A Comparative Vocabulary Guide: Spanish to English to Portuguese. Robert D. O'Brian

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      ANUNCIAR, to announce, advertise

      ANUNCIAR

      APARTAR, to move away, remove, separate

       APARTAR, to split, break up

      APELAR, to appeal

       APELAR

      APLANAR, to level, make even, flatten

       APLANAR

      APLAUDIR, to applaud, welcome, approve

       APLAUDIR

      APLICAR, to apply, give

       APLICAR

      APRECIAR, to appreciate, be fond of, like

      APRECIAR, to look at with pleasure, to enjoy

      APREHENDER, to apprehend, to arrest, seize, detain

       DETER, to stop, to detain, to keep, to hold back

      APRISIONAR, to imprison

       APRISIONAR

      APROBAR, to approve, pass, endorse

       APROVAR

      APROPIAR, to adapt, to appropriate, award, assign

       APROPRIAR

      APROVISIONAR, to supply, provision

       APROVISIONAR

      APROXIMAR, to move closer, bring nearer

       APROXIMAR, to bring nearer, to approximate

      AQUIETAR, to calm down, allay

       AQUIETAR

      ARBITRAR, to referee, umpire, arbitrate

      ARBITRAR

      ARGUMENTAR, to argue

      ARGUMENTAR, to argue one’s case

      ARRESTAR, to arrest, detain

       PRENDER, to arrest

      ARRUINAR, to ruin, wreck, destroy

       ARRUINAR, to ruin, spoil, bankrupt

      ARRASAR, to demolish

      DESTRUIR, to destroy

       ESTRAGAR, to spoil, damage

      ASALTAR, to attack, storm, assault

       ATACAR, to attack, strike at

      ASCENDER, to go up, climb, promote ascend, rise

       ASCENDER, to rise

      ASENTIR, to assent, agree

       CONCORDAR

      ASFIXIAR, to asphyxiate, suffocate

       ASFIXIAR

      ASISTIR, to attend to, assist, accompany

       AUXILIAR, to assist sb

      ASUMIR, to assume, take over, take on

      ASSUMIR

      ATORMENTAR, to torture, torment

       TORTURAR, to torture

      ATORMENTAR, to torment

      ATRIBUIR, to attribute to, confer on

       ATRIBUIR

      AUDITAR, to audit

       AUDITAR

      AUGURAR, to predict, augur, foresee

       AUGURAR

      AUMENTAR, to increase, augment, magnify

      AUMENTAR

      AUTOMATIZAR, to automate

       AUTOMATIZAR

      AUTORIZAR, to allow, authorize, empower

       AUTORIZAR, to authorize

       PERMITIR, to permit

      AVANZAR, to advance, move forward, put forward

       AVANÇAR, to go forward, to move forward

      AVISAR, to advise, warn; catch sight of, notify

      AVISAR, to inform, warn

      AVIVAR, to rekindle, revive, brighten, intensify

       AVIVAR, to revive (GEN), to rekindle

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      Interchangeable words and their Portuguese equivalents

      Palabras intercambiables y sus equivalentes en Portugués

      Palavras intercambiáveis e seus equivalentes em Português

      BALSA, wood

       BALSA

      BANANA

      BANANA

      BANAL, ordinary

      BANAL, mundane

      BEATNIK

      BEATNIK

      BESTIAL, animal, brutal; tremendous

      BESTIAL

      BESTSELLER (s)

      BEST-SELLER, book

      BÍCEPS

      BÍCEPS

      BIG BANG (ASTRON)

      BIG BANG

      BIKINI ó BIQUINI

      BIQUÍNI

      BILATERAL

      BILATERAL

      BINGO; bingo hall

       BINGO

      BIRDIE, golf

       BIRDIE

      BIT, (INFORM)

      BIT

      BOOM, growth, expansion

       BOOM, increase

      BOOM (NAUT)

      BRAILLE

      BRAILE

      BRIDGE, the game

       BRIDGE

      BRUNCH

      BRUNCH

      BRUTAL

      BRUTAL

      BUFFER, (INFORM)

      BUFFER

      BUFFET ó BUFÉ

      BUFÊ

      BUG (INFORM)

      BUG

      BULIMIA

      BULIMIA

      BYTE, (INFORM)

      BYTE

      Easily recognizable nouns, adjectives and adverbs and their Portuguese equivalents

      Nombres, sustantivos, adjetivos y adverbios fácilmente reconocibles y sus equivalentes en Portugués

      Nomes, substantivos, adjetivos e advérbios facilmente reconhecíveis e seus equivalentes em Português

      BALCÓN, balcony, vantage point

      SACADA, on a building

      BALCÃO, in a theater

      BALÍSTICO (A), ballistic

      BALÍSTICO (A), ballistic missile

      BALOTA, ballot

      VOTO

      BALSÁMICO, balmy; soothing

      SUAVE, balmy