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Portuguese-Jews were also responsible for the appearance of Papiamentu (a 300,000 speakers-strong Portuguese-based creole now official language in Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire) and of Sranan Tongo, an English-based creole influenced by Portuguese spoken by more than 500,000 people in Suriname. The Shoah
Guinea-Bissau (/ ˌ ɡ ɪ n i b ɪ ˈ s aʊ / ⓘ GHIN-ee bi-SOW; Portuguese: Guiné-Bissau; Fula: 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, romanized: Gine-Bisaawo; Mandinka: ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫ ߓߌߛߊߥߏ߫ Gine-Bisawo), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese: República da Guiné-Bissau [ʁɛˈpuβlikɐ ðɐ ɣiˈnɛ βiˈsaw]), is a country in West Africa that covers 36,125 ...
Portuguese orthography is based on the Latin alphabet and makes use of the acute accent, the circumflex accent, the grave accent, the tilde, and the cedilla to denote stress, vowel height, nasalization, and other sound changes. The diaeresis was abolished by the last Orthography Agreement.
Pastel de nata ( Portuguese: [pɐʃˈtɛl dɨ ˈnatɐ]; pl.: pastéis de nata; Portuguese: [pɐʃˈtɐjʒ ðɨ-] )) is a Portuguese egg custard tart pastry, optionally dusted with cinnamon. [1] Outside Portugal, they are particularly popular in other parts of Western Europe, Asia and former Portuguese colonies, such as Brazil, Mozambique, Macau ...
Nonstandard Brazilian Portuguese English Simple affirmative sentence Ele viu-nos hoje. Ele viu a gente hoje./Ele nos viu hoje. Ele viu nós hoje./Ele hoje viu nós. He saw us today. Affirmative future tense Ele aprendê-lo-á na escola. Ele irá aprendê-lo na escola. Ele o aprenderá na escola. Isso aí ele vai aprender na escola.
Portuguese wine. The traditional rabelo boat, used to transport Port Wine from the Douro Valley to the cellars near the city of Porto. Portuguese wine was mostly introduced by the Romans and other ancient Mediterranean peoples who traded with local coastal populations, mainly in the South. In pre-Roman Gallaecia-Lusitania times, the native ...
Feijoada ( Portuguese pronunciation: [fejʒuˈadɐ]) is a stew of beans with beef and pork. The name feijoada is derived from feijão, 'bean' in Portuguese. [2] Varieties are prepared in the Portuguese-speaking world. [3] [4] [5] The basic ingredients of feijoada are beans and fresh pork [6] or beef.
