Portuguese A1: 300 Core Words with Grammar Attached

A noun without its article is half a word, so every noun here carries one.

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Learning that casa means house gets you nowhere if you cannot say a casa, because the article carries the gender and the gender governs every adjective that follows. The same applies to verbs: knowing that ser means to be is useless without knowing that it is irregular and that estar covers a different set of situations entirely. Vocabulary lists that strip the grammar out create learners who recognise words and cannot build sentences. This deck is 300 cards, one word per card in its dictionary form, with the back giving the English sense and, where it applies, a line on gender and plural for a noun, the conjugation class and any irregularity for a verb, and agreement for an adjective. The sections cover people and daily life, food and shopping, places and travel, core verbs, describing and connecting, and time, numbers and phrases. Every noun appears with its definite article, and the Portuguese is Brazilian, with the European alternative noted where the two diverge. Once the deck is on a spaced-repetition schedule, the words you produce fluently stop coming back and the ones whose gender you keep guessing return until you stop guessing.

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a família — what does it mean?	The family. Feminine noun. Plural as famílias.
a mãe — what does it mean?	The mother. Feminine noun. Plural as mães.
o avô — what does it mean?	The grandfather. Masculine noun. Feminine a avó, and the accent distinguishes them.
o namorado — what does it mean?	The boyfriend. Masculine noun. Feminine a namorada.
o homem — what does it mean?	The man. Masculine noun. Irregular plural os homens.
o nome — what does it mean?	The name. Masculine noun despite the final e.
a idade — what does it mean?	The age. Feminine noun. Age is expressed with ter rather than ser.
o telefone — what does it mean?	The telephone. Masculine noun. Also used for the number itself.
o professor — what does it mean?	The teacher. Masculine noun. Feminine a professora.
a cabeça — what does it mean?	The head. Feminine noun ending in a.
a boca — what does it mean?	The mouth. Feminine noun.
o pé — what does it mean?	The foot. Masculine noun. Plural os pés.
as costas — what does it mean?	The back. Feminine noun used only in the plural.
a roupa — what does it mean?	The clothing. Feminine noun, often used in the singular for clothes in general.
o sapato — what does it mean?	The shoe. Masculine noun. Usually used in the plural for a pair.
o casaco — what does it mean?	The coat. Masculine noun. A jacket is a jaqueta.
a casa — what does it mean?	The house or home. Feminine noun. Em casa means at home, without the article.
a cozinha — what does it mean?	The kitchen. Feminine noun. The related verb is cozinhar.
a porta — what does it mean?	The door. Feminine noun. Not to be confused with o porto, the harbour.
a cadeira — what does it mean?	The chair. Feminine noun.
acordar — what does it mean?	To wake up. Regular ar verb. Reflexive use is optional in Brazil.
vestir-se — what does it mean?	To get dressed. Reflexive ir verb with a stem change in the first person.
deitar-se — what does it mean?	To lie down or go to bed. Reflexive ar verb.
o café da manhã — what does it mean?	Breakfast. Masculine noun phrase. In Portugal it is o pequeno-almoço.
o jantar — what does it mean?	Dinner. Masculine noun and also the verb to have dinner.
a comida — what does it mean?	The food. Feminine noun. The related verb is comer.
o arroz — what does it mean?	The rice. Masculine noun, normally used in the singular.
a carne — what does it mean?	The meat. Feminine noun. Beef is carne de vaca or carne bovina.
o peixe — what does it mean?	The fish. Masculine noun, used for both the animal and the food.
o queijo — what does it mean?	The cheese. Masculine noun.
a maçã — what does it mean?	The apple. Feminine noun. Plural as maçãs.
a laranja — what does it mean?	The orange. Feminine noun. Also the colour, invariable as an adjective.
a batata — what does it mean?	The potato. Feminine noun. Chips are batatas fritas.
a água — what does it mean?	The water. Feminine noun that takes the article a despite starting with a stressed a.
o suco — what does it mean?	The juice. Masculine noun in Brazil. In Portugal it is o sumo.
o restaurante — what does it mean?	The restaurant. Masculine noun.
a conta — what does it mean?	The bill. Feminine noun. Also means an account or a sum.
a loja — what does it mean?	The shop. Feminine noun.
a padaria — what does it mean?	The bakery. Feminine noun formed from pão.
o dinheiro — what does it mean?	The money. Masculine noun, used in the singular.
barato — what does it mean?	Cheap. Adjective agreeing in gender and number.
um quilo — what does it mean?	A kilo. Masculine noun used with de before the item.
a cidade — what does it mean?	The city. Feminine noun despite ending in e.
o centro — what does it mean?	The centre or downtown. Masculine noun.
o hospital — what does it mean?	The hospital. Masculine noun. Plural os hospitais.
a igreja — what does it mean?	The church. Feminine noun.
onde — what does it mean?	Where. Question word. Aonde is used with verbs of motion.
à direita — what does it mean?	On the right. Fixed expression. Direita is the noun, direito the adverb.
