Body in Portuguese

You use your body all the time. It gets you from A to B, using your legs to walk to the store, your hands to open a door, your shoulders to carry a backpack... In English you're very comfortable talking about all these parts of the body, but how about talking about the body in Portuguese?

Learning body parts is very important. If you ever need to go to the doctor or the pharmacy, you'll need to know what you're talking about. That's why we'll be talking about all the different parts of the body – corpo – in this lesson.

Resources for further reading:

Pronouncing parts of the body in Portuguese

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cabeça

head

ombros

shoulders

joelhos

knees

dedo do pé

toes

pernas

legs

braços

arms

dedos (da mão)

fingers

foot

pescoço

neck

mão

hand

costas

back

peito

chest

cotovelo

elbow

pele

skin

garganta

throat

How did you do with these new words? Time to rest your cabeça from all the learning? You should feel great, as you've added a lot of important new words to your Portuguese vocabulary bank. Practice the muscles in your garganta by saying these words aloud until you perfect them. I'm sure you'll have no problem with this lesson under your belt!

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