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  2. Comparison of Portuguese and Spanish - Wikipedia

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    However, Spanish does have the term embarazoso/a meaning 'embarrassing'. 'Pregnant' in Portuguese is grávida (cognate of less user word in Spanish). The Portuguese prenhe and Spanish preñada are used mainly for pregnant animals but rarely for women, in both languages; Spanish exquisito means 'exquisite/sophisticated'.

  3. Name of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The known Portuguese presence in modern Canadian territory, meanwhile, was in Newfoundland and Labrador. Neither region is located anywhere near Iroquoian territory, and the name Canada does not appear on any Spanish or Portuguese maps of the North American coast that predate Cartier's visit. [21]

  4. Grammatical gender in Spanish - Wikipedia

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    It's also combined with the relative pronouns que and cual to form relative clauses, such as lo que dices, lo cual es cierto, and can also be followed by de, e.g. lo de Juan está aquí, lo de que estoy enfermo no es cierto. Bello also notes that words such as nada, poco, algo, and mucho can be used as neuters in some contexts.

  5. Spanish language - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. Romance language "Castilian language" redirects here. For the specific variety of the language, see Castilian Spanish. For the broader branch of Ibero-Romance, see West Iberian languages. Spanish Castilian español castellano Pronunciation [espaˈɲol] ⓘ [kasteˈʝano ...

  6. Portuñol - Wikipedia

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    Portuñol (Spanish spelling) or Portunhol (Portuguese spelling) (pronunciation ⓘ) is a portmanteau of the words portugués/português ("Portuguese") and español/espanhol ("Spanish"), and is the name often given to any non-systematic mixture of Portuguese and Spanish [1] (this sense should not be confused with the dialects of the Portuguese language spoken in northern Uruguay by the ...

  7. Mas que nada - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. Portuguese vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Talk:Name of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Even for the Portuguese "cá nada", you've offered sources which demonstrate that some Portuguese explorers described the coast of Labrador — also not Iroquois territory — in ways that are consistent with the meaning of "cá nada", but you have not offered any source which proves (or even really claims) that they actually bestowed the exact ...