Portuguese

In Portuguese, the word for nice is bom. The word bom is used to mean both ‘nice’ and ‘good’.

The English word ‘useless’ is translated into Portuguese as inútil.

The English word quilt can be translated into Portuguese as colcha, edredom, edredão or frouxel. The term refers to a bed covering.

In Portugal “sisters” is irmãs, the plural of irmã. The casual, affectionate form is manas. You say as minhas irmãs for “my sisters”.