Vegetables vocabulary Vegetais
19 Portuguese words on the topic of vegetables — with pictures, audio recordings and example sentences. Everyday vegetables.
| Picture | English | Portuguese · Português | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | vegetable | o legume | False friend: English legume means beans and pulses; o legume is any vegetable. |
 | tomato | o tomate | In Brazil final -te sounds like chee: to-MAH-chee. |
 | cucumber | o pepino | Not a pepper — that is pimentão; o pepino is the cucumber. |
 | carrot | a cenoura | Carrot cake, bolo de cenoura, is a Brazilian classic. |
 | onion | a cebola | Soft c: seh-BOH-lah. |
 | garlic | o alho | lh sounds like lli in million: AH-lyoo. |
 | potato | a batata | Fries: batata frita. Sweet potato is batata-doce — a batata alone is the plain potato. |
 | lettuce | a alface | 🔗 RootFrom Arabic al-khass. |
 | pepper | o pimentão | The bell pepper; chili or black pepper is pimenta. Plural: pimentões. |
 | eggplant | a berinjela | The j is like s in measure. 🔗 RootCognate of aubergine — both from Arabic. |
 | zucchini | a abobrinha | Slang: falar abobrinha = to talk nonsense. 🔗 RootDiminutive of abóbora (pumpkin). 🇵🇹 PortugalPortugal says curgete. |
 | pumpkin | a abóbora | Stress falls early: a-BO-bo-ra. Family: abobrinha (zucchini). |
 | broccoli | o brócolis | Singular despite the final s: o brócolis (Brazil). 🇵🇹 PortugalPortugal says os brócolos. |
 | cauliflower | a couve-flor | Plural: couves-flores. 🔗 RootLiterally cabbage-flower: couve + flor. |
 | cabbage | o repolho | lh like lli in million. The leafy kale served with feijoada is couve. |
 | spinach | o espinafre | |
 | corn | o milho | lh = the lli sound. Popcorn is pipoca, from Tupi. |
 | mushroom | o cogumelo | Generic word for mushroom; button mushrooms in Brazil are called champignon. |
 | beetroot | a beterraba | Brazilian rr sounds like English h: be-teh-HAH-bah. 🔗 RootFrom French betterave. |