Compendium of Portuglish Words

Earlier this week, I wrote about bastard words created by mixing English and Portuguese. I only thought of a few, but after putting my shortlist out there, a ton of people came out of the woodwork with tons of good ones that I missed. Thanks, friends! For your enjoyment, here is the Compendium of Portuglish Words.

• bahseh - bus
• begga - bag
• bizado - busy
• bossa - boss
• chequear - check
• dribeway - driveway
• espargete e meetbolls - spaghetti and meatballs
• estoa - store
• forko - fork
• garaigeh - garage
• govermento - government
• jak-amma - jackhammer
• jumpar - to jump
• liquostore - liquor store
• mol - the mall
• nifa - knife
• obertime - overtime
• offas - office
• oficina - office
• parquear - to park
• printar - to print
• ringar - to ring
• rodo - road
• scrudriva - screwdriver
• sneaka - sneaker
• suposto - supposed to
• tráfico - traffic
• zinko - sink

My favorite is definitely JAK-AMMA!!!