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This page gives 100 Portuguese words on “Connectors and prepositions”. The full topic holds 143 in the KoKo app: 57 at the easy level, 50 at the medium level and 36 at the hard level.

Which words should I start with?

With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.

How can I remember this Portuguese vocabulary?

By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.

Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?

Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

Portuguese vocabulary: linking words and prepositions

But, so, because, with, without, in front of: the Portuguese linking words and prepositions that connect your ideas and place things.

Here are 100 Portuguese words on “Connectors and prepositions”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 40 words

Portuguese	English
prestes a	about to
segundo	according to
na verdade	actually
depois que	afterConjunction, followed by a clause
contra	against
mesmo assim	all the same
embora	although
e	and
então	as a result
como se	as if
assim como	as well as
em casa de	at home ofPreposition, at the dwelling or premises of a person
aquando de	at the time of
pois	becauseConjunction, formal register
porque	becauseEveryday use
antes de	beforePreposition, followed by a noun
antes que	beforeConjunction, followed by the subjunctive
mas também	but also
por	byAgent, the one by whom the action is done
mesmo que	even if
para	forPreposition, purpose or recipient
de	fromProvenance, origin
além disso	furthermore
se	if
caso	in case
em vez de	instead of
para além disso	moreover
sobre	on
por um lado	on one hand
em compensação	on the other handContrast, informal register
visto que	seeing that
desde	sinceStarting point in time
por isso	that is why
por conseguinte	therefore
assim	thus
a	toPreposition, movement in the direction of a place
quando	whenEveryday use
ao passo que	whereasContrast between two facts, with no idea of time
enquanto	whileConjunction, followed by a clause
sem que	withoutConjunction, followed by the subjunctive

Level 2: medium 35 words

Portuguese	English
por cima de	above
tanto mais que	all the more so since
ao longo de	along
entre	amongWithin a larger group
à volta	around
em consequência de	as a result of
desde	as early asFrom the moment of, without waiting
a partir de	as from
assim que	as soon as
por causa de	because of
além do mais	besides
apesar de	despite
apesar de tudo	despite everything
devido a	due to
longe de	far from
na sequência de	following
por exemplo	for example
com receio de que	for fear that
diante de	in front ofPosition in space, ahead of
a fim de	in order to
no meio de	in the middle of
em processo de	in the process of
aliás	incidentally
com efeito	indeed
na medida em que	insofar as
perto de	near
ao lado de	next to
nem	nor
senão	otherwise
de preferência a	rather than
de modo a	so as to
graças a	thanks to
até	untilPreposition, followed by a noun
por meio de	using
com vista a	with a view to

Level 3: hard 25 words

Portuguese	English
no que diz respeito a	as regards
à beira de	at the edge of
além	beyond
em suma	briefly
relativamente a	concerning
consequentemente	consequently
ao contrário de	contrary to
finalmente	eventually
salvo	except
exceto	except for
em primeiro lugar	firstly
por outras palavras	in other words
em resumo	in short
não obstante	nevertheless
todavia	nonetheless
pelo contrário	on the contrary
em contrapartida	on the other handContrast, formal register
sob pretexto de que	on the pretext that
no exterior de	outside
com a condição de que	provided that
pronto a	ready to
em segundo lugar	secondly
já que	sinceA reason the listener already knows
através de	through
durante	throughoutFormal register, for the whole duration

In Brazil, people say

KoKo also teaches Brazilian Portuguese. Among the words on this page, here are the ones that change.

at the time of aquando de por ocasião de
moreover para além disso ainda por cima
around à volta em volta
following na sequência de em decorrência de
for fear that com receio de que com medo de que
rather than de preferência a ao invés de
in other words por outras palavras em outras palavras
ready to pronto a pronto para

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How many words are in this list?: This page gives 100 Portuguese words on “Connectors and prepositions”. The full topic holds 143 in the KoKo app: 57 at the easy level, 50 at the medium level and 36 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?: With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
How can I remember this Portuguese vocabulary?: By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.