The House vocabulary A Casa
20 Portuguese words on the topic of the house — with pictures, audio recordings and example sentences. Rooms and furniture — what's around you now.
| Picture | English | Portuguese · Português | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | house | a casa | s between vowels = z: KA-za; at home = em casa (no article). |
 | apartment | o apartamento | Brazilians clip it to o apê in casual speech. |
 | living room | a sala | Short for sala de estar; a classroom is sala de aula. |
 | kitchen | a cozinha | From cozinhar, to cook; nh = 'ny': ko-ZEE-nya. |
 | bedroom | o dormitório | Everyday Brazil: o quarto. |
 | bathroom | o banheiro | Brazil: banheiro. 🇵🇹 PortugalPortugal: casa de banho. |
 | door | a porta | Cf. portal, porter; the doorman is o porteiro. |
 | window | a janela | 🔗 RootFrom Latin ianuella, 'little door' — same root as January (Janus, god of doorways). |
 | wall | a parede | In Brazil final -de sounds like 'jee': pa-RE-jee. |
 | floor | o chão | ch always = sh (nasal 'shown'); a storey is o andar. |
 | ceiling | o teto | The ceiling only; the roof is o telhado. |
 | stairs | a escada | Both stairs and ladder; escalator = escada rolante. |
 | table | a mesa | Pronounced MEH-za; to set the table = pôr a mesa. |
 | chair | a cadeira | wheelchair = cadeira de rodas. 🔗 RootSame root as chair and cathedra. |
 | sofa | o sofá | Stress the last syllable: so-FAH. |
 | bed | a cama | Make the bed = fazer a cama; go to bed = ir para a cama. |
 | wardrobe | o armário | The -ário ending carries the accent (cf. salário, dicionário). |
 | lamp | a lâmpada | Chiefly the bulb. 🔗 Roota table lamp in Brazil is o abajur (from French). |
 | mirror | o espelho | lh = 'lli': es-PEL-yoo; rear-view mirror = espelho retrovisor. |
 | key | a chave | ch = sh: SHA-vee; keychain (or locksmith) = o chaveiro. |