Study Resource: Nouns that are countable in Brazilian Portuguese, but not English

By: Ana Amélia Rodrigues dos Santos

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These activities are part of our Brazilian Portuguese Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

The following nouns are count nouns (with a plural form) in Brazilian Portuguese, but are not count nouns in English.

Brazilian Portuguese	English
alojamento / alojamentos	accommodation
conselho / conselhos	advice
bagagem / bagagens	baggage
comportamento / comportamentos	behavior
pão / pães	bread
mobília / mobílias	furniture
informação / informações	information
notícia / notícias	news
progresso / progressos	progress
viagem / viagens	travel
problema / problemas	trouble
clima / climas	weather
trabalho / trabalhos	work
tarefa / tarefas	homework
gíria / gírias	slang
juro / juros	interest
conhecimento / conhecimentos	knowledge
evidência / evidências	evidence
equipamento / equipamentos	equipment

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