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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