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Nicknames for people from rural, remote, etc. areas often bear a derogatory implication of unsophisticated, undereducated people, simpletons. Carcamano (Brazil) An offensive nickname for non-Iberian, mostly Italian immigrants. derives from the venezian word 'Carcamanu'.
The Brazil national team is known by different names in various parts of the world. Nicknames for the squad in Brazil include: Canarinho , meaning 'Little Canary ', a reference to a species of bird commonly found in Brazil that has a vivid yellow color, this phrase was popularized by the late cartoonist Fernando "Mangabeira" Pieruccetti during ...
Toninho Guerreiro, nickname of Antônio Ferreira (1942–1990), Brazilian footballer; Toninho Moura, nickname of Antonio Moura Sanches, (born 1954) is a Brazilian footballer and football head coach; Toninho Quintino, nickname of Antônio Fernandes Quintino, (born 1952), Brazilian footballer
From 1783 and during all the Imperial Regime, Carioca remained only as a nickname by which other Brazilians called the inhabitants of Rio (city and province). During the first years of the Brazilian Republic, Carioca was the name given to those who lived in the slums or a pejorative way to refer to the bureaucratic elite of the Federal District.
The following is a list of nicknames of national association football teams. FIFA teams. AFC (Asia) CAF (Africa) ...
Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel (/ ˈ ʃ uː ʃ ə / SHOO-shə, Brazilian Portuguese: [maˈɾi.ɐ dɐ ˈɡɾasɐ ˈʃuʃɐ mẽneˈɡɛw]; born Maria da Graça Meneghel on 27 March 1963) is a Brazilian TV host, actress, singer, and businesswoman. [2] Nicknamed "The Queen of Children", [a] Xuxa built the largest Latin and South American children's ...
Buiú is a Brazilian nickname. Notable people with the name include: Buiú (footballer, born 1980), full name Aldieres Joaquim dos Santos Neto, Brazilian footballer; Buiú (footballer, born 1996), full name Marcos Ytalo Benício da Silva, Brazilian footballer
For more than four centuries of history, cachaça has accumulated synonyms and creative nicknames coined by the Brazilian people. Some of these words were created for the purpose of deceiving the supervision of the metropolis in the days when cachaça was banned in Brazil; the beverage was competing with the European distillate grappa.