HOW TO LEARN PORTUGUESE
The best way to learn Brazilian Portuguese (or any language) is to expand your vocabulary by gradually memorizing lists of related words. This technique will help orient your mind to making connections between words in a certain category or taxonomy, which will facilitate your retrieval of the newly learned words later on when you need them.
So, how do you say the names of the places where you are going in Portuguese? Here are some words for different kinds of shops and stores in Brazilian Portuguese (and I’ve also provided some links for some of my other vocabulary lists related to the places below). Luckily, you will see that many of these words are English cognates. For example, banco (bank), farmácia (pharmacy), and restaurante (restaurant). The only false cognate would be o academia, which is the Portuguese word for gym.
STORES / SHOPS IN PORTUGUESE
a academia (Click Here for a Portuguese gym vocabulary list)
o shopping – mall
centro commercial - shopping center
a loja – store
pet shop – pet store (Click Here for Portuguese pet and pet store vocabulary)
a loja de sapatos / a sapataria – shoe store
a loja de roupa – clothing store (Click Here for a list of Portuguese clothes vocabulary, and Here for a more advanced list)
o supermercado – supermarket (Click Here for an easy list of Portuguese food vocabulary)
o açougue – butcher shop
a padaria – bakery
o restaurante – restaurant (Click Here for a list of Portuguese restaurant vocabulary)
o banco – the bank (Click Here for a list of Portuguese money vocabulary & Here for some Portuguese slang terms for money)
a papelaria – stationary store
loja de brinquedos – toy store (Click Here for a list of brazilian toys and playground vocabulary)
loja de móveis – furniture store (Click Here for a list of Portuguese furniture vocabulary)
hortifruti – produce store
joalheria – jewelry store (Click Here for a list of Portuguese Jewelry vocabulary)
locadora – video/DVD rental store
floricultura – flower shop
hipermercado – superstore
a banca de revista – newsstand
o cabelereiro – hairdresser, hair salon (Click Here for a list of Portuguese salon and hair vocabulary)
a farmácia/a drogaria – pharmacy (Click Here for Portuguese vocabulary at the pharmacy)
a feira – street market
o lava a seco – dry cleaners (Click Here for a list of Portuguese cleaning vocabulary)
a livraria – bookstore
a biblioteca – library
o hospital – (Click Here for a list of Portuguese vocabulary for the doctor’s office)
o correio – the post office (Click Here for a list of Portuguese vocabulary for the post office)
an açougue in brazil - a butcher shop
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