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First Published: 13th of February, 2022 by Patrick Carpen<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last updated: February 13, 2022 at 17:09 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the English world, we have one word for all batteries – whether the car battery, the wristwatch battery or the remote control battery. But in Portuguese, they have two words, each word representing a specific type of battery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this sense, the English word “battery” has two possible Portuguese translations. The cylindrical shaped batteries that are used in remote controls, toys, etc, is called “pilha.” Here is a picture of what Brazilians would refer to as pilha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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English: Battery. Portuguese: Pilha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, those small, silver battery that you place in wristwatches etc are referred to as “bateria.” Below is an example of what Brazilians would call bateria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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English – Battery. Portuguese – Bateria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Brazilians also refer to the battery of the car as “bateria.” Below is an example of the car battery that Brazilians call “bateria.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, in summary, we can say that while English uses one sweeping word for all types of batteries, Portuguese has two words for two specific categories of batteries: pilha or bateria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, the translation of “battery” can be either pilha or bateria, depending on the type of battery it is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is interesting to note that the Portuguese word “bateria” also corresponds to the English “drums”, and the word “pilha” is used to refer to money colloquially in Brazil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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