Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
DIFERENÇAS DE VOCABULÁRIO
American British
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advogado lawyer solicitor, barrister
agenda appointment book diary
aluga-se for rent to let
alumínio aluminum aluminium
apartamento apartment flat
armário closet wardrobe
aspas quotation marks speech marks
auto-casa motor home caravan
auto-estrada freeway motorway
avião airplane aeroplane
balas
banheiro
candy sweets
batas fritas (formato
lavatory/bathroom toilet
french fries chips
longo)
batas fritas (em fatias
potato chips crisps
cookie biscuit
finas)
biscoito, doce
fire department fire brigade
bombeiros
eraser rubber
borracha de apagar
calçada
calças
sidewalk pavement, footpath
cama de campanha
pants trousers
caminhão
cot camp bed
caminhão de lixo
truck lorry
capô do motor
garbage truck dustbin lorry
cara (pessoa, rapaz)
engine hood bonnet
carona
guy bloke, guy
carteira de habilitação
ride lift
carteiro
driver's license driving-licence
centro (de uma cidade)
mailman postman
CEP
downtown city centre, town centre
chupeta
zipcode postcode
cinema
pacifier dummy
código de acesso DDD
movie theater cinema
colega de quarto ou
area code dialing code
apartamento
roommate flatmate
consultório
doctor's office surgery
conta corrente
checking account current account
conversível
convertible convertible
corpo docente
faculty academic staff
currículo
resume curriculum vitae
curso de graduação
undergraduate school degree
telefone celular
cell phone mobile phone
tênis
tennis shoes, running shoes, trainers
térreo
sneakers ground floor (US: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, ..., UK:
first floor ground, 1st, 2nd, ...)
DIFERENÇAS NA ORTOGRAFIA
American British
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theater, center, liter, fiber theatre, centre, litre, fibre
realize, analyze, apologize realise, analyse, apologise
color, honor, labor, odor colour, honour, labour, odour
catalog, dialog catalogue, dialogue
jewelry, traveler, woolen jewellry, traveller, woollen
skillful, fulfill skilful, fulfil
check cheque (bank note)
curb kerb
program programme
specialty speciality
story storey (of a building)
tire tyre (of a car)
pajamas pyjamas
defense, offense, license defence, offence, licence
burned, dreamed burnt (or burned), dreamt (or dreamed)
smelled, spelled smelt (or smelled), spelt (or spelled)
spoiled spoilt (or spoiled)
inquiry enquiry (or inquiry)
skeptical sceptical