Art and Painting vocabulary Arte e Pintura
11 Portuguese words on the topic of art and painting — with pictures, audio recordings and example sentences. Colors, brushes, and museums.
| Picture | English | Portuguese · Português | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | art | a arte | A work of art is obra de arte. |
 | painting | o quadro | o quadro = a painting AND a classroom board. |
 | to paint | pintar | Painting with color (also painting walls); drawing with a pencil is desenhar. |
 | to draw | desenhar | Noun: o desenho (drawing); cartoons are desenhos animados. |
 | paintbrush | o pincel | Stress on the last syllable: pin-CEL; plural pincéis. |
 | canvas | a tela | Also means screen: a tela do celular. 🇵🇹 PortugalIn Portugal: a screen is o ecrã. |
 | sculpture | a escultura | Family: esculpir (to sculpt) and o escultor (sculptor). |
 | artist | o artista | Ends in -a yet takes both genders: o artista / a artista. |
 | museum | o museu | Ends in -eu, stressed: mu-SEU; plural museus. |
 | exhibition | a exposição | -ção matches English -tion; plural exposições. |
 | work | a obra | Masterpiece: obra-prima; also construction work — em obras = under construction. |