longe de — what does it mean?	Far from. Preposition phrase. The opposite of perto de.
atrás de — what does it mean?	Behind. Preposition phrase. The opposite is à frente de.
o carro — what does it mean?	The car. Masculine noun. De carro means by car.
o trem — what does it mean?	The train. Masculine noun in Brazil. In Portugal it is o comboio.
a bicicleta — what does it mean?	The bicycle. Feminine noun, often shortened to bike in Brazil.
o aeroporto — what does it mean?	The airport. Masculine noun.
a mala — what does it mean?	The suitcase. Feminine noun. Fazer as malas means to pack.
a reserva — what does it mean?	The reservation. Feminine noun. The verb is reservar.
o país — what does it mean?	The country. Masculine noun with an accent. Plural os países.
Portugal — what does it mean?	Portugal. One of the few country names used without an article.
português — what does it mean?	Portuguese. Adjective and noun. Feminine portuguesa, plural portugueses.
estrangeiro — what does it mean?	Foreign or a foreigner. Adjective and noun agreeing in gender and number.
ser — what does it mean?	To be, for permanent or defining qualities. Highly irregular. Present sou, é, somos, são.
ter — what does it mean?	To have. Irregular. Present tenho, tem, temos, têm.
haver — what does it mean?	There to be, in the impersonal form há. Always singular in this use, whatever follows.
falar — what does it mean?	To speak. Regular ar verb. Present falo, fala, falamos, falam.
gostar — what does it mean?	To like. Regular ar verb always followed by de.
chegar — what does it mean?	To arrive. Regular ar verb with a spelling change before e in some forms.
encontrar — what does it mean?	To find or to meet. Regular ar verb. The reflexive form means to meet up.
comer — what does it mean?	To eat. Regular er verb. Present como, come, comemos, comem.
aprender — what does it mean?	To learn. Regular er verb.
vender — what does it mean?	To sell. Regular er verb.
abrir — what does it mean?	To open. Regular ir verb with an irregular past participle aberto.
ir — what does it mean?	To go. Highly irregular. Present vou, vai, vamos, vão.
dizer — what does it mean?	To say. Irregular. Present digo, diz, dizemos, dizem.
saber or conhecer — what does it mean?	The two verbs for knowing. Saber is for facts and skills, conhecer for familiarity.
sair — what does it mean?	To go out or to leave. Irregular. Present saio, sai, saímos, saem.
sentir-se — what does it mean?	To feel. Reflexive with a first person stem change, sinto-me.
precisar de — what does it mean?	To need. Regular ar verb followed by de before a noun.
grande — what does it mean?	Big. Same form for both genders. Plural grandes.
velho — what does it mean?	Old. Feminine velha. Used for people and things.
quente — what does it mean?	Hot. Same form for both genders.
vazio — what does it mean?	Empty. Feminine vazia.
branco — what does it mean?	White. Feminine branca.
azul — what does it mean?	Blue. Same form for both genders. Plural azuis.
sempre — what does it mean?	Always. Adverb of frequency, usually placed before the verb or after it.
pouco — what does it mean?	Little. Invariable as an adverb, agreeing as an adjective.
em — what does it mean?	In, on or at. Preposition that contracts with articles as no, na, nos, nas.
por — what does it mean?	By, through or for a reason. Contracts with articles as pelo, pela, pelos, pelas.
e — what does it mean?	And. Coordinating conjunction.
quando — what does it mean?	When. Question word and also a conjunction.
um — what does it mean?	One. Agrees in gender. Feminine uma.
cinco — what does it mean?	Five. Invariable.
nove — what does it mean?	Nine. Invariable.
vinte — what does it mean?	Twenty. Invariable. Compounds are formed with e, as in vinte e um.
o dia — what does it mean?	The day. Masculine noun despite ending in a.
quarta-feira — what does it mean?	Wednesday. Feminine noun.
o mês — what does it mean?	The month. Masculine noun with an accent. Plural os meses.
o ano — what does it mean?	The year. Masculine noun. Not to be confused with ano meaning ring in other words.
a hora — what does it mean?	The hour or the time. Feminine noun. Que horas são asks the time.
bom dia — what does it mean?	Good morning. Fixed greeting used until midday.
obrigado — what does it mean?	Thank you. Agrees with the speaker, so a woman says obrigada.

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People and daily life has 55 cards, food and shopping 45, places and travel 45, core verbs 60, describing and connecting 50, and time, numbers and phrases 45, for 300 in total. Every card carries section and subtopic tags, so you can drill only the verbs or only the travel vocabulary.

Is this Brazilian or European Portuguese?

Brazilian. Where the two varieties use different words for the same thing, such as the words for breakfast, bus or train, the card gives the Brazilian form and names the European one on the grammar line. Grammar that differs between them is marked the same way.

Does it teach verb conjugation?

It gives what you need to conjugate rather than full tables. Each verb card states its conjugation class and any irregularity, and irregular verbs carry their present-tense forms. Full paradigms across every tense belong in a grammar reference, not on a flashcard.

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