English
- bar (the beverage establishment)
- basquete = basketball
- bit, byte, and many other computing terms
- champu or xampu = shampoo
- cheque = Cheque(US English check)
- choque = shock
- clicar = to click
- clique = click
- clube = club
- coquetel = cocktail
- cowboy
- deletar = to delete
- estandarte = standard
- faroeste = far west, Western,
- fashion = adj., fashionable
- futebol = football
- hamburguer = cheeseburger, hot dog, hamburger, fast food
- interface = interface
- mesmerizar = mesmerize
- mouse = computer mouse
- náilon = nylon
- revolver = revolver
- sanduíche = sandwich
- show = adj., something with showlike qualities, spectacular
- telemarketing, know-how
- teste = test
- turista = tourist
- vagão = wagon
- volei = volleyball
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