English words from Portuguese
- Rio Grande do NorteA state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Natal.
- Rio Grande do SulA state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Porto Alegre.
- rodizioA Brazilian all-you-can-eat restaurant, most especially a churrascaria steakhouse restaurant which primarily serves grilled meats.
- sagwireSynonym of sagueir (palm wine made from Arenga pinnata).
- SalceteA subdivision of South Goa district, Goa, India.
- sambistaA samba musician.
- sanguicelA kind of boat, or small vessel, used in war.
- Santa CatarinaA state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Florianópolis.
- Santa CruzThe native people from the Santa Cruz area of California.
- Santa FéA municipality of Paraná, Brazil
- Santa MariaA city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States.
- SantarémA district in central Portugal.
- Santo DaimeA syncretic religion founded in Brazil in the 1930s.
- São FranciscoA river in Minas Gerais and Northeast Region, Brazil.
- São Gabriel da CachoeiraA municipality of Amazonas, Brazil
- São LourençoA parish of Macau.
- São LuísA municipality, the state capital of Maranhão, Brazil.
- São PauloA municipality, the state capital of São Paulo State, Brazil.
- São ToméThe capital city of São Tomé and Príncipe.
- SãotomenseOf or relating to São Tomé.
- SarmentoA surname from Portuguese.
- SebastianismThe folkloric belief that King Sebastian of Portugal (1554–1578) will return from the dead to lead the Portuguese or Brazilian people as a messiah.
- Seleçãothe Brazil national football team
- SemedoA surname from Portuguese.
- senhoritaA young woman in or from a Lusophone community.
- senzalaA slave camp in colonial Brazil.
- seriemaEither of two species of bird in the family Cariamidae within the order Cariamiformes, endemic to South America.
- seringalA rubber-producing estate in the Amazon region.
- Serra do MarA system of mountain ranges and escarpments in southeastern Brazil.
- serraduraA Portuguese dessert with layers of whipped cream and crumbled Marie biscuits.
- sertanistaA specialist in the undeveloped interior of Brazil and other parts of Portuguese America
- sertãoThe semi-arid, barren inland portion of northeastern Brazil.
- SolimõesUpper stretches of the Amazon River in Brazil from its confluence with the Rio Negro upstream to the border of Peru.
- SooretamaA municipality in Espírito Santo, Brazil.
- sungaA narrow, rectangular men's swimsuit to cover the genitals and posterior, popular in Brazil.
- surdoA type of percussion instrument used in Brazil.
- Taipa GrandeA hill in Taipa, Macau, formerly an islet.
- Taipa PequenaA hill in Taipa, Macau, formerly an islet.
- Tambor de MinaAn Afro-Brazilian religion that blends elements of African religions with Catholicism practiced mainly in the Brazilian states of Maranhão, Piauí, Pará and the Amazon rainforest.
- tamborimA small, round Brazilian frame drum of Portuguese and African origin.
- TapajósA river in the states of Pará, Amazonas and Mato Grosso, Brazil; a major tributary of the Amazon River
- tecidualRelating to tissue.
- TernatenoA Portuguese-based creole spoken on Ambon and Ternate islands, Indonesia.
- terra pretaA very dark, man-made, nutritionally dense soil found in the Amazon basin.
- toesaSynonym of estado, Spanish toise or fathom, a traditional unit of length, equivalent to about 1.67 m.
- Três LagoasA city in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
- Tres RiosA municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- trinchadoa spicy meat dish of Angolan and Mozambican origin
- trivelaThe act of imparting a curling path to the ball using the outside of one's foot.
- TrombetasA tributary on the north side of the Amazon River in Brazil.
- tucuxiAn estuarine dolphin (Sotalia fluviatilis), found in the rivers of the Amazon Basin.
- UaupésA river in Colombia and Brazil; a tributary of the Rio Negro
- UmbandaAn Afro-Brazilian religion that blends elements of African religions with Catholicism.
- urucumAchiote.
- ValpaçosA city and municipality of Vila Real district, Portugal
- vintemA former small Portuguese coin, similar to a penny.
- XapuriA river in Acre, Brazil
- xeraphimAn old monetary unit of Portuguese India from the 16th to 19th centuries, equal to 300 reis.
- zabumbaA Brazilian bass drum that performers wear and is tapped with both hands.
- ZêzereA river in Portugal
- zimboA particular univalve mollusc once used as currency.
- Zona SulA district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.