From the Neck Down
| word | meaning |
|---|---|
| o pescoço | the neck |
| o peito | the chest |
| as costas | the back (always plural) |
| a barriga | the belly |
| o estômago | the stomach |
| a garganta | the throat |
| o tronco | the torso, the trunk |
| o pé | the foot |
| a pele | the skin (and: leather) |
| Her neck is long. | O pescoço dela é comprido. |
How to Say It Hurts — dói-me
You met doer long ago; here is how Portuguese actually uses it. The body part is the SUBJECT, and the person appears as the indirect-object pronoun you learned in the clitic lessons:
| Dói-me a garganta. | My throat hurts. |
| Dói-te a barriga? | Does your tummy hurt? |
| Doem-lhe as costas. | His back hurts. |
Plural body part, plural verb: dói → doem. Never "a minha garganta dói" with a possessive — the clitic already says whose it is.
| My throat hurts today. | Dói-me a garganta hoje. |
When Something Else Hurts You
Magoar is to hurt or injure: Magoei o pé no jogo. Reflexively, magoar-se is to hurt oneself. Tossir (to cough) is what the throat does about it: eu tusso, tu tosses — another -ir verb with an irregular eu form.
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