Word origins

• TocantinsA state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Palmas.
• blocoA type of Brazilian street carnival featuring traditional Brazilian music and dance such as samba and frevo, often with hundreds of thousands to millions of people in attendance.
• fidalgoA Portuguese nobleman.
• FrelimoThe nationalist political party of Mozambique, which fought for independence and formed the government after independence in 1975.
• TrindadeA surname from Portuguese.
• sepoyA native soldier of the East Indies, employed in the service of a European colonial power, notably the British India army (first under the British-chartered East India Company, later in the crown colony), but also France and Portugal.
• RaposoA surname.
• loureiroA grape variety cultivated in Spain and Portugal, used in the production of white wine.
• INPEThe National Institute for Space Research.
• mornaA genre of Cape Verdean music and dance.
• RamalhoA surname from Portuguese.
• SardinhaA surname from Portuguese.
• GuarulhosA municipality of São Paulo, Brazil.
• SaraivaA surname from Portuguese.
• GuterresA surname from Portuguese.
• SimaoA surname from Portuguese.
• agogoAn agogo bell, a bell used in Yoruba and Brazilian music and typically played in pairs
• pintadoA fine cotton cloth; chintz.
• muriquiA New World monkey of the genus Brachyteles, found in Brazilian forests.
• giloFruit of the scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum)
• MapusaA town in Goa, India.
• dinheiroA coin used from the 12th to the 15th century in Portugal.
• XinguAny of several indigenous tribes of Amerindian peoples who live in the Xingu reservation.
• SiqueiraA surname from Portuguese.
• mocamboA community made up of former slaves in colonial Brazil.
• GoncaloA surname from Portuguese.
• botoInia geoffrensis, a species of freshwater dolphin endemic to the Amazon river system
• silvesA city and municipality of Faro District, Portugal.
• cruzadoThe monetary unit of Brazil from 1986 to 1990.
• brinjalAn aubergine or eggplant.
• ConceicaoA surname from Portuguese.
• carbonadoMeat or fish that has been scored and broiled.
• InterlagosA neighbourhood of São Paulo, Brazil.
• CerqueiraA surname from Portuguese.
• AbrantesA surname from Portuguese.
• FerreiroA surname.
• CarrisA surname.
• ElephantaA strong southerly or southeasterly wind that blows on the Malabar coast of India during the months of September and October and marks the onset of the southwest monsoon.
• PenhaA municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
• MontijoA surname.
• FragosoA surname.
• palanquinAn enclosed human-borne litter or sedan chair, a large box with a chair, couch, or bed raised on horizontal poles and used as a mode of transport.
• CatembeA cocktail of red wine and cola.
• RaposaA surname from Portuguese.
• compradorAn intermediary.
• ElvasA city and municipality of Portalegre district, Alentejo region, Portugal.
• GodinhoA surname from Portuguese.
• broaA type of cornbread made in Portugal, Galicia and Brazil with wheat, rye and yeast.
• borrachaA wineskin.
• aldeiaIn colonial Brazil, a settlement created to assimilate and convert the indigenous population, similar to the Spanish reducción
• churrascariaA steakhouse where food in a churrasco style is served.
• PortalegreA municipality and district in Portugal.
• copaibaAny of several South American trees of the genus Copaifera
• MontanhaA former island in Xiangzhou district, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, that became part of Hengqin.
• RomualdoA surname.
• BarcelosA surname from Portuguese.
• finosSecond-best wool from Merino sheep.
• MonchiqueA town and municipality of Faro district, in southern Portugal.
• prayaA promenade or drive located beside the seashore in Hong Kong.
• macumbaA type of Afro-Brazilian folk religion combining elements of Roman Catholicism with traditional African religious beliefs and practices; or a specific cult or ceremony of such religion.
• picanhaA cut of beef consisting of the biceps femoris muscle and its fat cap.
• QueluzA city in Sintra, district of Lisbon, Portugal.
• DeJulioA surname from Portuguese.
• CantaraA surname.
• biremeAn ancient galley having two banks of oars, one above the other.
• LobitoA city on Lobito Bay in Benguela Province, Angola.
• sembaA genre of traditional music and dance from Angola.
• abacateSynonym of avocado.
• abadaThe rhinoceros.
• AbaetetubaA city in Pará, Brazil.
• AbaíraA municipality of Bahia, Brazil.
• AbaréA municipality of Bahia, Brazil.
• Abrolhos ArchipelagoA group of small islands off the coast of Bahia, Brazil.
• adufeA traditional square tambourine, found in Portugal and elsewhere, of Moorish origin.
• afoxeA genre of Afro-Brazilian music.
• AgassaimA village in Goa, India.
• agropecuaryA combination of agriculture and livestock raising, as practiced in Brazil.
• ainhumA painful constriction of the base of the fifth toe, frequently followed by autoamputation, occurring predominantly in black Africans and their descendants.
• alastrimA milder variant of smallpox
• alcatifA carpet.
• alfaiaA Brazilian drum with a membrane made of animal skin.
• Algoa BayA maritime bay in Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
• almudeA traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume, equal to 14–26 liters.
• alqueireA traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 13.1–19.3 liters in different 19th-century contexts.
• AmapáA state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Macapá.
• AnçãA village and parish of Cantanhede, Coimbra district, Região de Coimbra, Centro, Portugal.
• andirobaAny of the South and Central American trees of the genus Carapa, especially Carapa guianensis.
• AndorinhaA municipality of Bahia, Brazil.
• Angra do HeroísmoA municipality and city on the island Terceira, Azores autonomous region, Portugal.
• anguA popular Brazilian mash made with fubá (milled corn or rice), salt, and often garlic fried in olive oil.
• AnicetoA surname.
• aprimorationThe rise (of something) to a better state; elevation, improvement, refinement.
• arapongaSynonym of bare-throated bellbird (Procnias nudicollis)
• araribaAny of the trees of three species in the genus Centrolobium (family Fabaceae), especially, a Brazilian tree (Centrolobium robustum) -- called also zebrawood.
• AraucáriaA town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
• arguidoA person kept for questioning who is not a formal suspect and has certain rights that a witness or suspect would not have.
• arratelA traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 459 g.
• arrobaA traditional Spanish unit of mass, varying by time, location, and substance but generally around 11.5 kilograms.
• Arroio do MeioA municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• atabaqueA tall Afro-Brazilian hand drum, traditionally having its shell made of jacaranda wood.