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  2. Portuguese orthography - Wikipedia

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    In Brazilian Portuguese, only American and British-style quote marks are used. “Isto é um exemplo de como fazer uma citação em português brasileiro.” “This is an example of how to make a quotation in Brazilian Portuguese.” In both varieties of the language, dashes are normally used for direct speech rather than quotation marks:

  3. Brazilian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    1 marco (mark) = 1/2 libra 1 arroba = 32 libras (One arroba métrica is equal to 15 kg. In Santos market Exchange, one arroba was 10 kg. [6]) 1 quintal (hundredweight) = 128 libras. 1 tonelada (ton) = 1,728 libras. The quilate (karat) used to measure to mass of gems was equal to 3.075 grains, and the outava used to measure mass of topazes was ...

  4. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks

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    Ditto mark: Quotation mark: ÷: Division sign: Slash (Solidus) (/), Obelus Dotted circle (Used as a generic placeholder when describing diacritics) Combining Diacritical Marks ⹀ ⸗ Double hyphen: Almost equal to … Ellipsis = Equals sign ℮ Estimated sign! Exclamation mark: Inverted exclamation mark, Interrobang: ª: Feminine ordinal ...

  5. Quotation mark - Wikipedia

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    Quotation marks [A] are punctuation marks used in pairs in various writing systems to identify direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase. The pair consists of an opening quotation mark and a closing quotation mark, which may or may not be the same glyph. [3] Quotation marks have a variety of forms in different languages and in different media.

  6. Portuguese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    King Manuel I, who fixed the country's measurement standards, in 1499–1504. Portuguese units were used in Portugal, Brazil, and other parts of the Portuguese Empire until the adoption of the metric system in the 19th century and have continued in use in certain contexts since.

  7. Quotation (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Meanings related to characters used for quotation are: Quotation marks, usage in English language; Quotation marks, international variation; Quotation mark glyphs, various glyphs used; String literals, in programming languages

  8. Brazil to end import tax exemption for electric vehicles ...

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    Brazil will end a tax exemption for importing electric vehicles, gradually raising the duty to 35% over three years, Industry Ministry official Uallace Moreira told Reuters on Friday. Brazil-based ...

  9. National Institute of Metrology Standardization and ...

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    During the first Empire, several attempts had been made aiming to the standardization of measurement units used in Brazil, but only in 26 of June 1862, emperor Dom Pedro II promulgated the Imperial Law nº 1157 and with it officialized, in all the domestic territory, the French decimal metric system. Brazil was one of the first nations to adopt ...