Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

Picture Dictionary

Valéria Aparecida Carlos Pereira

City and Buildings

Airport: a place where aircraft regularly take off and land, with buildings for passengers to wait in.

Airport: Aeroporto.

Bridge: a structure that is built over a river, road, etc so that people or vehicles can go across it.

Bridge: Ponte.

Building: a structure with walls and a roof, such as a house, school, etc.

Building: Edifício

Church: a building where Christians go to worship God.

Church: Igreja.

Corner: the point or area where two roads meetCorner: Esquina

Lift: a machine that carries people up and down in tall buildings

Lift: Elevador

Lift (BrE) / Elevator (AmE)

House: a building where people live, usually one family or group.

House: Casa

Museum: a building where you can look at important objects connected with art, history, or science

Museum: Museu

Pavement: a path by the side of a road that people walk on

Pavement: Calçada

Pavement (BrE) / Sidewalk (AmE)

Pole: a long, thin stick made of wood or metal, often used to hold something up

Pole: Poste

Railway: the metal tracks that trains travel onRailway: Trilho de Trem

Railway (BrE) / Railroad (AmE)

Roof: the surface that covers the top of a building

Roof: Telhado

Sign: a piece of metal that has writing or a picture on it that gives you information, instructions, a warning, etc.

Sign: Placa

Skyscraper: a very tall building

Skyscraper: Arranha-céus

Square: an open area with buildings around it, often in the centre of a town

Square: Praça

Street: a road in a town or city that has houses or other buildings

Street: Rua

Underground: a system of trains that travel underground

Underground: Metrô

Underground (BrE) / Subway (AmE)

Tower: a very tall, narrow building, or part of a buildingTower: Torre

Traffic Light: a set of red, green, and yellow lights that is used to stop and start traffic

Traffic Light: Semáforo

Zebra Crossing: a part of the road painted with black and white lines where people can cross over safely

Zebra Crossing: Faixa de Pedestres

Olympic Games

Medal: a small metal disc, with words or a picture on it, which is given as a reward for a brave action, for winning in a competition, or to remember a special event

Medal: Medalha

Podium: a raised area on which a person stands to receive a prize in a sports competition

Podium: Pódio

Record: the best or fastest ever done

Record: Recorde

Swimming Pool: an artificially maintained area of water for

swimming, or a building containing this

Swimming Pool: Piscina

Track: a type of path or road, often in the shape of a ring, which has been specially designed and built for sports events, particularly racing

Track: Pista de Atletismo

Weightlifting: the activity of lifting heavy objects either as a sport

Weightlifting: Levantamento de Peso

Torch: a thick stick with material which burns tied to the top of it in order to give light

Torch: Tocha

Stadium: a large enclosed area of land with rows of seats around the sides and often with no roof which is used for sports events and musical performances

Stadium: Estádio

Field: an area, usually covered with grass, used for playing sport

Field: Campo

Football: a game played between two teams of eleven people, where each team tries to win by kicking a ball into the other team's goal

Football: FutebolFootball (BrE) / Soccer (AmE)

Basketball: a game played by two teams of five men or six women who score points by throwing a large ball through an open net hanging from a metal ring

Basketball: Basquete

Score: the number of points, goals, etc. achieved in a game or competition

Score: Placar

Gold Medal: a small disc of gold which isgiven to the person who wins a competition,especially in a sport

Gold Medal: Medalha de Ouro

Silver Medal: a small disc of silver, or a metal that looks like silver, which is given to the person who comes second in a competition, especially in a sport

Silver Medal: Medalha de Prata

Bronze Medal: a small round piece of bronze given to a person who finishes third in a competition

Bronze Medal: Medalha de Bronze

Volleyball: a game in which two teams use their hands to hit a large ball backwards and forwards over a high net without allowing the ball to touch the ground

Volleyball: Vôlei

Flag: a piece of cloth, usually rectangular and fixed to a pole at one edge, that has a pattern which shows it represents a country or a group, or has a particular meaning

Flag: Bandeira

Baseball: a game played especially in North America by two teams of nine players, in which a player hits a ball with a bat and tries to run around four bases on a large field before the other team returns the ball

