Clothing vocabulary Roupas
20 Portuguese words on the topic of clothing — with pictures, audio recordings and example sentences. What to wear — with usar or vestir: Ele usa casaco.
| Picture | English | Portuguese · Português | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | to wear | usar | usar means both 'to use' and 'to wear'; the verb vestir also exists. |
 | dress shirt | a camisa | Same family as a camiseta (t-shirt). |
 | t-shirt | a camiseta | 🔗 RootDiminutive of camisa (shirt). 🇵🇹 Portugalin Portugal people usually say t-shirt. |
 | pants | as calças | Plural, like in English: as calças; in Brazil the singular a calça is also common. |
 | jeans | os jeans | Borrowed straight from English; Brazilians usually say calça jeans. |
 | dress | o vestido | From vestir (to dress). |
 | skirt | a saia | Pronounced roughly 'SIGH-ah'; a miniskirt is a minissaia. |
 | coat | o casaco | Covers both 'coat' and 'jacket'; a winter coat is casaco de inverno. |
 | jacket | a jaqueta | |
 | sweater | o suéter | From English 'sweater'. 🇵🇹 Portugalin Portugal it's camisola. |
 | shoes | os sapatos | Singular o sapato; a shoe shop is a sapataria. |
 | sneakers | os tênis | Same word as the sport; singular and plural are identical: o tênis / os tênis. |
 | boots | as botas | |
 | socks | as meias | meia also means 'half'; in Brazilian phone numbers meia stands for six. |
 | hat | o chapéu | stress the final syllable. 🔗 RootLike French chapeau. |
 | cap | o boné | stress the final é. 🔗 RootFrom French bonnet. |
 | scarf | o cachecol | plural cachecóis. 🔗 RootFrom French cache-col ('hides the neck'). |
 | gloves | as luvas | |
 | belt | o cinto | Related: a cintura (waist); a seat belt is cinto de segurança. |
 | suit | o terno | Brazil: terno. 🇵🇹 Portugalin Portugal a suit is fato. |