English words from Brazilian Portuguese
- pirarucuAn arapaima (Arapaima gigas), a large fish of the Amazon.
- pitangaA Eugenia uniflora tree or its fruit.
- pitanguaThe boat-billed flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua.
- PomerodeA municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
- pororocaA tidal flood, especially at the mouth of the Amazon River, that rushes with a roaring noise into the river and proceeds in one or more waves that often present a very abrupt front of considerable height.
- Porto AlegreA municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- quindimA Brazilian baked custard dessert made chiefly from sugar, egg yolks, and ground coconut.
- Ribeirão das NevesA municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Rio BrancoA municipality, the state capital of Acre, Brazil.
- Rio de JaneiroA state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Rio de Janeiro.
- RondôniaA state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Porto Velho.
- sambaquiThe remains of a midden containing mostly seashells
- seringaA rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis).
- taiobaThe plant Xanthosoma sagittifolium (or occasionally the similar and related plant Xanthosoma taioba), which produces edible corms and leaves.
- tajassuThe common or collared peccary.
- tambaquiA freshwater fish of species Colossoma macropomum, native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America.
- tapetiA small South American cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus brasiliensis).
- tereréAn iced beverage made from yerba mate.
- tocandirabullet ant
- trahiraThe South American ray-finned fish Hoplias malabaricus.
- TropicáliaA Brazilian art movement that arose in the late 1960s, characterized by the amalgamation of Brazilian genres and traditions with foreign ones.
- tropicalismAnything that is characteristic of Tropicália, a Brazilian artistic movement.
- tropicalistOf, or characteristic of tropicalism.
- tropicalistaA member of a Brazilian art movement, Tropicália or Tropicalismo, of the late 1960s, encompassing theatre, poetry, and especially a mixture of music influenced by bossa nova, rock and roll, and various folk musics.
- tucumA fine, strong fibre obtained from the young leaves of a Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings, etc.
- tucumaA Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum aculeatum) with edible fruit.
- tucupiA yellow sauce made from wild manioc root.
- TupinambáA member of a particular Tupi ethnic group.
- TupiniquimAn ethnic group of Brazil.
- uakariAny of several arboreal monkeys, of the genus Cacajao, from the Amazon basin.
- urubuA New World vulture (a vulture from South America).
- VarginhaA municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil
- vatapáAn Afro-Brazilian dish made with bread, shrimp, coconut milk, peanuts and palm oil mashed into a creamy paste.
- x-caboquinhoA sandwich consisting of sliced buttered marraqueta bread and other ingredients, typical to the Brazilian state of Amazonas.