Baseball: Beisebol

Water Polo: a game played in water in which two teams of swimmers try to get the ball into the other team's goal

Water Polo: Polo aquático

Fencing: the sport of fighting with long thin swords

Fencing: Esgrima

People

Eye: one of the two organs in your face, which you use to see with

Eye: Olho

Ear: one of the two organs on your head that you hear with

Ear: Orelha

Toe: one of the five separate parts at the end of your foot

Toe: Dedo do Pé

Finger: one of the five, long, separate parts at the end of your hand, including your thumb

Finger: Dedo da mão

Nose: the part of your face through which you breathe and smell

Nose: Nariz

Head: the part of your body above your neck which contains your brain,

eyes, ears, mouth, nose, etc and on which your hair grows

Head: Cabeça

Forehead: the part of your face between your eyes and your hair

Forehead: Testa

Cheek: the soft part of your face below your eye

Cheek: Bochecha

Chin: the bottom part of your face, below your mouth

Chin: Queixo

Knee: the middle part of your leg where it bends

Knee: Joelho

Leg: one of the parts of the body of a human or animal that is

used for standing and walking

Leg: Perna

Arm: the long part at each side of the human body, ending in a hand

Arm: Braço

Elbow: the part in the middle of your arm where it bends

Elbow: Cotovelo

Belly: your stomach (= organ where food is digested), or the front part of your body between your chest and your legs

Belly: Barriga

Neck: the part of the body between your head and your shoulders

Neck: Pescoço

Waist: the part around the middle of your body where you wear a belt

Waist: Cintura

Hip: one of the two parts of your body above your leg and below your waist

Hip: Quadril

Wrist: the part of yourbody between your hand and your arm

Wrist: Pulso

Foot: the part of the body at the bottom of the leg on which a person or animal stands

Foot: Pé

Hand: the part of the body at the end of the arm which is used for holding, moving, touching and feeling things

Hand: Mão

Healthy & Professions

Medicine: a substance, especially in the form of a liquid or a pill, which is a treatment for illness or injury

Medicine: RemédioMedicine / Remedy

Doctor: a person with a medical degree whose job is to treat people who are ill or hurt

Doctor: Médico

Dentist: a person whose job is treating people's teeth

Dentist: Dentista

Maternity Ward: the part of a hospital in which women give birth and where they are taken care of after giving birth

Maternity Ward: Maternidade

Surgery: the treatment of injuries or diseases in people or animals by cutting open the body and removing or repairing the damaged part

Surgery: Cirurgia

Nurse: a person whose job is to care for people who are ill or injured, especially in a hospital

Nurse: Enfermeira

Stretcher: a light frame made from two long poles with a cover of soft material stretched between them, used for carrying people who are ill, injured or dead

Stretcher: Maca

Ambulance: a special vehicle used totake ill or injured people to hospital

Ambulance: Ambulância

Anesthesia: a state in which someone does not feel pain, usually because of drugs they have been given

Anesthesia: Anestesia

Injection: to use a needle and syringe (= small tube) to put a liquid such as a drug into a person's body

Injection: InjeçãoInjection / Shot

Vaccine: a substance which contains a harmless form of a virus or bacterium (= extremely small organism), and which is given to a person or animal to prevent them from getting the disease which the virus or bacterium causes

Vaccine: Vacina

X-Ray: a type of radiation that can go through many solid substances, allowing hidden objects such as bones and organs in the body to be photographed

X-Ray: Raio-x

Parturition: the act of giving birthParturition: Parto

Pregnancy: the state ofbeing pregnant

Pregnancy: Gravidez

Wheelchair: a chair on wheels which people who are unable to walk use for moving around

Wheelchair: Cadeira de Rodas

Hospital: a place where people who are ill or injured are treated and taken care of by doctors and nurses

Hospital: Hospital

Serum: the watery, colourless part of the blood, or this liquid taken from an animal and put into a human in order to fight an infection

Serum: Soro

Aspirin: a common drug which reduces pain, especially headaches, fever and swelling

Aspirin: Aspirina

Pediatrician: a doctor who has special training in medical care for children

Pediatrician: Pediatra

Eye doctor: a doctor who treats eye diseases

Eye doctor: Oftalmologista