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The English word tedious is translated into Portuguese as entediante.

The English word ‘one’ is translated to Portuguese as um. um is used as the cardinal number one.

The English word “opossum” is gambá in Portuguese. The term refers to the marsupial of the Didelphidae family.

In Brazilian Portuguese the sea animal “seal” is foca. For a stamp or official seal, the word is selo, and a security seal on a package is a lacre.

In Portuguese, the English phrase “they” is translated as eles or elas. The word is a third-person plural pronoun.

The Portuguese word for shoes is sapatos. Sapatos refers to footwear worn to protect and comfort the human foot.

In Portuguese, “pardon” can be expressed as perdão? or como?

The Portuguese word for the English pronoun ‘me’ is mim. mim is the object form of the pronoun used to refer to the speaker.

To rant in Portuguese is expressed as desabafo.

The Portuguese word for wool is lã. lã refers to the hair of sheep and similar animals.