Italian and Portuguese: 41 words that are the same
Among the two thousand words each language uses most, these are written identically and carry the same meaning in both. If you have one of the two, this is the part you do not have to learn.
A shared word is not proof of a shared root. Two languages can land on the same spelling by borrowing from a third — that is all tren and bomba are — and a word that looks the same can still be said quite differently. What this list is good for is the head start.
| Word | In English | Italian | Portuguese |
|---|---|---|---|
| eit /ˈe/pt /i/ | and | #1 | #7 |
| quandoit /ˈkwan.do/pt /ˈkwɐ̃.du/ | when | #53 | #56 |
| orait /ˈo.ra/pt /ˈɔ.ɾɐ/ | now | #55 | #960 |
| okit /oˈkɛ.i/pt /oˈkej/ | OK | #62 | #271 |
| tuait /ˈtu.a/pt /ˈtu.ɐ/ | your | #90 | #92 |
| sempreit /ˈsɛm.pre/pt /ˈsẽ.pɾi/ | always | #118 | #122 |
| tempoit /ˈtɛm.po/pt /ˈtẽ.pu/ | time | #130 | #102 |
| pensoit /ˈpɛn.so/pt /ˈpẽ.su/ | to think | #184 | #489 |
| vai/ˈvaj/ | to go | #203 | #42 |
| momentoit /moˈmen.to/pt /moˈmẽ.tu/ | moment | #215 | #282 |
| nomeit /ˈno.me/pt /ˈnõ.mi/ | name | #257 | #201 |
| problemait /proˈblɛ.ma/pt /pɾoˈblẽ.mɐ/ | problem | #259 | #224 |
| ah/ˈa/ | ah! | #279 | #515 |
| importanteit /im.porˈtan.te/pt /ĩ.poʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ | important | #410 | #372 |
| sangueit /ˈsan.ɡwe/pt /ˈsɐ̃.ɡi/ | blood | #436 | #381 |
| pensait /ˈpɛnsa/pt /ˈpẽ.sɐ/ | to think | #473 | #530 |
| corpoit /ˈkɔr.po/pt /ˈkoʁ.pu/ | body | #486 | #392 |
| menteit /ˈmen.te/pt /ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ | to lie | #573 | #814 |
| mortait /ˈmɔr.ta/pt /ˈmɔʁ.tɐ/ | dead | #580 | #794 |
| presidenteit /pre.siˈdɛn.te/pt /pɾe.ziˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/ | president | #629 | #463 |
| duranteit /duˈran.te/pt /duˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ | during | #648 | #299 |
| futuroit /fuˈtu.ro/pt /fuˈtu.ɾu/ | future | #752 | #692 |
| naveit /ˈna.ve/pt /ˈna.vi/ | ship | #827 | #762 |
| salait /ˈsa.la/pt /ˈsa.lɐ/ | room | #977 | #514 |
| duroit /ˈdu.ro/pt /ˈdu.ɾu/ | hard | #1,107 | #1,318 |
| presenteit /preˈzɛn.te/pt /pɾeˈzẽ.t͡ʃi/ | present | #1,248 | #833 |
| bombait /ˈbom.ba/pt /ˈbõ.bɐ/ | bomb | #1,287 | #1,050 |
| energiait /e.nerˈd͡ʒi.a/pt /e.neʁˈʒi.ɐ/ | energy | #1,295 | #838 |
| destinoit /desˈti.no/pt /desˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/ | destiny, fate | #1,392 | #1,015 |
| arteit /ˈar.te/pt /ˈaʁ.t͡ʃi/ | art | #1,415 | #1,356 |
| noveit /ˈnɔ.ve/pt /ˈnɔ.vi/ | nine | #1,418 | #1,278 |
| verdeit /ˈver.de/pt /ˈveʁ.d͡ʒi/ | green | #1,581 | #1,561 |
| pesoit /ˈpe.zo/pt /ˈpe.zu/ | weight | #1,591 | #1,767 |
| ultimamenteit /ul.ti.maˈmen.te/pt /ˌuw.t͡ʃi.maˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ | lately, recently, of late | #1,610 | #1,901 |
| ventoit /ˈvɛn.to/pt /ˈvẽ.tu/ | wind | #1,709 | #1,748 |
| ponteit /ˈpon.te/pt /ˈpõ.t͡ʃi/ | bridge | #1,750 | #1,565 |
| pensavait /penˈsa.va/pt /pẽˈsa.vɐ/ | to think | #1,766 | #766 |
| teoriait /te.oˈri.a/pt /te.oˈɾi.ɐ/ | theory | #1,792 | #1,682 |
| cancroit /ˈkan.kro/pt /ˈkɐ̃.kɾu/ | cancer | #1,862 | #1,887 |
| universoit /u.niˈvɛr.so/pt /u.niˈvɛʁ.su/ | universe | #1,927 | #1,809 |
| mostrait /ˈmos.tra/pt /ˈmɔs.tɾɐ/ | to show | #1,938 | #1,798 |
The speaker plays the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a native speaker, so treat it as a guide.
The overlap is the easy part.
The rest comes from using it with someone who speaks it.