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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.
Portuguese is the official and national language of Brazil, [5] being widely spoken by nearly all of its population. Brazil is the most populous Portuguese-speaking country in the world, with its lands comprising the majority of Portugal's former colonial holdings in the Americas.
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".
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 French Capuchin missionary Martin of Nantes (1638–1714) was the apostle of the Kariri people on the São Francisco River between 1672 and 1683.. The various Kariri peoples were settled in different towns (aldeia) and villages (vila), listed as follows.
Carteira de identidade Nacional(In portuguese), (The National Identity Card) is the official national identity document in Brazil.It is often informally called carteira de identidade (identity card), "RG" (from Registro Geral, General Registry) or simply identidade in Portuguese.
Portuguese world including Brazil, Portugal, Angola, etc. Opening of the 15th Conference of Ministers of Justice of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries in 2017. . Former Brazilian president Michel Temer with former Brazilian justice minister Torquato Jardim. 2017 Debate on the Portuguese language in the Senate of Bra
Portuguese dialects are the mutually intelligible variations of the Portuguese language in Portuguese-speaking countries and other areas holding some degree of cultural bond with the language. Portuguese has two standard forms of writing and numerous regional spoken variations, with often large phonological and lexical differences.