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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