WORD FAMILIES

Famílias de Palavras em Inglês: Aprenda 4x Mais Rápido

Ao aprender uma palavra, você pode desbloquear quatro. As famílias de palavras permitem derivar substantivos, verbos, adjetivos e advérbios da mesma raiz — a forma mais rápida de expandir seu vocabulário.

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Verbos → Substantivos

"create → creation"

The act of making something new

""The creation of the database took three days.""

Verbos → Substantivos

"develop → development"

The process of growing or advancing

""Software development requires careful planning.""

Verbos → Substantivos

"manage → management"

The act of controlling or organizing

""Good management is key to a successful team.""

Verbos → Substantivos

"perform → performance"

The execution of a task or show

""Her performance in the interview was impressive.""

Verbos → Substantivos

"achieve → achievement"

Something successfully accomplished

""Winning the award was a major achievement.""

Verbos → Substantivos

"employ → employment"

The state of having paid work

""Full employment is a goal of most governments.""

Verbos → Substantivos

"govern → government"

The system that rules a country

""The government passed a new education bill.""

Verbos → Substantivos

"discuss → discussion"

A detailed conversation about a topic

""The discussion lasted over two hours.""

Adjetivos → Substantivos

"happy → happiness"

The state of feeling joy or contentment

""Happiness is often found in small moments.""

Adjetivos → Substantivos

"creative → creativity"

The ability to produce original ideas

""Creativity is valued in every industry.""

Adjetivos → Substantivos

"able → ability"

The power or skill to do something

""She demonstrated a remarkable ability to learn.""

Adjetivos → Substantivos

"curious → curiosity"

A strong desire to know or learn

""Curiosity drives scientific discovery.""

Adjetivos → Substantivos

"generous → generosity"

The quality of being willing to give

""His generosity inspired the whole team.""

Adjetivos → Substantivos

"popular → popularity"

The state of being liked by many

""The podcast's popularity grew quickly.""

Adjetivos → Substantivos

"sensitive → sensitivity"

The quality of being easily affected

""Cultural sensitivity is essential in global business.""

Adjetivos → Substantivos

"flexible → flexibility"

The ability to adapt to change

""Workplace flexibility improves employee satisfaction.""

Subst./Verbos → Adjetivos

"help → helpful"

Providing assistance or being useful

""The teacher gave us helpful feedback.""

Subst./Verbos → Adjetivos

"care → careless"

Not giving sufficient attention

""A careless mistake cost the project a week.""

Subst./Verbos → Adjetivos

"effect → effective"

Producing the desired result

""Exercise is an effective way to reduce stress.""

Subst./Verbos → Adjetivos

"nation → national"

Relating to a whole country

""The national park covers 500 square miles.""

Subst./Verbos → Adjetivos

"danger → dangerous"

Likely to cause harm or injury

""It is dangerous to drive without a seatbelt.""

Subst./Verbos → Adjetivos

"rely → reliable"

Consistently trustworthy and dependable

""We need a reliable internet connection.""

Subst./Verbos → Adjetivos

"remark → remarkable"

Worthy of attention; extraordinary

""She made remarkable progress in six months.""

Subst./Verbos → Adjetivos

"success → successful"

Achieving a desired aim

""The launch was a successful product debut.""

Adjetivos → Advérbios

"quick → quickly"

At a fast speed; without delay

""She quickly finished her assignment.""

Adjetivos → Advérbios

"clear → clearly"

In a way that is easy to understand

""Please speak clearly during the presentation.""

Adjetivos → Advérbios

"frequent → frequently"

Happening often or many times

""He frequently checks his email throughout the day.""

Adjetivos → Advérbios

"significant → significantly"

To a notable or important degree

""Profits increased significantly last quarter.""

Adjetivos → Advérbios

"careful → carefully"

With great attention and caution

""Read the contract carefully before signing.""

Adjetivos → Advérbios

"approximate → approximately"

Close to the correct amount; roughly

""The journey takes approximately three hours.""

