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GENERAL WORD LIST


This general word list includes words commonly found in genealogical sources. Numbers, months, and days of the week are listed both here and in separate sections that follow this list.

In cases where significant spelling variations between old and modern Portuguese affect alphabetical order, words are listed twice (for example, batismo and baptismo). Optional versions of Portuguese words or variable endings (such as feminine endings) are given in parentheses. Parentheses in the English column clarify the definition.


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A


a the (feminine)
a to, toward
à to the, toward the (feminine)
abaixo-assinado undersigned
abcesso abscess
abril April
acordo agreement
acougueiro butcher
acre acre
acta record, document
açúcar sugar
administração administration
adotado (a) adopted
adultério adultery
adúltero (a) adulterer
advogado (a) lawyer
afogamento drowning
agosto August
ainda still
alcunha name
além beyond
alemão (a) German
alfaiate tailor
algodão cotton
algum (a) some
ali there
alma soul, person
alto (a) high
altura height
aluguél rent
amanhã tomorrow
amarelo (a) yellow
ambos (as) both
amigo (a) friend
ancestral ancestor
aniversário anniversary, birthday
anjo angel, deceased child
ano year
antepassado (a) ancestor
anterior former, previous
antes before
antigo (a) old, ancient
anual annual
anuário yearbook
ao to the (masculine)
aparecer to appear
apelido name, nickname
apenas only
apêndice appendix
após after
aposentado (a) retired
aposentadoria retirement
apostólico (a) apostolic
aprendiz apprentice
aproximado (a) approximate
aquele (a) that
aqui here
arquibispo archbishop
arquivo archive
arroz rice
artífice journeyman
árvore tree
árvore genealógica genealogical tree
ascendente ancestor
às horas at o'clock
asilo asylum, poorhouse
asma asthma
assento record, entry
assinatura signature
ata record, document
atrás behind, in back of
auto de fé trial of faith, sentence handed down by the Inquisition
avô grandfather
avó grandmother
avôs grandparents
azul blue

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