress quickly"

lavar

Tenho de lavar a minha camisa = "I have to wash my shirt"

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Grammar Point: Subject pronouns

Like English, Portuguese has subject pronouns: eu ("I"), tu ("you"), Ele ("he"), Ela ("she"), etc. The verb's ending changes according to the subject, e.g.: Eu falo ("I speak"), Tu falas ("you speak"), Ele fabla ("he speaks"). These are not capitalized unless at the beginning of a sentence.

Still, it is common to not use the subject pronoun in Spanish, e.g.: Fala inglês? ("Do you speak English?"); Preciso de comparar chinelos ("I need to buy slippers"). You can learn more about subject pronouns here.

Exercises

Give the English equivalent:

Give the Portuguese equivalent:

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1. You should take off your coat.

2. I like your shoes.

3. You need to wash your shirt.

4. I'm going to buy some socks.

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