Most traditional Portuguese restaurants will have a range of fish on the menu. If you are faced with a list of Portuguese fish and seafood names you don’t understand, here is a translation guide to help you.
Portuguese to English fish translations
- Peixe – fish
- Atum – tuna
- Bacalhau – cod
- Besugo – bream
- Carapau – mackerel
- Cavala – mackerel
- Cherne – grouper
- Choco – cuttlefish
- Dourada – bream
- Espadarte – swordfish
- Linguado – sole
- Lula – squid
- Moreia – moray eel
- Pargo – snapper / sea bream
- Peixe espada – scabbard fish
- Pescada – hake
- Polvo – 0ctopus
- Robalo – sea bass
- Safio – Small conger eel
- Salmão – salmon
- Salmonete – mullet
- Sardinha – sardine
- Sargo – porgy / sea bream
- Tamboril – monkfish
English to Portuguese fish translations
- Fish – peixe
- Bream – dourada
- Bream – besugo
- Cod – bacalhau
- Cuttlefish – choco
- Grouper – cherne
- Hake – pescada
- Mackerel – carapau
- Mackerel – cavala
- Monkfish – tamboril
- Moray eel – moreia
- Mullet – salmonete
- Octopus – polvo
- Porgy / sea bream – sargo
- Salmon – salmão
- Sardine – sardinha
- Sea bass – robalo
- Scabbard fish – peixe espada
- Small conger eel – safio
- Snapper / sea bream – Pargo
- Sole – linguado
- Squid – lula
- Swordfish – espadarte
- Tuna – atum
Portuguese to English seafood translations
- Marisco – seafood
- Ameijoa – clam
- Berbigão – cockle
- Búzio – whelk
- Camarão – prawn
- Carangueijo – crab
- Conquilha – clam (small)
- Lagosta – lobster
- Lingueirão – razor clam
- Mexhilhão – mussel
- Ostra – oyster
- Perceve – barnacle
- Sapateira – crab (large)
English to Portuguese seafood translations
- Seafood – marisco
- Barnacle – Perceve
- Clam – Ameijoa
- Small clam – Conquilha
- Cockle – Berbigão
- Crab – Carangueijo
- Large crab – Sapateira
- Lobster – Lagosta
- Mussel – mexhilhão
- Oyster – Ostra
- Prawn – Camarão
- Razor clam – lingueirão
- Whelk – Búzio
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