A saúde e a pessoa (a doença, a idade)

From sick to sickness

doente you have known since A1. The noun is a doença — the illness: The flu is a common illness in winter.

A gripe é uma doença comum no inverno.

comum itself is the everyday "common, ordinary" — you already met its negation incomum. a idade is the age: Que idade tens? is the everyday way to ask (beside Quantos anos tens?).

The senses, when they fail

wordmeaning
surdodeaf
cego (known)blind
My grandfather is almost deaf.
O meu avô está quase surdo.

Both double as figures of speech: cego de raiva — blind with rage; surdo aos conselhos — deaf to advice.

o humor

o humor is both humour and mood: estar de bom humor / de mau humor — to be in a good / bad mood; ter sentido de humor — to have a sense of humour.

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