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Nearly all English words that end in “tion” (eg. translation), will be the same word in Brazilian Portuguese, except that the “tion” will be replaced with “ção” (eg. translação).

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agitation, frustration, dictation, contemplation, observation, rumination, organization, temptation, immigration, experimentation.

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Verbs

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Take special note that all English words that end in “tion” are actually verbs at their root. Translation is to translate, organization is to organize. Note also that not all English verbs have this form of the verb. There is no “talkation” for the verb, to talk. Thus, there is some limit to it’s application.

The technique that produces the multiplication factor is to reverse engineer this form of the word, ending in “ção”, into the dozen or more verb forms of the word. In doing this you literally add thousands of words to your Brazilian Portuguese vocabulary without any need for memorization.

NOTE: I am noticing now that almost, if not all these words, are Portuguese verbs that end in “ar”. This will make it’s application even simpler.

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