Space vocabulary Espaço
13 Portuguese words on the topic of space — with pictures, audio recordings and example sentences. Beyond the atmosphere.
| Picture | English | Portuguese · Português | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | space | o espaço | ç sounds like s: espaço; also room/space in general; adjective espacial. |
 | star | a estrela | Cognate of stellar; céu estrelado = starry sky. |
 | planet | o planeta | Masculine despite -a: o planeta (Greek origin). |
 | moon | a lua | lua de mel = honeymoon (the very same image). |
 | sun | o sol | faz sol = it's sunny — weather uses the verb fazer (to make). |
 | Earth | a Terra | Capitalized as the planet: a Terra; terra = soil. |
 | galaxy | a galáxia | Stress on lá, with written accent: galáxia; x = ks here. |
 | astronaut | o astronauta | Masculine despite -a: o astronauta; a astronauta for a woman. |
 | rocket | o foguete | From fogo (fire); fogos de artifício = fireworks. |
 | orbit | a órbita | Stress on ór- (written accent); verb orbitar. |
 | black hole | o buraco negro | buraco = hole; everyday black is preto — negro survives in fixed terms like buraco negro. |
 | universe | o universo | |
 | telescope | o telescópio | Written accent: telescópio — Portuguese marks -io nouns (cf. laboratório, história). |