Gardening - Portuguese (Brazil)

Gardening Activities

When describing gardening activities in Portuguese, you often use verbs like plantar (to plant) or adubar (to fertilize). If a plant is healthy, you might say it is saudável or vivo. If it dried out, it's seco or it can even morrer (die). To care for your garden, you can adubar (fertilize), aerar (aerate), or even dividir (divide) plants if they grow too large. You may also reciclar materials in your garden. Creating a new garden bed is called sementeira and you use sementes (seeds) to start new plantas.

Examples:

• Eu gosto de plantar novas sementes na minha sementeira.
• As raízes precisam de cuidado para que a planta fique saudável.
• É importante adubar o jardim para um crescimento melhor.
• Muitas folhas secas caem no outono.

Parts of Plants

When identifying plant parts, terms like raiz, tronco, ramo, folha, flor and pétalas are common. Ramos are the branches, folhas are the leaves, and sementes come from the flowers to produce new plants.

Examples:

• A raíz fixa a planta no solo.
• A flor tem pétalas coloridas.
• O tronco da árvore é grosso.

Gardening Tools and Materials

Gardening requires several tools: pá (shovel), enxada (hoe), rastelo (rake), regador (watering can), balde (bucket), luva (glove), and tesoura de poda (pruning shears). A gardener—a jardineiro—takes cuidado (care) of the plants. Equipment like roçadoira helps cut bigger areas, while a mateira is a bag used to carry garden materials.

Examples:

• O jardineiro usa uma enxada para preparar a terra.
• As luvas são importantes para proteger as mãos.
• Gosto de usar o regador para molhar as plantas.

Common Types of Garden Plants

Gardens usually have many plant types. You can find árvore (tree), flores (flowers), cactos (cacti), fruteira (fruit tree), grama (grass), suculenta (succulent), herbácea (herbaceous), planta medicinal (medicinal plant), planta trepadeira (vine), and folhagem (foliage plants).

Examples:

• Eu plantei uma árvore no meu jardim.
• As suculentas precisam de pouca água.
• A grama deve ser cortada regularmente.
• Minha mãe gosta de plantas medicinais.

In Brazil, gardening is a common pastime, with plants like flores and fruteira being especially popular in suburban and rural gardens. Some gardens also integrate native species and medicinal plants, reflecting local biodiversity.