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paço palace, government offices
paço municipal city hall
padeiro baker
padrasto stepfather
padre priest
padrinho godfather
padrinhos godparents
página page
pai father
pais parents
país country
palácio palace
pão bread
para for, to
pardo (a) mulatto
parente relative
parentesco kinship
paróquia parish
parteira midwife
parto birth
párvulo (a) child, deceased child
passado past
passageiro (a) passenger
passar a ser to become
pastor pastor, minister
pastor shepherd
paterno (a) paternal
patrão employer, master
foot
pedreiro stonemason, brick mason
pelo (a) by the, by way of
penitenciária penitentiary
periódico periodical, journal, magazine
permissão consent, permission
perna leg
perto near
pescador fisherman
peso weight
pesquisa research
peste plague
pleito lawsuit, plea
pneumonia pneumonia
polaco (a) Polish
ponte bridge
população population
por by, for
porque why
porto port
português (a) Portuguese
possuir to have, to possess
povo people
povoação town, village
povoado town, village
praça city square
prata silver
prazo term
prece prayer
prefeito mayor
prefeitura city hall
presente present
pretérito past
preto (a) black
prévio (a) former, previous
primavera spring
primeiro (a) first
primo (a) cousin
princesa princess
príncipe prince
prisão prison
professor (a) teacher
profissão profession, occupation
progenitor progenitor
prole progeny
propriedade property, land
proprietário proprietor, owner
protestante Protestant
próximo (a) next
pulmão lung
pus os santos óleos I placed the holy oil

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