Adjetivos → Advérbios

"gradual → gradually"

Slowly, by small degrees over time

""Her confidence gradually improved.""

Adjetivos → Advérbios

"confident → confidently"

In a self-assured manner

""He presented confidently to the board.""

Prefixos: Mudança de Significado

"happy → unhappy"

Not happy; feeling sad or dissatisfied

""She was unhappy with the final result.""

Prefixos: Mudança de Significado

"write → rewrite"

To write again with changes or improvements

""I had to rewrite the report three times.""

Prefixos: Mudança de Significado

"view → preview"

To see something in advance

""You can preview the document before sending.""

Prefixos: Mudança de Significado

"estimate → overestimate"

To judge something as larger than it is

""Don't overestimate how long it will take.""

Prefixos: Mudança de Significado

"understand → misunderstand"

To understand something incorrectly

""I think you misunderstood my point.""

Prefixos: Mudança de Significado

"agree → disagree"

To have a different opinion

""It's fine to disagree respectfully.""

Prefixos: Mudança de Significado

"connect → disconnect"

To separate or break a connection

""Disconnect the cable before cleaning.""

Prefixos: Mudança de Significado

"qualify → disqualify"

To make someone ineligible

""A false statement can disqualify your application.""

Famílias Cruzadas de Palavras

"act / action / active / actively"

Noun, verb, adjective, adverb from root "act"

""Take action now. Stay active. Act decisively.""

Famílias Cruzadas de Palavras

"decide / decision / decisive / decisively"

Complete family from root "decide"

""Make a decision. Be decisive. Act decisively.""

Famílias Cruzadas de Palavras

"produce / production / productive / productively"

Complete family from root "produce"

""Production improved when staff worked productively.""

Famílias Cruzadas de Palavras

"educate / education / educated / educationally"

Complete family from root "educate"

""An educated population benefits society educationally.""

Famílias Cruzadas de Palavras

"imagine / imagination / imaginative / imaginatively"

Complete family from root "imagine"

""Use your imagination to think imaginatively.""

Famílias Cruzadas de Palavras

"innovate / innovation / innovative / innovatively"

Complete family from root "innovate"

""Innovation means thinking innovatively about problems.""

Famílias Cruzadas de Palavras

"communicate / communication / communicative / communicatively"

Complete family from root "communicate"

""Good communication makes you more communicative.""

Famílias Cruzadas de Palavras

"analyse / analysis / analytical / analytically"

Complete family from root "analyse"

""Your analysis was analytical and presented analytically.""

Perguntas frequentes

O que é uma família de palavras em inglês?

Uma família de palavras é um grupo de palavras que compartilham a mesma raiz, mudando de classe gramatical por meio de prefixos e sufixos. Por exemplo, "act", "action", "active" e "actively" formam uma família.

Por que aprender famílias de palavras em vez de palavras individuais?

Aprender uma palavra raiz pode desbloquear 3–5 palavras relacionadas imediatamente. Conhecendo "create", você entenderá rapidamente "creation", "creative", "creatively" e "recreate".

Quais são os sufixos mais importantes?

Os principais são -tion/-sion (verbo para substantivo), -ment, -ness/-ity (adjetivo para substantivo), -ful/-less, -ive/-al/-ous (adjetivo) e -ly (adjetivo para advérbio).

As famílias de palavras são avaliadas no IELTS e TOEFL?

Sim. Tanto o IELTS Academic quanto o TOEFL avaliam o conhecimento de famílias de palavras diretamente na leitura e na escrita. Conhecer as formas derivadas ajuda a entender textos acadêmicos.

Quanto tempo leva para aprender todas as famílias de palavras?

A maioria dos estudantes avançados foca nas 1.000 famílias de palavras acadêmicas mais comuns (Academic Word List). Estudando 5–10 famílias por dia, você cobre as mais importantes em poucos meses.

Ver famílias de palavras em contexto autêntico é a forma mais rápida de fixá-las.

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