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Quiz about European Portuguese
Quiz about European Portuguese

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.
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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


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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


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Question 4 of 25
4. 'Burro' can mean two things in Portuguese: Hint


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Question 5 of 25
5. Which one of the following is grammatically correct? Hint


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Question 6 of 25
6. What's a card in Portuguese? Hint


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Question 7 of 25
7. How do you say television in Portuguese? Hint


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Question 8 of 25
8. What's the Portuguese word for a closet? Hint


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Question 9 of 25
9. Which one of the following is a verb? Hint


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Question 10 of 25
10. Is 'nojento' a Portuguese word?


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Question 11 of 25
11. 'Alto' can mean two things in Portuguese: Hint


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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


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Question 14 of 25
14. What's the Portuguese word for a tooth? Hint


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Question 15 of 25
15. How do you read 483 in Portuguese? Hint


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Question 16 of 25
16. If you want to apologise in Portuguese, what do you need to say? Hint


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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


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Question 18 of 25
18. How would you translate Portuguese expression 'with pleasure'? Hint


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Question 19 of 25
19. If you want to thank someone, what do you say? Hint


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Question 20 of 25
20. What's Portuguese word for a key? Hint


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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


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Question 24 of 25
24. What's the Portuguese word for 'a question'? Hint


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



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the Portuguese word for "sky-scraper"?

Answer: arranha-céus

 "Arranha" is a scraper, "céus" 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

 Doméstico/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: televisão

 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: armário

 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, dragão 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 três

 Four hundred = quatrocentos, and = e, eighty = oitenta, three = três.
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

 Maçã = an apple, mente = mind and memória = memory.
Source: Author Lostio

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