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Writing Techniques

Técnicas de Redação
Writing in Portuguese can be quite easy as many words are similar to English, only with slight spelling changes.

Also, the punctuation marks period (.) and comma (,) used in Portuguese have different uses than those in English.

This feature presents some basic tips that will assist you in writing Portuguese language.

Adding Suffix - Adicionando um sufixo

For an English word ending in ‘act’ OR ‘ect’, the suffix ‘acto/ato’ OR ‘ecto/eto’ is added

E.g. :
Facto – Fact
Impacto – Impact
Aspecto – Aspect
Direto – Direct

For an English word ending in ‘ed’, the suffix ‘ado/ada’ is added

E.g. :
Saturado – Saturated
Sophisticado/a – Sophisticated

For an English word ending in ‘al’, the suffix ‘o’ is added

E.g. : Politico – Political

For an English word ending in ‘ant’ OR ‘ent’, the suffix ‘ante/ente/ento’ is added

E.g. :
Importante – Important
Acidente – Accident
Talento – Talent

For an English word ending in ‘able/ible’, the suffix ‘ãvel/ivel’ is added

E.g. :
Proãvel – Probable
Flexível – Flexible

For an English word ending in ‘tion’, the suffix ‘ção’ is added

E.g. :
Posição – Position
Loção – Lotion

For an English word ending in ‘ce’, the suffix ‘cia/ça’ is added

E.g. :
Violência – Violence
Justiça – Justice

For an English word ending in ‘ty’, the suffix ‘dade’ is added

E.g. :
Univerdade – University
Celibridade – Celibrity

For an English word starting in ‘s’, the prefix ‘es’ is added

E.g. :
Espirio – Spirit
Esporto – Sports

For an English word ending in ‘phy’, the suffix ‘fia’ is added

E.g. :
Filosofia – Philosophy

For an English word ending in ‘phone’, the suffix ‘fone’ is added

E.g. :
Telefone – telephone

For an English word ending in ‘y’, the suffix ‘ia/io’ is added

E.g. :
Familia – Family
Territorio – Territory

For an English word ending in ‘ive’, the suffix ‘iva/ivo’ is added

E.g. :
Exclusivo – Exclusive
Nativo – Native

For an English word ending in ‘am/em/ma’, the suffix ‘ma’ is added

E.g. :
Prgrama – Program
Problema – Problem
Dilema – Dilemma

For an English word ending in ‘ment’, the suffix ‘mento’ is added

E.g. :
Monumento – Monument

For an English word ending in ‘ous’, the suffix ‘oso/o’ is added

E.g. :
Famoso – Famous
Tremendo - Tremendous

For an English word ending in ‘er’, the suffix ‘ro’ is added

E.g. :
Theatro – Theater

For an English word ending in ‘sion’, the suffix ‘são’ is added

E.g. :
Confusão – Confusion

For an English word ending in ‘ure’, the suffix ‘ura/uro’ is added

E.g. :
Cultura – Culture
Futuro – Future

For an English word ending in ‘ute’, the suffix ‘uto’ is added

E.g. :
Instituto – Institute

For an English word ending in ‘ist/ yst’, the suffix ‘ista’ is added

E.g. :
Artista – Artist
Analista - Analyst

For an English word ending in ‘age’, the suffix ‘gem’ is added

E.g. :
Imagem – Image

Punctuations - Pontuações
The use of some punctuation in Portuguese is similar to that of French.
Period (Ponto) (.)

Marks the end of sentence.
Separates the digits in numbers

E.g. : 1.000.000
Comma (Vírgula) (,)

Indicates a pause in the sentence and for separation
Is used as a decimal point

E.g. : 2.50 (English) – 2,50 (Portuguese)
The other punctuation marks such as colon (:), semicolon (;), question mark (?), exclamation mark (?), etc. have similar usage like those in English.

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