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obra-prima
masterpiece
📌 Nota gramatical
Compound feminine noun; both elements pluralize (obras-primas).
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exposição
exhibition
📌 Nota gramatical
Feminine noun ending in -ão; plural changes to -ões.
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romance
novel
📌 Nota gramatical
False friend: primarily means 'novel' in literature, not just romantic love.
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dramaturgo
playwright
📌 Nota gramatical
Masculine noun; feminine equivalent is 'a dramaturga'.
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escultura
sculpture
📌 Nota gramatical
Regular feminine noun.
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tela
canvas
📌 Nota gramatical
Also used in the expression 'pintar a óleo sobre tela' (oil on canvas).
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ensaio
essay / rehearsal
📌 Nota gramatical
Means both a literary essay and a theatre/music rehearsal.
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corrente artística
artistic movement
📌 Nota gramatical
Noun + adjective collocation; both elements pluralize.
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enredo
plot / storyline
📌 Nota gramatical
Masculine noun; synonym of 'intriga' in literary analysis.
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personagem
character
📌 Nota gramatical
Traditionally feminine in European Portuguese ('a personagem'), though sometimes used as masculine.
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heterónimo
heteronym
📌 Nota gramatical
Note the acute accent in European Portuguese ('heterónimo' vs BR 'heterônimo').
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património
heritage
📌 Nota gramatical
Spelled with an acute accent ('património') in European Portuguese.
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curador
curator
📌 Nota gramatical
Nouns ending in -r form the plural by adding -es (FEM: 'a curadora').
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metáfora
metaphor
📌 Nota gramatical
Proparoxytone noun (esdrúxula), always takes a written acute accent.
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crítica literária
literary criticism
📌 Nota gramatical
Used both for the academic discipline and the body of reviewers.
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estética
aesthetics
📌 Nota gramatical
Feminine noun derived from the adjective 'estético'.
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vanguarda
avant-garde
📌 Nota gramatical
Often used in the locution 'de vanguarda' (avant-garde / cutting-edge).
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manuscrito
manuscript
📌 Nota gramatical
Regular masculine noun.
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gravura
engraving / print
📌 Nota gramatical
Regular feminine noun referring to printmaking or illustrations.
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lírica
lyric poetry
📌 Nota gramatical
Used as a feminine noun to denote the lyric genre as a whole.
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