Sports vocabulary Esportes
11 Portuguese words on the topic of sports — with pictures, audio recordings and example sentences. Disciplines—from soccer to the gym.
| Picture | English | Portuguese · Português | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | sport | o esporte | Brazilian form, from English 'sport'. 🇵🇹 PortugalIn Portugal: o desporto. |
 | soccerCategory› | o futebol | A chapter of its own: goals, referees, the Seleção and the World Cup. |
 | basketball | o basquete | Short for basquetebol, from English 'basketball'. 🇵🇹 PortugalIn Portugal: the full form basquetebol is preferred. |
 | tennis | o tênis | o tênis = tennis AND sneakers! 🇵🇹 PortugalIn Portugal: spelled ténis. |
 | swimming | a natação | From nadar (to swim); -ção = English '-tion', and such nouns are always feminine. |
 | to run | correr | 🔗 Roota corrida = a run, a race. |
 | team | a equipe | Brazilian sports talk prefers o time (from English 'team'). 🇵🇹 PortugalIn Portugal: a equipa. |
 | player | o jogador | From jogar (to play); word family o jogo (game). Feminine: a jogadora. |
 | coach | o treinador | From treinar (to train); in Brazilian football the coach is usually o técnico. |
 | to win | ganhar | Also 'to earn' and 'to get (as a gift)': ganhar um presente. |
 | to lose | perder | Also 'to miss': perder o ônibus = to miss the bus. |
 | championship | o campeonato | 🔗 Rooto campeão (champion), feminine a campeã. |
 | gymCategory› | o ginásio | A chapter of its own: weights, muscles and workout routines. |
See also:Music