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Q: Já leste este livro? A: Já. / Ainda não. Q: "Have you already read this book?" A: "Yes", literally, "Already." / "Not yet." The word sim ("yes") may be used for a positive answer, but, if used alone, it may in certain cases sound unnatural or impolite. In Brazilian Portuguese, sim can be used after the verb for emphasis.
There are three livros de linhagens ('lineage books') from medieval Portugal: [1] Livro Velho de Linhagens (1286–1290), fragmentary; Livro de Linhagens do Deão (1343) Livro de Linhagens do Conde Dom Pedro (c. 1344)
The story is told in the first person and the main character is 54-year-old Bento de Albuquerque Santiago, a solitary, well-established lawyer from Rio de Janeiro who, after having rebuilt his childhood house "in the old Rua de Matacavalos" (now Rua do Riachuelo []) in Engenho Novo, wants to "tie together the two ends of life and restore his adolescence in old age", in other words, recount his ...
João Rodrigues's epithet "Tçuzu" was an early Portuguese transcription of his Japanese descriptor Tsūji (Japanese: 通事, "the Interpreter").It distinguished him from a contemporary João Rodrigues [] in the Jesuits' China mission.
O presidente anterior foi exilado para Portugal. (European and Brazilian Portuguese) 'The former president was exiled to Portugal.' [permanent, or more lasting displacement] Note, though, in the first example, para could be used in Portuguese if in contrast to a very brief period of time. Não fico muito tempo, só um minuto. Tenho que/de ir ...
People from Portugal's former colonies, particularly Brazil, Portuguese Africa (especially Afro-Portuguese), Macau, Portuguese India and Timor-Leste, have been migrating to Portugal since the 1900s. Many Slavs , especially Ukrainians (now one of the biggest ethnic minorities ) [ 210 ] [ 211 ] and Russians , as well as Moldovans , Romanians ...
Portugal, [e] officially the Portuguese Republic, [f] is a country in the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe.Featuring the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the ...
The oldest known book on Portuguese cuisine (Portuguese: Cozinha portuguesa), entitled Livro de Cozinha da Infanta D. Maria de Portugal, from the 16th century, describes many popular dishes of meat, fish, poultry and others. [1] Culinária Portuguesa, by António-Maria De Oliveira Bello, better known as Olleboma, was published in 1936. [2]