Similar words
alface
Worth distinguishing: alface (lettuce) and repolho (cabbage) are different leafy vegetables often conflated.
couve
Worth distinguishing: couve (kale) and repolho (cabbage) are different leafy vegetables often conflated.
Similar in other languages
German
Kohl
Kohl is the German word for the same thing — both mean "cabbage."
Spanish
col
col is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "cabbage."
Practice
1 What does repolho mean?
cabbage
2 Fill the gap: Comi ___.
Full sentence: Comi repolho. (I ate cabbage.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches repolho?
repolho: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.