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  2. List of English words of Portuguese origin - Wikipedia

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    The present Portuguese word dodô ("dodo") is of English origin. The Portuguese word doudo or doido may itself be a loanword from Old English (cp. English "dolt") [34] Embarrass from Portuguese embaraçar (same meaning; also to tangle – string or rope), from em + baraço (archaic for "rope") [35] Emu from ema (= "rhea") [36]

  3. Portuguese vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    The names, primarily of East Germanic origin, were used by the Suebi, Goths, Vandals and Burgundians. With the names, the Galicians-Portuguese inherited the Germanic onomastic system; a person used one name (sometimes a nickname or alias), with no surname, occasionally adding a patronymic. More than 1,000 such names have been preserved in local ...

  4. List of Portuguese words of Germanic origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Portuguese words that come from Germanic languages.Many of these words entered the language during the late antiquity, either as words introduced into Vulgar Latin elsewhere, or as words brought along by the Suebi who settled in Gallaecia [1] (Northern Portugal and Galicia) in the 5th century, and also by the Visigoths [2] who annexed the Suebic Kingdom in 585.

  5. Lists of English words by country or language of origin

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    Lists of English words of Celtic origin; List of English words of Chinese origin; List of English words of Czech origin; List of English words of Dravidian origin (Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu) List of English words of Dutch origin. List of English words of Afrikaans origin; List of South African slang words; List of place names of Dutch ...

  6. Category:Lists of English words of foreign origin - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Lists of English words of foreign origin" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. ... List of English words of Portuguese ...

  7. Saudade - Wikipedia

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    Saudade, as well as love suffering, is a common theme in many villancicos and cantigas composed by Portuguese authors; for example: "Lágrimas de Saudade" (tears of saudade), which is an anonymous work from the Cancioneiro de Paris. Fado is a Portuguese music style, generally sung by a single person (the fadista) along with a Portuguese guitar.

  8. Talk:List of English words of Portuguese origin - Wikipedia

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    The main reason why a word with an origin supposedly indistinguishable between Portuguese and Spanish is more likely to proceed from Portuguese is the existence of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance since 1373. With a few exceptional years, the only conversation the British had with the Spanish were through cannon balls and swords.

  9. Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin - Wikipedia

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    Pre-modern Portuguese Modern Portuguese English translation of Portuguese Notes beranda: ベランダ: balcony varanda pt:varanda: balcony Loanword from English "veranda", [20] which derived from India, which in turn probably originated from Portuguese: varanda. [21]

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