Army vocabulary Exército
11 Portuguese words on the topic of army — with pictures, audio recordings and example sentences. Ranks, weapons, and the battlefield.
| Picture | English | Portuguese · Português | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | army | o exército | The x here sounds like z: 'ezército'. |
 | soldier | o soldado | From soldo, a soldier's pay — the same root as English 'soldier'. |
 | officer | o oficial | Means both 'officer' and the adjective 'official' — context decides. |
 | general | o general | Only the military rank; the adjective 'general' is geral (em geral = in general). |
 | rank | a patente | The same word as 'patent': a patente is both a military rank and a patent. |
 | uniform | o uniforme | In Brazil the final e sounds like ee: u-ni-FOR-mi. |
 | rifle | o fuzil | Plural fuzis (final -l becomes -is); same root as 'fusilier'. |
 | order | a ordem | Plural ordens; covers both a command and orderliness. |
 | base | a base | The s between vowels is a z-sound: BA-zi (Brazil). |
 | front | a frente | em frente = straight ahead / in front. |
 | ambush | a emboscada | From bosque (woods) — lying in wait in the forest; cognate of 'ambuscade'. |