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English Words That DON’T EXIST in Portuguese (and What Brazilians Say Instead!)

English Words That DON’T EXIST in Portuguese (and What Brazilians Say Instead!)

Update: 2025-10-31
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Did you know that many words you use every day in English don’t exist in Portuguese? Today we’re going to talk about 7 words that are very common in English but don’t have a direct translation into Portuguese. To express the same idea in Portuguese, we need to use several words and often change the structure of the sentence.


 


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English Words That DON’T EXIST in Portuguese (and What Brazilians Say Instead!)

English Words That DON’T EXIST in Portuguese (and What Brazilians Say Instead!)

Virginia Langhammer