Profissões em Inglês | Professions, Occupations, Jobs

Contador

A person whose job involves keeping financial records for a business.

Ator

Someone, especially a man, whose job is to perform in plays and films.

Atriz

A woman whose job is to perform in plays and films.

Aeromoça

Someone whose job is to serve passengers on an aircraft and to make sure that safety rules are obeyed.

Embaixador

The main official sent by the government of a country to represent it in another country.

Locutor

Someone who introduces programmes on the radio or television.

Arqueologista

Someone who studies archaeology.

Arquiteto

Someone who designs buildings.

Artista

Someone who creates art, especially paintings and drawings.

Astrólogo

Someone who studies astrology.

Astronauta

Someone who travels into space.

Atleta

Someone who is very good at a sport and who competes with others in organized events

Padeiro

Someone who makes and sells bread, cakes, etc:

Bancário

An employee of a bank who deals with customers, receives and pays out money.

Banqueiro

Someone who has an important job in a bank.

Barbeiro

Someone whose job is to cut men’s hair.

Biologista

A scientist who studies biology.

Ferreiro

Someone whose job is to make things from metal, especially shoes for horses.

Livreiro

A person or company that sells books.

Chefe

Someone who is responsible for employees and tells them what to do.

Pugilista

Someone who does the sport of boxing.

Pedreiro

Someone whose job is to build houses, walls, etc with bricks.

Construtor

Someone who makes or repairs buildings as a job.

Toureiro

A person who fights and sometimes kills a bull.It is a traditional public entertainment,

Motorista de ônibus

Someone who drives a bus.

Empresário

A man who works in business, usually in a high position in a company.

Empresária

A woman who works in business, usually in a high position in a company.

Açougueiro

Someone who prepares and sells meat.

Mordomo

A man who opens the door, serves dinner, etc in a large house as a job.

Cameraman

Someone who operates a television camera or film camera as their job.

Zelador

Someone whose job is to look after a large building, such as a school.

Carpinteiro

A person whose job is making and repairing wooden objects.

Caixa

Someone whose job is to receive and pay out money in a shop, bank, etc.

Chef

Someone who is the main cook (= person who cooks) in a hotel or a restaurant .

Farmacêutico

Someone whose job is to prepare and sell drugs in a shop.

Funcionário público

Someone who works in the Civil Service.

Faxineiro

Someone whose job is to clean houses, offices, public places, etc.

Escriturário

Someone who works in an office or bank, keeping records and doing general office work.

Palhaço

A performer who has special clothes and a painted face and makes people laugh.

Guarda costeira

A person or the organization responsible for preventing accidents and illegal activities in the sea near a coast.

Compositor

Someone who writes music.

Maestro

A person who directs the performance of an orchestra or choir.

Condutor

A person in charge of a train, streetcar, or other public conveyance, who collects fares and sells tickets.

Consultor

A person who provides expert advice professionally.

Cozinheiro

A person who prepares and cooks food, especially as a job or in a specified way.

Vaqueiro, boiadeiro

A man, typically one on horseback, who herds and tends cattle, especially in the western US and as represented in westerns and novels.

Dançarino

A person who dances or whose profession is dancing.

Dentista

Someone who examines and repairs teeth.

Doutor, médico

A person whose job is to treat people who have an illness or injury.

Costureira

A person whose job is making women’s clothes.

Motorista

Someone who drives a vehicle.

Economista

Someone whose job is to study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy

Eletricista

A person who installs and maintains electrical equipment.

Empregado

Someone who is paid to work for a person or company.

Engenheiro

Someone whose job is to design, build, or repair machines, engines, roads, bridges, etc.

Agricultor, fazendeiro

Someone who owns or looks after a farm.

Designer de moda

Someone who works in fashion design.

Bombeiro

A man whose job is to stop fires burning.

Pescador

Someone who catches fish as a job or as a hobby.

Florista

Someone who sells and arranges flowers in a shop.

Jogador de futebol

Someone who plays football, especially as their job.

Jardineiro

Someone who works in a garden, growing plants and making it look attractive.

Goleiro, guarda-redes

The player in a sport such as football who tries to stop the ball going into the goal.

Coveiro

Someone whose job is to dig graves

Verdureiro

Someone who sells fruit and vegetables.

Merceeiro, dono de mercearia

Someone that sells food and other products used in the home.

Cabeleireiro

Someone whose job is to wash, cut, colour, etc people’s hair.

Diretor de escola

The person in charge of a school.

Dona de casa

A woman who stays at home to cook, clean, and take care of her family.

