Connectors vocabulary Conectores
17 Portuguese words on the topic of connectors — with pictures, audio recordings and example sentences. The small words that connect a sentence into a complete idea — a leap in fluency.
| Picture | English | Portuguese · Português | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | and | e | Don't confuse e (and) with é (is); in Brazil e sounds like 'ee'. |
 | or | ou | Pronounced like 'oh', not 'ow'; ou... ou = either... or. |
 | but | mas | One letter from mais (more) — and in Brazil they often sound alike. |
 | because | porque | porque = because; written separately, por que = why (in questions). |
 | because of | por | por marks a cause; para marks a goal — as in Spanish. Contracts with articles: pelo/pela. |
 | in order to | para | In everyday speech shortened to pra. |
 | although | embora | Takes the subjunctive; also ir embora = to go away (vou embora). |
 | however | no entanto | The no here is em + o, not English 'no'; don't confuse with enquanto (while). |
 | still · still / even | ainda | ainda = still; já = already; ainda não = not yet. |
 | while | enquanto | por enquanto = for the time being; enquanto isso = meanwhile. |
 | then | então | Nasal -ão ending; common conversation opener, like 'so...'. |
 | also | também | Stress on the final nasal syllable: tam-BÉM. |
 | neither | também não | 🔗 RootLiterally 'also not': Eu também não = me neither. |
 | besides | além disso | além de = besides, in addition to. 🔗 RootLiterally 'beyond that'. |
 | if | se | Doubles as the reflexive pronoun: se = if and also -self (chama-se). |
 | when | quando | For future events it takes the future subjunctive: quando eu for (when I go). |
 | like | como | Also means 'how' — and 'I eat' (from comer); context decides. |