Welcome to the Rocket Portuguese lesson on computers! These machines have become such a big part of our lives it's important to learn how to talk about them in the language you're learning. Even now, you're learning this lesson on a computador. When traveling, you'll probably want to visit an internet café, so it's a good idea to be familiar with this vocabulary.
With just a couple of clicks, you'll be learning the ins and outs of a computer in Portuguese. Many of the words for computer terminology are similar between English and Portuguese so you're in luck.
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Rocket Record lets you perfect your Portuguese pronunciation. Just listen to the native speaker audio and then use the microphone icon to record yourself. Once you’re done, you’ll get a score out of 100 on your pronunciation and can listen to your own audio playback. (Use a headset mic for best results.) Problems? Click here!
tela (do computador)
computer screen
teclado
keyboard
impressora
printer
virus de computador
computer virus
ciência da computação
computer science
cientista da computação
computer scientist
programa de computador
computer program
programador
computer programmer
navegador
browser
hardware
computer hardware
placa-mãe
motherboard
mouse
mouse
internet
internet
software
computer software
I hope you enjoyed this lesson! Now you should feel prepared to talk about all things to do with computers. If you don't feel completely comfortable with these words, remember you can listen to the vocabulary as many times as you need to. Repeat the words aloud until they become easy to pronounce.
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