Memory Palace
A counseling space where patients explore feelings of unfairness, gratitude, curiosity, boredom, anxiety, and disappointment.
Mastering therapist office vocabulary is one of the fastest wins in Portuguese. These 8 words cover the everyday language you need to navigate A counseling space where patients explore feelings of and more. In Loci, each word is anchored to a vivid memory palace scene so it sticks in long-term memory — not just until your next practice session.
unfair/unjust
Isso é injusto!
That's unfair!
grateful
Sou muito grato a você.
I'm very grateful to you.
ungrateful
Ele é um ingrato.
He is ungrateful.
curious
Ela é muito curiosa.
She is very curious.
bored
Estou entediado.
I'm bored.
anxious
Ele está ansioso.
He is anxious.
excited/animated
Ela está animada para a festa.
She is excited for the party.
disappointed
Ele está decepcionado.
He is disappointed.
| # | Portuguese | English | Type | Example Sentence | Memory Hook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | injusto | unfair/unjust | adjective | Isso é injusto!That's unfair! | Injusto sounds like 'in-just-o' - not just means unfair. |
| 2 | grato | grateful | adjective | Sou muito grato a você.I'm very grateful to you. | Grato sounds like 'great-o' - grateful people think things are great. |
| 3 | ingrato | ungrateful | adjective | Ele é um ingrato.He is ungrateful. | Ingrato sounds like 'in-grate-o' - not grateful means ungrateful. |
| 4 | curioso | curious | adjective | Ela é muito curiosa.She is very curious. | Curioso sounds like 'cure-he-o-so' - curing ignorance with questions means curious. |
| 5 | entediado | bored | adjective | Estou entediado.I'm bored. | Entediado sounds like 'entity-ah-do' - an entity with nothing to do is bored. |
| 6 | ansioso | anxious | adjective | Ele está ansioso.He is anxious. | Ansioso sounds like 'anxious-o' - nearly identical to English anxious. |
| 7 | animado | excited/animated | adjective | Ela está animada para a festa.She is excited for the party. | Animado sounds like 'animated' - animated energy means excited. |
| 8 | decepcionado | disappointed | adjective | Ele está decepcionado.He is disappointed. | Decepcionado sounds like 'deception-ado' - deception leads to disappointment. |
How Loci Teaches These Words
In the Loci app, these 8 words are placed inside the The Therapist Office memory palace. Each word is anchored to a specific location — a locus — with a vivid, absurd mnemonic scene designed by memory champions. When you walk through the palace during review, the scenes pop back into your mind automatically, pulling the Portuguese word with them.
Here's how Loci makes three of these words unforgettable.
In the complaint chair, a patient yells 'IN-JUST-O, this is injusto (unfair)!' The injusto situation feels unjust and wrong. Being in-just means it's injusto and not fair at all.
Injusto sounds like 'in-just-o' - not just means unfair.
In the gratitude journal, a patient writes 'GREAT-O (grato), I'm so grato (grateful)!' The grato feelings are great and full of thanks. Being grato means feeling grateful for great things.
Grato sounds like 'great-o' - grateful people think things are great.
In the bitterness corner sits an IN-GRATE-O (ingrato) patient who's completely ingrato (ungrateful). The ingrato person refuses to be grateful - they're in the grate-hole of ungratefulness. Being ingrato means showing no thanks.
Ingrato sounds like 'in-grate-o' - not grateful means ungrateful.
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Reading a word list is one thing. Loci takes these 8 therapist office words and places them inside a vivid memory palace with mnemonics, example sentences, and spaced repetition. Words stop slipping away.