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Tonho is a Portuguese (Brazilian Portuguese) masculine nickname and given name that is a diminutive form of Antônio and António used in Brazil. [1] Notable people with this name include the following.
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
Some Portuguese names originated from foreigners who came to live in Portugal or Brazil many centuries ago. They are so ancient that, despite their known foreign origin, they are an integrated part of Portuguese and Brazilian cultures. Most of these names are Spanish, such as Toledo (a city in Spain), Ávila or Dávila (a city in Spain) and ...
The second part is the Tupi–Portuguese dictionary itself, containing nearly eight thousand entry words (or lexemes), making it the most complete Tupi dictionary ever compiled to date. The third part includes a list of two thousand words from Brazilian Portuguese that have their origins in Tupi (mostly place and city names).
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 ...
Nené (1942–2016), nickname of Brazilian footballer Claudio Olinto de Carvalho Nene (born 1949), nickname of Peruvian footballer Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga Nené (footballer, born 1949) , nickname of Portuguese footballer Tamagnini Manuel Gomes Baptista
In areas of Spain where Basque is spoken, "Patxi" is the most common nickname; in the Catalan areas, "Cesc" (short for Francesc) is often used. In Spanish Latin America and in the Philippines, people with the name Francisco are frequently called "Pancho". "Kiko"and "Cisco" is also used as a nickname, and "Chicho" is another possibility.
The native languages also contributed the names of most of the plants and animals found in Brazil (and most of these are the official names of the animals in other Portuguese-speaking countries as well), including arara ("macaw"), jacaré ("South American caiman"), tucano ("toucan"), mandioca ("cassava"), abacaxi ("pineapple"), and many more.