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"Mas que nada" (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ma(j)s ki ˈnadɐ]) is a song written and originally recorded in 1963 by Jorge Ben (currently known as Jorge Ben Jor) on his debut album Samba esquema novo.
"Cabrão" male-only term used for men who have cheated. [3]"Caralho" (IU) is a swear word for penis and can be used as an interjection.One possible folk etymology relates it to a ship's crow's nest, and the negative connotation from the expression "vai para o caralho", meaning "go to the crow's nest", because of the heavy rocking of ships in the high sea.
The most common alternative theory suggested that the name originated when Portuguese or Spanish explorers, having explored the northern part of the continent and unable to find gold and silver, wrote cá nada ('nothing here' in Portuguese), acá nada, aqui nada or el cabo de nada ('Cape Nothing' in Spanish) on that part of their maps. [19]
Nada is an Arabic word for the dewdrops in the morning and, as such, a poetic metaphor for the concept of generosity, another possible translation of the same word. [2] It is also probable that the name is a reference to the Portuguese word meaning "nothing" because Haggard was introduced to that idiom while living in South Africa. [3]
Projections on Celtic vocabulary (some words may have come via French borrowings starting in the 12th century), toponyms and derivations in Portuguese, indicate over 3,000 words. [11] The Celtic substratum is often overlooked, [ 12 ] due to the strong Latinisation of Celtic-derived [ 13 ] words in Portuguese and the ancient linguistic threads ...
Portuguese–Tupi vocabulary; Tupi–Portuguese dictionary; Etymologies of toponyms and anthroponyms of Tupi origin in Brazilian Portuguese, and other tupinisms; The first part is a simple Portuguese-Tupi vocabulary. It presents only the words and their translations, without explanations or further details. The second part is the actual dictionary.
Ariope is now one of eight songs that Souza has composed for the album Port'Inglês - meaning English port - to explore the little-known history of the 120-year-old British presence in Cape Verde.
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]