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European Portuguese Trivia Quiz

This quiz contains various phrases or words in European (not Brazilian) Portuguese.

A multiple-choice quiz by Lostio. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Lostio

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
102,303

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
19 / 25

Plays
1681

Last 3 plays: Guest 173 (18/25), Guest 98 (23/25), TeePee2 (17/25).

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Question 1 of 25

1. What is the Portuguese word for "sky-scraper"? Hint

locomotiva

gato

arranha-c�us

mala

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Question 2 of 25

2. How do you say "snail" in Portuguese?

Answer: (Starts with a 'C', singular)

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Question 3 of 25

3. What's the Portuguese word for an animal? Hint

animal

amor

dom�stico/a

peixe

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Question 4 of 25

4. 'Burro' can mean two things in Portuguese: Hint

an intruding sentence and an animal

an animal and an insult

an object and a question

a playing object and an insult

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Question 5 of 25

5. Which one of the following is grammatically correct? Hint

filme giro

grande drag�es

bom ameixa

gordos pessoas

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Question 6 of 25

6. What's a card in Portuguese? Hint

lar

jogo

casa

carta

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Question 7 of 25

7. How do you say television in Portuguese? Hint

televisione

televis�o

television

telewizja

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Question 8 of 25

8. What's the Portuguese word for a closet? Hint

arm�rio

gato

fechado

correr

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Question 9 of 25

9. Which one of the following is a verb? Hint

�culos

andar

lindo

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Question 10 of 25

10. Is 'nojento' a Portuguese word?

Yes

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Question 11 of 25

11. 'Alto' can mean two things in Portuguese: Hint

high and game

game and ring

bell and ring

tall and high

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Question 12 of 25

12. What's a louse in Portuguese?

Answer: (Starts with a 'P')

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Question 13 of 25

13. How do you say a castle in Portuguese? Hint

amarelo

masmorra

drag�o

castelo

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Question 14 of 25

14. What's the Portuguese word for a tooth? Hint

dente

brilhante

marfim

cantor

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Question 15 of 25

15. How do you read 483 in Portuguese? Hint

quatrocentos e oitenta e tr�s

centenasquatro oitenta tr�s

quatrocem oitenta tr�s

oitocentos e quarenta e tr�s

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Question 16 of 25

16. If you want to apologise in Portuguese, what do you need to say? Hint

desculpe

se faz favor

obrigado/a

com prazer

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Question 17 of 25

17. What do you say if you want to add 'please' (at the end of a sentence)? Hint

obrigado/a

desculpe

com prazer

se faz favor

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Question 18 of 25

18. How would you translate Portuguese expression 'with pleasure'? Hint

obrigado/a

se faz favor

desculpe

com prazer

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Question 19 of 25

19. If you want to thank someone, what do you say? Hint

desculpe

se faz favor

obrigado/a

com prazer

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Question 20 of 25

20. What's Portuguese word for a key? Hint

chave

fechadura

porta

mesa

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Question 21 of 25

21. How do you say 'good' or 'well'?

Answer: (Starts with a 'B')

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Question 22 of 25

22. What about 'bad' or 'badly'?

Answer: (Starts with a 'M')

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Question 23 of 25

23. How do you say 'to fill in' in Portuguese? Hint

dizer

compreender

preencher

colocar

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Question 24 of 25

24. What's the Portuguese word for 'a question'? Hint

quadro

resposta

pergunta

muleta

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Question 25 of 25

25. What is the Portuguese equivalent of 'a pie'? Hint

tarte

mente

ma��

mem�ria

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the Portuguese word for "sky-scraper"?

Answer: arranha-c�us

"Arranha" is a scraper, "c�us" means "skies". "Gato" is a cat, "mala" is a suitcase and "locomotiva" is a locomotive.

2. How do you say "snail" in Portuguese?

Answer: caracol

Yep, it's 'caracol'. It can be both feminine or masculine.

3. What's the Portuguese word for an animal?

Answer: animal

Dom�stico/a is an adjective and means domestic. Amor means love and peixe is fish.

4. 'Burro' can mean two things in Portuguese:

Answer: an animal and an insult

Burro actually means a donkey. But Portuguese people sometimes call each other 'burro/a' as an insult. Try to say it to a Portuguese person!

5. Which one of the following is grammatically correct?

Answer: filme giro

It's the only one of the above examples where both adjective and noun have the same gender and number (masculine and singular). Filme is movie and giro is nice.

6. What's a card in Portuguese?

Answer: carta

Lar is Portuguese for home, casa is house and jogo means game.
Carta may also mean a letter.

7. How do you say television in Portuguese?

Answer: televis�o

Televisione is Italian, television is Spanish and telewizja is Polish. They look similar, don't they?

8. What's the Portuguese word for a closet?

Answer: arm�rio

Fechado is an adjective and means closed, gato is a cat and correr is a verb and means to run.

9. Which one of the following is a verb?

Answer: andar

Portuguese verbs end with 'ar', 'er', or 'ir'. Andar means to go, to walk.

10. Is 'nojento' a Portuguese word?

Answer: Yes

It is an adjective and means 'disgusting'.

11. 'Alto' can mean two things in Portuguese:

Answer: tall and high

'Alto' is derived from the ancient Latin adjective 'altus'.

12. What's a louse in Portuguese?

Answer: piolho

It's hard, isn't it? It is really 'piolho'.

13. How do you say a castle in Portuguese?

Answer: castelo

Amarelo is yellow, drag�o means a dragon, and masmorra is a dungeon.

14. What's the Portuguese word for a tooth?

Answer: dente

Marfim is ivory, brilhante means brilliant and cantor is a singer.

15. How do you read 483 in Portuguese?

Answer: quatrocentos e oitenta e tr�s

Four hundred = quatrocentos, and = e, eighty = oitenta, three = tr�s.

16. If you want to apologise in Portuguese, what do you need to say?

Answer: desculpe

It could also be 'desculpa' (informal way of saying it).

17. What do you say if you want to add 'please' (at the end of a sentence)?

Answer: se faz favor

It may also be 'por favor'.

18. How would you translate Portuguese expression 'with pleasure'?

Answer: com prazer

Prazer is pleasure, com means with.

19. If you want to thank someone, what do you say?

Answer: obrigado/a

You say 'obrigado' if you are a man and 'obrigada' if you are a woman.

20. What's Portuguese word for a key?

Answer: chave

Porta is a door, fechadura means a lock and mesa is a table.

21. How do you say 'good' or 'well'?

Answer: Bom

"Muito bem" means "very well".

22. What about 'bad' or 'badly'?

Answer: Mau

Mau is bad and mal means badly.

23. How do you say 'to fill in' in Portuguese?

Answer: preencher

Compreender = to understand, colocar = to put, dizer = to say or to tell.

24. What's the Portuguese word for 'a question'?

Answer: pergunta

Resposta = an answer, muleta = a crutch, quadro = painting.

25. What is the Portuguese equivalent of 'a pie'?

Answer: tarte

Ma�� = an apple, mente = mind and mem�ria = memory.

Source: Author Lostio

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European Portuguese Trivia Quiz

This quiz contains various phrases or words in European (*not* Brazilian) Portuguese.

This quiz contains various phrases or words in European (not Brazilian) Portuguese.