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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 ...
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 ...
Jorge is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name George. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish [ˈxoɾxe] ; Portuguese [ˈʒɔɾʒɨ] .
Spanish and Portuguese have acquired different words from various Amerindian, African and Asian languages, as in the following examples: 'pineapple': Sp. piña (from the Spanish word for 'pine cone') / Port. abacaxi (from Tupi) or ananás (from Tupi–Guarani; also in Spanish, by way of Portuguese, ananás or ananá).
The name Pedro is derived via the Latin word "petra", from the Greek word "η πέτρα" meaning "stone, rock". [3] The name Peter itself is a translation of the Aramaic Kephas or Cephas meaning "stone". An alternative archaic variant is Pero. [1] Notable people with the name Pedro include:
The term "Dago" as a generic name for Spaniards is recorded in the 19th century and may possibly be a derivation from Diego. By the early 20th century, the term dago or dego was extended as an ethnic slur applied chiefly to Italian Americans, besides also for anyone of Spanish or Portuguese descent. [9]
Luis is a given name.It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name Hludowig or Chlodovech.Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: Luís (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, Lluís in Aragonese and Catalan, while Luiz is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil.
Nuno is a Portuguese male name, derived either from Latin nunnus 'grandfather' or nonnus 'chamberlain, squire'. It is quite popular in the Portuguese-speaking countries and communities. Its Spanish equivalent is Nuño .