Portuguese vocabulary: house and furniture
Kitchen, bedroom, living room, bathroom: the rooms of the house, the furniture and everyday objects in Portuguese.
Here are 100 Portuguese words on “Home and furniture”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.
Level 1: easy 40 words
| Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
| casa de banho | bathroom |
| cama | bed |
| quarto | bedroom |
| cobertor | blanket |
| cadeira | chair |
| mesa de centro | coffee table |
| sala de jantar | dining room |
| caminho de entrada | driveway |
| entrada | entrance |
| quinta | farm |
| vedação | fence |
| chão | floor |
| andar | floor level |
| garagem | garage |
| jardim | garden |
| abrigo de jardim | garden shed |
| portão | gate |
| chave | key |
| cozinha | kitchen |
| contrato de arrendamento | lease |
| caixa de correio | letterbox |
| espelho | mirror |
| forno | oven |
| proprietário | owner |
| moldura | picture frame |
| renda | rentNoun, the sum paid for a lease |
| divisão | room |
| tomada | socket |
| sofá | sofa |
| escada | staircase |
| degrau | step |
| mesa | table |
| terraço | terrace |
| arrendar | to rentVerb, to take or let under a lease |
| subarrendar | to sublet |
| lavabo | toilet |
| vivenda | villa |
| janela | window |
| soalho | wooden floor |
| bancada | worktop |
Level 2: medium 35 words
| Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
| sótão | attic |
| varanda | balcony |
| banheira | bathtub |
| estore | blind |
| caldeira | boiler |
| lâmpada | bulb |
| corredor | corridor |
| cortina | curtain |
| caução | deposit |
| moradia | detached house |
| gaveta | drawer |
| agência imobiliária | estate agency |
| lareira | fireplace |
| área | floor area |
| corrimão | handrail |
| candeeiro | lamp |
| colchão | mattress |
| contador | meter |
| micro-ondas | microwave |
| mudança | moving house |
| vizinhança | neighbourhood |
| pré-aviso | notice period |
| almofada | pillowFor resting your head in bed |
| armação do telhado | roof frame |
| aparador | sideboard |
| torneira | tap |
| inquilino | tenant |
| morar | to live in |
| mudar-se | to move out |
| máquina de secar roupa | tumble dryer |
| jarra | vase |
| papel de parede | wallpaper |
| guarda-roupa | wardrobe |
| máquina de lavar roupa | washing machine |
| esquentador | water heater |
Level 3: hard 25 words
| Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
| viga | beam |
| travesseiro | bolster |
| porteiro | caretaker |
| disjuntor | circuit breaker |
| exaustor | cooker hood |
| campainha | doorbell |
| capacho | doormat |
| edredão | duvet |
| colega de casa | flatmate |
| congelador | freezer |
| caleira | gutter |
| sebe | hedge |
| hipoteca | mortgage |
| tabique | partition wall |
| radiador | radiator |
| telha | roof tile |
| lençol | sheet |
| prateleira | shelf |
| rodapé | skirting board |
| ladrilho | tiled floor |
| decorar | to decorate |
| adaptar | to fit out |
| mobilar | to furnish |
| renovar | to renovate |
| lavatório | washbasin |
In Brazil, people say
KoKo also teaches Brazilian Portuguese. Among the words on this page, here are the ones that change.
- bathroom casa de banho banheiro
- farm quinta fazenda
- fence vedação cerca
- rent renda aluguel
- room divisão cômodo
- to rent arrendar alugar
- wooden floor soalho assoalho
- blind estore persiana
- lamp candeeiro luminária
- meter contador medidor
- pillow almofada travesseiro
- vase jarra vaso
- water heater esquentador aquecedor de água
- bolster travesseiro rolo de cama
- cooker hood exaustor coifa
- duvet edredão edredom
- gutter caleira calha
- to furnish mobilar mobiliar
- washbasin lavatório pia
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Frequently asked questions
- How many words are in this list?
- This page gives 100 Portuguese words on “Home and furniture”. The full topic holds 150 in the KoKo app: 60 at the easy level, 52 at the medium level and 38 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.
These lists come from KoKo, the app to learn Portuguese vocabulary on iPhone.
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