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Like most Indo-European languages, including English, Portuguese classifies most of its lexicon into four word classes: verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs.These are "open" classes, in the sense that they readily accept new members, by coinage, borrowing, or compounding.
Most of his children's books were set in the Sítio do Picapau Amarelo ("Yellow Woodpecker Farm" or "Yellow Woodpecker Ranch"), a small farm in the countryside, and featured the elderly ranch owner Dona Benta ("Mrs. Benta"), her two grandchildren – a girl, Lúcia ("Lucia") who is always referred to only by her nickname, Narizinho ("Little Nose", because she had a turned-up nose) and a boy ...
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (Portuguese: [ʒwɐˈkĩ maˈɾiɐ maˈʃadu d͡ʒ(i) aˈsis]), often known by his surnames as Machado de Assis, Machado, or Bruxo do Cosme Velho [1] (21 June 1839 – 29 September 1908), was a pioneer Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer, widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature.
João Rodrigues (1561 or 1562 – 1633 or 1634), distinguished as Tçuzu and also known by other names in China and Korea, was a Portuguese sailor, warrior, and Jesuit interpreter, missionary, priest, and scholar in Japan and China.
Brazilian Sign Language (Portuguese: Língua Brasileira de Sinais [ˈlĩɡwɐ bɾaziˈlejɾɐ dʒi siˈnajs]) is the sign language used by deaf communities of Brazil.It is commonly known in short as Libras (pronounced).
A Portuguesa" (pronounced [ɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ]; lit. ' The Portuguese ' ) is the national anthem of Portugal . It was composed by Alfredo Keil and written by Henrique Lopes de Mendonça during the resurgent nationalist movement ignited by the 1890 British Ultimatum to Portugal concerning its African colonies.
Áreas Metropolitanas: Vivências, Mobilidades e Qualidade de Vida [Metropolitan Areas: Housing, Mobility and Quality of Life] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: ISCTE: Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-12; OECD, ed. (2008). OECD Territorial Report: Portugal. Paris ...