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Parts of the body

Here we are going to study some vocabulary. Some parts of the body.
Note that I put the articles in order to make you know which words are masculine and which are feminine.

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O Corpo - The Body
a cabeça - the head
o braço - the arm
a perna - the leg
o dorso, as costas - the back
a barriga - the belly
a mão - the hand
a boca - the mouth
o olho - the eye
a orelha - the ear
o dedo - the finger
o pé - the foot
o nariz - the nose
o punho - the fist
o tornozelo - the ankle
o dedo do pé - the toe

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EDIT As requested, here are some more parts of the body you asked for:

A face - face
O pescoço - neck
O peito - chest
Abdômen - abdominal
O joelho - knee
O pulso - wrist
O umbigo - belly button
A coxa - thigh
A canela - shin (between knee & ankle) We call it 'perna', like 'leg'. If you say 'canela' you're talking about a thin leg.
Panturrilha (popular: batata da perna) - calf (muscle behind shin)
O bumbum/ A bunda - buttocks/ butt
A unha da mão - finger nail
A unha do pé - toe nail
Os seios - breasts
A virilha - groins
As sobrancelhas - eyebrows
Os cílios - eye lashes
A testa - forehead
A cintura - waist
A axila - arm pit
A sola (do pé) - sole (bottom of foot)
Os dentes - teeth
A língua - tongue
O estômago - stomach
O fígado - liver
O rim - kidney
O intestino - intestine
A vesícula biliar - gall bladder
As veias - veins
As artérias - arteries
Os ovários - ovaries
Os pulmões - lungs
O coração - heart
Os músculos - muscles

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Kalinna posted 6 months ago

I don't know how detailed a list you want to have. Here's a few things not in your list. You may or may not wish to add them but they're listed below for you to review and do as you wish. I wish I cold have written this in Portuguese but don't know how. > Additional body parts: face, neck, chest, abdominal, knee, wrist, belly button, thighs, shin (area between knee & ankle), calf (muscle behind shin), buttocks (butt), finger & toe nails, breasts, groins, eyebrows, eye lashes, forehead, waist, arm pit, sole (bottom of foot), teeth, tongue, stomach, liver, kidney, intestine, gall bladder, veins, arteries, ovaries, lungs, heart, muscles