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from Portuguese cachalote (same meaning), probably via Spanish or French. The Portuguese word comes from cachola ("head" or "big head") [18] Cachou from French, from Portuguese cachu, from Malay kacu [19] Caipirinha alcoholic cocktail from Brazil spread throughout the world consisting of lime, sugar, cachaça and ice [20] Capoeira
The term comes from the Spanish word cría, meaning "baby". Its false cognate in English , crya (pronounced /kraɪ.ə/ ), was coined by British sailors who explored Chile in the 18th century and were quick to describe the camelids onomatopoeically according to the mwa sound they made, which was not unlike that of a human crying baby.
The new Brazilian identity document gathers all of a citizen's information into a single document. However, the inclusion of the National Driver's License was banned from the original text, due to the possible need for retention by transit agencies and also the Passport, since it is a requirement of other countries as a single document.
This glossary concerns meaning and usage in Brazilian Portuguese. To avoid constant repetition, where the word Portuguese appears alone, it means Brazilian Portuguese. (Note: Wikipedias are by language, not country; there is one Portuguese Wikipedia for all Lusophone countries; there is no separate "Brazilian Wikipedia".)
The English word creole derives from the French créole, which in turn came from Portuguese crioulo, a diminutive of cria meaning a person raised in one's house.Cria is derived from criar, meaning "to raise or bring up", itself derived from the Latin creare, meaning "to make, bring forth, produce, beget"; which is also the source of the English word "create".
In Brazil, the term pardo has had a general meaning since the beginning of the Portuguese colonization. In the famous letter by Pero Vaz de Caminha , for example, in which Brazil was first described by the Portuguese, the Native Americans were called "pardo": "Pardo, naked, without clothing".
The Brazilian People: The Formation and Meaning of Brazil. Trans. Gregory Rabassa. University of Florida Press:2000. Skidmore, Thomas E. Black into White: Race and Nationality in Brazilian Thought. Duke University Press, 1993. Wheeler, Joanna S. New forms of citizenship: democracy, family, and community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Social media in Brazil is the use of social networking applications in this South American nation. This is due to economic growth and the increasing availability of computers and smartphones. Brazil is the world's second-largest user of Twitter (at 41.2 million tweeters), and the largest market for YouTube outside the United States. [130]