Joalheiro

Someone whose job is to sell or make jewellery.

Jóquei

Someone who rides horses in races.

Jornalista

Someone whose job is journalism.

Juiz

Someone who controls a trial in court, decides how criminals should be punished, and makes decisions about legal things.

Advogado

Someone whose job is to understand the law and deal with legal situations.

Bibliotecário

Someone who works in a library.

Salva-vidas

Someone at a swimming pool or beach whose job is to help people who are in danger in the water.

Chaveiro

A person who repairs and

Motorista de caminhão (UK)

Someone who drives a lorry: a large road vehicle for carrying goods from place to place.

Mágico

Someone who entertains people by performing magic tricks

Empregada, faxineira

A woman who works as a servant in a hotel or in someone’s home.

Gerente

Someone in control of an office, shop, team, etc.

Prefeito

The person who is elected to be the leader of the group that governs a town or city.

Mecânico

Someone whose job is to repair machines.

Mineiro

Someone who works in a mine.

Ministro

A politician who is responsible for a government department or has an important position in it.

Modelo

Someone whose job is to wear fashionable clothes, be in photographs, etc in order to advertise things.

Monge

A member of a group of religious men living apart from other people.

Músico

Someone who plays a musical instrument, often as a job.

Babá

Someone whose job is to look after a family’s children

Jornaleiro

Someone who owns or works in a newsagent’s: a shop that sells newspapers, magazines, sweets and cigarettes.

Freira

A member of a group of religious women living apart from other people.

Enfermeira

Someone whose job is to care for ill and injured people.

Trabalhador de escritório

A person who does their job in an office rather than in a factory, etc.

Pintor

Someone who paints pictures.

Fotógrafo

Someone whose job is to take photographs

Fisioterapista

Someone who treats people using physiotherapy.

Piloto

Someone who flies an aircraft.

Encanador

Someone whose job is to repair or connect water pipes and things like toilets and baths.

Policial

Someone who is a member of the police.

Político

Someone who works in politics, especially a member of the government.

Porteiro

Someone whose job is to carry other people’s bags in hotels, stations, etc.

Carteiro

A man who takes and brings letters and parcels as a job.

Padre

Someone who performs religious duties and ceremonies.

Professor universitário

The highest rank of teacher in a British university, or a teacher in an American university or college.

Psiquiatra

A doctor who is trained in psychiatry.

Psicólogo

Someone who has studied the human mind and feelings.

Editor

A person who prepares and prints books, newspapers, magazines, etc.

Recepcionista

Someone who works in a hotel or office building, answering the telephone and dealing with guests.

Repórter

“Someone whose job is to discover information about news events and describe them on
television, radio, or in a newspaper. ”

Pesquisador

Someone who studies a subject in detail in order to discover new information about it.

Marinheiro

Someone who sails ships or boats as their job or as a sport.

Vendedor

Someone whose job is selling things.

Cientista

Someone who studies science or works in science.

Secretária

Someone who works in an office, typing letters, answering the telephone, and arranging meetings, etc.

Servo, criado

Someone who works and lives in someone else’s house doing their cooking and cleaning, especially in the past

Pastor

Someone whose job is to look after sheep.

Sapateiro

Someone whose job is to make or repair shoes

Vendedor

Someone whose job is selling things in a shop.

Lojista

A person who owns and manages a small shop.

Cantor

Someone who sings.

Soldado

A member of an army.

Estudante

Someone who is studying at a school or university.

Cirurgião

A doctor who does medical operations.

Varredor

Someone or something that sweeps something clean.

Alfaiate

Someone whose job is to make or repair clothes, especially men’s clothes.

Motorista de táxi

Someone who drives a taxi

Professor

Someone whose job is to teach in a school, college, etc.

Técnico

Someone whose job involves practical work with scientific or electrical equipment.

Caixa de banco

Someone who works in a bank and gives out or takes in money.

Vendedor de fumo

A person who is in charge of a shop where tobacco, cigarettes, etc. are sold.

Translator

Someone whose job is to change written or spoken words from one language to another.

Arrumador

Someone who shows people where to sit in a theatre or at a formal event.

Veterinário

Someone whose job is to give medical care to animals that are ill or hurt.

Garçom

A man who works in a restaurant, bringing food to customers.

Garçonete

A woman who works in a restaurant, bringing food to customers.

Soldador

A person whose job is welding ( to join pieces of metal together )

Trabalhador

Someone who works for a company or organization but does not have a powerful position.

Escritor

Someone whose job is writing books, stories, articles, etc.