Sports
Improving your vocabulary with words related to sports is definitely a good idea. Two of the most important Portuguese speaking countries are Portugal and Brazil where people practice many sports, so if you want to have an interesting conversation with someone, the first thing you should do is learning some of the most common sport phrases and words. In this section you will learn a complete list with useful Portuguese sport words that will helpful to improve your Vocabulary. |
Portuguese Vocabulary for Sports
English | Portuguese |
Sports | Esportes |
athletics | atletismo |
baseball | beisebol |
basketball | basquetebol |
bowling | boliche |
boxing | boxe |
canoeing | canoagem |
climbing | alpinismo |
cycling / biking | ciclismo |
darts | dardos |
fishing | pesca |
football / soccer | futebol Americano / futebol |
golf | golfe |
hockey | hoquei |
horse-riding | andar a cavalo |
karate | karatê |
ping pong | pingue-pongue |
rugby | ràguebi / rúgbi |
running | corrida |
sailing | vela |
scuba diving | mergulho |
snooker | Sinuca / bilhar |
swimming | natação |
skiing | esqui |
tennis | tênis |
volleyball | voleibol |
wrestling | luta livre |
water skiing | esqui aquático |
Examples:
- My favorite sport is the football.
- Meu esporte favorito é o futebol.
- My mom likes playing volleyball.
- Minha mãe gosta de jogar vôlei.
- My dad is teaching me to play basketball.
- Meu pai está me ensinando a jogar basquete.
- Golf is boring.
- Golf é chato.
- I love Cycling.
- Eu amo Ciclismo.
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