Houses in Portuguese

October 2, 2014

What’s up, people? Are you ready to learn Portuguese?
Today we are going to see different types of houses in Portuguese. Can you repeat after me?

Houses in Portuguese

Casas are really common in Brazil. They are spacious and have a yard around it or a backyard. You’ll usually find two or three bedrooms in it.

Quitinete is a small type of house or apartment made of three rooms only: living room/bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. They are also called studios.

Who wouldn’t like to have a house by the beach and have a great time during the summer? The porch of the house is right in front of the sea.

The apartment on the top floor of the build with a beautiful view of the city is a Cobertura. They are expensive but worth the price.

Mansão is a big and fancy house. Usually the high society and celebrities in Brazil have one. The ones they have in the countryside are just gigantic.

Cabana is a small house made of wood mostly found inside a forest. It’s perfect to spend time with family and friends disconnected from the world outside.

Chalé is a beautiful and cozy house found in hills. Here in Rio de Janeiro for example there are great chalés in Petrópolis.

There are an infinite variety of apartamentos. Big, small, in front of the beach or not. It all depends on what you are looking for.

An apart-hotel is a small building that offers hotel services such as dinning hall and laundry. They are cheaper than hotels.

The sobrado is a two-story house. It’s not very big and it’s usually build next to other sobrados.

Even though Brazil is a big country, we don’t have many castelos. Here in Rio there are three, and one of them you can see during our RioLIVE! to Porto Maravilha.

Barraco is a very poor house usually made of sheets of wood and metal. It can be found in distant parts of the country and it’s a construction made by simple people.

Now that you know more about the type of houses we have, how about practicing the sound?

Names of Houses in Portuguese

Vocabulary of Houses in Portuguese

A casa	The house
A quitinete	The studio apartment
A casa de praia	The beach house
A cobertura	The penthouse
A mansão	The mansion
A cabana	The hut
O chalé	The cottage
O apartamento	The apartment
O apart-hotel	The aparthotel
O sobrado	The loft
O castelo	The castle
O barraco	The shanty

Now it’s your turn!

Take a look at the picture below and tell us what types of houses there are in it:

And you?
In what type of house do you live or, in what type of house would you like to live?
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We’ll meet again on our next Dica!
Bye bye!

Click on the links below to see more related Dicas
Rent in Brazil
House in Portuguese
Living room in Portuguese
Bedroom in Brazil
Bedroom objects in Portuguese – Exercise
Bathroom in Portuguese
Kitchen vocabulary in Portuguese

Answers

Cabana
Mansão
Quitinete
Apartamento
Castelo
Casa de praia

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