While normally pronounced very differently, numerous Portuguese words are often at least similar to their English counterparts in both spelling and meaning, for example:
 

Portuguese	English
anual	annual
área	area
aroma	aroma
bateria	battery
capital	capital
causa	cause
cheque	check
data	date
diferente	different
direção	direction
edição	edition
elevador	elevator
especial	special
famoso	famous
figura	figure
fino	fine
fone	phone
fotocópia	photocopy
frase	phrase
história	history
hotel	hotel
igual	equal
momento	moment
nação	nation
perfume	perfume
plástica	plastic
problema	problem
professor	professor
rádio	radio
raro	rare
rosa	rose
saco	sack
telefone	telephone
televisão	television
zero	zero