Word origins

• RonaldoA male given name from Portuguese.
• BrasileiraA Brazilian woman.
• albinoCongenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism.
• amokOut of control, especially when armed and dangerous.
• banyanAn Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
• melloA surname.
• meloA city in Uruguay, capital of the department of Cerro Largo
• CarvalhoA surname from Portuguese.
• CalicutFormer name of Kozhikode: a city in Kerala, India.
• PeresA surname from Portuguese
• cambiobureau de change; currency exchange
• CopacabanaA beached area known for partying.
• micoA small South American monkey (Mico melanurus, syn. Callithrix melanura), allied to the marmoset.
• JoaoA male given name from Portuguese.
• gamaSynonym of gama grass.
• FonsecaA surname.
• selvaHeavily forested ground in the Amazon basin.
• nauSynonym of carrack.
• escudoThe state currency formerly used in Portugal and its colonies, divided into 100 centavos. The symbol $ is positioned between the escudos and centavos, i.e. 2$50.
• paisThe country (ie: the jury); also, the people living in the district from where the jury is taken.
• MichaelaA female given name from Hebrew.
• tapiocaA starchy food made from the cassava plant, used in puddings.
• avoA subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca.
• RibeiroA surname.
• contoIn Portugal and Brazil, a million reis.
• dodoA large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
• MaputoThe capital city of Mozambique.
• varaA traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 83.7 cm.
• JacoA surname.
• marimbaA percussion instrument with African origins, similar to a xylophone with resonators, but much lower in range and darker in timbre.
• TeixeiraA surname from Portuguese.
• TavaresA city, the county seat of Lake County, Florida, United States.
• MargaoA city in Goa, India.
• BragaA surname from Portuguese.
• dobraThe official or principal currency of São Tomé and Príncipe, divided into 100 cêntimos.
• CoelhoA surname from Portuguese.
• GracaA surname from Portuguese.
• ipeA type of wood of the genus Tabebuia, similar to teak, used for outdoor decking and furniture.
• patacaThe monetary unit of Macau, equal to 100 avos.
• tangaAny of various former Asian coins, including: a coin of Portuguese India worth one tenth of a rupee; a gold coin of India issued by various Muslim rulers; a silver coin of India, also issued by Muslim rulers; and a former silver coin of Tibet.
• meticalThe currency of Mozambique, divided into 100 centavos.
• macawAny of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage.
• CoimbraA district in central Portugal.
• AbreuA surname from Portuguese.
• castaThe institutionalized system of racial and social stratification in 17th-century Mexico.
• futsalA form of soccer played indoors, with five players per team.
• FreitasA surname from Portuguese.
• ManausA municipality, the state capital of Amazonas, Brazil.
• pomfretA fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.
• pardoA former money of account in Portuguese India, one twentieth of a rupia.
• PiresA surname from Portuguese.
• BrancoA surname from Portuguese.
• CandiaThe Mediterranean island of Crete.
• MedeirosA municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
• bogueA species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).
• BarrosoA surname.
• NascimentoA surname.
• macacaAny of a group of Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca; a macaque.
• PessoaA surname from Portuguese.
• AcevedoA surname from Portuguese
• OportoSynonym of Porto (“city in Portugal”).
• NoronhaA surname from Portuguese.
• tempuraA Japanese dish made by deep-frying vegetables, seafood, or other foods in a light batter.
• albacoreA longfin tuna, a large marine fish (Thunnus alalunga) of warm seas, having edible flesh.
• MoisesA male given name.
• GuardaA district in northeastern Portugal.
• pousadaa Portuguese inn
• ipecacThe dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical American plants (Cephaelis acuminata and Cephaelis ipecacuanha) of the madder family used especially as a source of emetine.
• pernambucoThe hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata, used to make violin bows.
• PimentelA surname from Portuguese.
• HortaA municipality and city on Faial island, Azores autonomous region, Portugal.
• IguazuA river in Brazil and Argentina, that starts in the Brazilian mountains in Serra do Mar and flows into the Paraná in Brazil.
• OrtaA surname.
• DantesA surname.
• andorSynonym of dandy or hammock litter, a strong cloth suspended from a pole or set of poles used as an open sedan chair.
• jacarandaAny of several trees, of the genus Jacaranda, native to tropical South America, that have pale purple, funnel-shaped flowers. In horticultural use refers specifically to Jacaranda mimosifolia.
• fadoA Portuguese folk song, usually featuring a single vocalist, Portuguese guitar and sometimes classical guitar. Lyrical themes are often melancholic in nature; the structure of the song is of greater importance.
• betelEither of two (parts of) plants often used in combination
• sabinobald cypress (Taxodium distichum).
• AltamiraA surname from Spanish
• FigueiredoA surname from Portuguese.
• arrozAny Spanish rice-based dish.
• estadioA traditional Portuguese unit of distance, variously equivalent to about 185.2, 231.5, or 257.2 m depending on the number of leagues per equatorial degree.
• AnesA surname.
• PinheiroA surname from Portuguese.
• sargassoA brown alga, of the genus Sargassum, that forms large, floating masses.
• SilveiraA surname from Portuguese.
• PaulistaA native or inhabitant of the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
• DouroA river in northern Spain and Portugal.
• AguiarA surname.
• cariocaA sideways step in which one leg crosses over the other.
• copraThe dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded.
• pantanalA marsh (a broad, flat area with pools of water and trees) in the Pantanal region of South America.
• pianYaws.
• BatticaloaA city in Sri Lanka.
• pontoA traditional short Portuguese unit of length usually about equal to 0.2 mm.
• mocoRock cavy (Kerodon rupestris).
• CorcovadoA mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• pimentoA red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
• mangalA tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees.