Word origins

• goiabadaA conserve made of red guavas and sugar, found in Portuguese-speaking countries.
• GoiásA state of the Center-West Region, Brazil. Capital: Goiânia.
• graoA traditional short Portuguese unit of length, equivalent to about 4.6 mm.
• grumichamaThe Brazilian tree Eugenia brasiliensis
• igapóA blackwater-flooded Amazonian forest.
• imbuiaOcotea porosa, a tree of southern Brazil, a source of high-end timber.
• ipê treeTabebuia or Handroanthus
• IpixunaA river in the states of Rondônia and Amazonas, Brazil; a tributary of the Purus River
• ItaitubaA city and municipality of Pará, Brazil
• ItajaíA municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
• jaborandiAny of several species of the genus Pilocarpus of plants, some of which are important medicinally.
• jaguarundiA medium-sized Central and South American wild cat, Herpailurus yagouaroundi.
• jandayaAratinga jandaya, a small neotropical parrot with green wings and tail, reddish-orange body, yellow head and neck, orange cheeks, and black bill, native to wooded habitats in northeastern Brazil.
• jangadaA traditional wooden sailing raft of northern Brazil.
• jangadeiroOne who sails a jangada (type of raft).
• jaraguaAn African grass, Hyparrhenia rufa, used as livestock feed.
• jararacaA venomous snake of species Bothrops jararaca, found in South America.
• jeropigaA liqueur made from partially fermented malt or wine, found mainly in Portugal.
• jiboyaThe boa constrictor.
• JoséA male given name from Spanish, variant of Jose.
• juazeiroA small shrub, Sarcomphalus joazeiro, of the buckthorn family, native to Brazil.
• juremaThe Brazilian entheogen Mimosa tenuiflora
• jurubaçaAn interpreter of Portuguese in the Far East, particularly in Macau and other Portuguese colonies between the 16th and the 18th centuries.
• jurumeiroA Brazilian folk-medicine specialist in the preparation of jurema
• kuduroAn energetic, danceable style of music originating in Angola, combining local styles like semba with influences from Caribbean music, especially zouk and soca.
• lavadorA machine used in mining placer deposits, which washes paydirt slurries pumped into the top of machine, extracting pebbled ores though its sluice runs into its riffles, grates and miner's moss, a type of washplant.
• LiborioA surname from Portuguese.
• Lingoa GeralOld Tupi (Tupian language used as a lingua franca in early colonial Brasil).
• linguicaA Portuguese garlic and paprika seasoned smoke cured pork sausage.
• linguisterA native interpreter assisting Europeans in colonial contexts.
• lorchaA kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk.
• macacoA macaque, or similar monkey.
• macutaA former currency unit of Angola, worth five centavos.
• MafraA town and municipality of the district of Lisbon, Portugal, known for the Palace of Mafra.
• malaguetaSynonym of grains of paradise, the seeds or seed capsules of the West African Aframomum melegueta; the plant itself.
• manacaA plant of the species Brunfelsia uniflora.
• ManuelineDescribing a Portuguese form of Gothic style
• maquiaA traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equivalent to 0.8–1.2 liters in different 19th-century contexts.
• MaracanaçoThe final match (Uruguay 2 – Brazil 1) in the 1950 FIFA World Cup, remembered in Brazil as a painful defeat.
• MaranhãoA state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: São Luís.
• margosaThe neem. (a tree)
• MascoteA surname from Portuguese.
• Mato GrossoA state of the Center-West Region, Brazil. Capital: Cuiabá.
• MatosinhosA city and municipality of Porto district, Portugal.
• matrinxãA freshwater fish from South American rivers (Brycon amazonicus)
• medronhoA Portuguese brandy made from the berries of the strawberry tree.
• milhaA traditional Portuguese unit of distance, equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the league used.
• Minas GeraisA state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Belo Horizonte.
• MindericoA lect (originally a secret language used by merchants), also known as Piação do Ninhou (“the language of Minde”), spoken by people in Minde in Portugal.
• misangaA friendship bracelet
• modinhaA kind of sentimental love song of Portugal and Brazil.
• MondegoA river in Portugal, the longest entirely in the country.
• MormugaoA port city in South Goa district, Goa, India.
• MossoróA municipality of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
• motucaA large biting fly of Brazil.
• murumuruA rainforest palm, Astrocaryum murumuru, whose seeds contain a butter used in moisturizers.
• mussuranaAny of several snakes, mostly in the genus Clelia.
• NheengatuA Tupian trade language spoken in Brazil.
• NizamalucoUl-Mulk Shah of Ahmadnagar, a nizam involved in the 16th-century War of the League of the Indies.
• Nova IorqueA municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.
• OecusseAn exclave, municipality (formerly a district) and the only Special Administrative Region (SAR) of East Timor.
• oitavaA traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equivalent to 1.6–2.4 liters in different 19th-century contexts.
• onçaA traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 28.7 g.
• Ouro PretoA municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
• PajubáA Brazilian cryptolect spoken by adherents of African-Brazilian religions and by the Brazilian LGBT community.
• PalharesA surname from Portuguese.
• ParáA state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Belém.
• ParaíbaA state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: João Pessoa.
• ParnamirimA municipality of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
• patamarA sailing vessel resembling a grab, formerly used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
• pau-brasilbrazilwood, Caesalpinia echinata.
• PaulistanoSomeone from São Paulo, Brazil.
• pecuaryThe raising of livestock, as practiced in Brazil.
• Pedra Branca skinkCarinascincus palfreymani, a species of skink.
• PelagioA surname.
• PescariaThe coast of Tinnevelly.
• petismothe philosophy and politics of the Workers’ Party
• picotaA machine for raising water consisting of a long lever or yard, pivotted on an upright post, weighted on the short arm and bearing a line and bucket on the long arm.
• PinelaA surname from Portuguese.
• pitombaTalisia esculenta, a South American tree.
• Poço das AntasA municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• polegadaA traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 2.8 cm.
• Ponta Delgadaa city and municipality on the island of São Miguel in the archipelago of the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal
• pornochanchadaA kind of comedic sexploitation film popular in Brazil during the 1970s and 1980s.
• Porto GrandeA municipality of Amapá, Brazil.
• Porto PequenoSaptagram.
• presuntoA dry-cured Portuguese ham.
• pupunhaSynonym of peach palm.
• quartilhoA traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume, varying in size between 350 and 530 mL.
• quarubaAny tree of the genus Vochysia, of the tropical Americas.
• QuelimaneA city in Mozambique.
• quilateSynonym of carat in historical Iberian contexts.
• quilomboA fortified residence or encampment in Angola, or the military power associated with it.
• QuimbandaAn Afro-Brazilian religion.
• quintalejoA traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 29.4 kg.
• QuiterioA surname from Portuguese.
• RabeloA surname from Portuguese.
• reco-recoA scraped percussion instrument used in Brazilian music, traditionally having a sawtooth-notched cylindrical body made of bamboo or wood, and played with a wooden stick.
• retornadoethnic Portuguese living in Africa who moved to Portugal during the decolonization process
• Ribeira GrandeA city and municipality of the Azores autonomous region, Portugal.