C2 exam level

CELPE-Bras C2 vocabulary

This page brings together C2 vocabulary for CELPE-Bras. Review words with translations, then open GoNative to mark familiar vocabulary and save useful words for review.

Sample words from C2

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M

marginalizado socialmente

socially marginalized

P

perentório

peremptory

M

melifluo

mellifluous

M

mendaz

deceitful

M

mofino

fine

N

nefando

nefarious

N

nimiamente

nimble

N

nódulo

nodule

P

plêiade

pleiad

S

sub-reptício

surreptitious

V

vetustez

old age

V

vilipendiado

vilified

V

vitupério

vituperation

A

abalizado

qualified

A

abespinhar-se

to get annoyed

A

abjeção

abjection

A

abnodar

to abandon

A

aborrecimento profundo

deep boredom

A

abrolho

thorn

A

abrupta mudança

abrupt change

A

acalentar ilusão

to cherish an illusion

A

acanalhado

despicable

A

acepipe

appetizer

A

acervo inestimável

invaluable collection

A

acezar

to bless

A

acicate

spur

A

acometido por

afflicted by

A

adamado

adamant

A

adejar

to flutter

A

adentrar

to enter

A

adlátere

to praise

A

adstrito

restricted

A

afrontamento

confrontation

A

agruras

hardships

A

albor

dawn

A

alcunha pejorativa

derogatory nickname

A

aleivosia

treachery

A

algaraviada

gibberish

A

alquebrado

broken

A

ambiguidade flagrante

blatant ambiguity

A

amiudadas vezes

often

A

amofinar-se

to soften

A

ancestralidade

ancestry

A

anelo profundo

deep longing

A

anfractuosidade

anfractuosity

A

antiquíssimo

ancient

A

antro

den

A

anáfora retórica

rhetorical anaphora

A

anódina resposta

anodyne response

A

apaniguado

to befriend

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