Religion vocabulary Religião
13 Portuguese words on the topic of religion — with pictures, audio recordings and example sentences. Faith, worship, and concepts.
| Picture | English | Portuguese · Português | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | religion | a religião | Nasal ending -ão; plural: religiões. |
 | God | Deus | Common in set phrases: graças a Deus (thank God), Meu Deus! (my God!). |
 | faith | a fé | One syllable, written with an accent: fé; faithful = fiel. |
 | prayer | a oração | Also a grammar term ('clause'); to pray = rezar or orar. |
 | church | a igreja | j sounds like the s in 'measure': i-GRE-zha. |
 | synagogue | a sinagoga | |
 | mosque | a mesquita | qu = k: mes-KEE-ta. |
 | temple | o templo | The anatomical temple is a different word: a têmpora. |
 | soul | a alma | In Brazil, syllable-final l sounds like w: 'OW-ma'. |
 | heaven | o céu | o céu = both 'sky' and 'heaven'. |
 | hell | o inferno | As in Dante's Inferno; adjective: infernal. |
 | sin | o pecado | Verb: pecar (to sin); sinner = pecador. |
 | angel | o anjo | j is like the s in 'measure': AHN-zhoo. |