This is a list of English words borrowed from Portuguese:
- albacore
- from albacor from Arabic al-bukr (="the young camels")
- albino
- from albo (="white")
- auto-da-fé, a judicial ‘act’ or sentence of the Inquisition
- from auto da fé (="act of faith")
- bossa nova
- (= "new tendency" or "new wave")
- capitao, a head-man, leader of a gang, etc., in Africa.
- from capitão (="captain")
- carnauba
- from carnauba
- caldera
- from caldeira (="boiler")
- caste
- from casta
- cobra
- short for cobra de capello (="hooded snake")
- cocoa
- from cacau
- cow-tree , a tree abundant in a milk-like juice
- from palo de vaca (="tree of cow")
- dodo
- from dodó
- emu
- from ema (="rhea")
- grouper
- from garupa
- lambada
- from lambada (="beating, lashing")
- macaw
- from macau
- mandarin
- from mandarim from Malay mantri from Hindi matri from Sanskrit mantrin (="counsellor")
- mango
- from manga from Malay mangga
- maraca
- from maracá from Tupi
- molasses
- from melaço
- pagoda
- from pagode
- palaver, a chat
- from palavra (="word")
- piranha
- from piranha from Tupi pira nya (="scissors")
- sablefish
- from savel
- samba
- from samba, ultimately of Angolan origin
- tank
- from tanque
- tapioca
- from tapioca
- teak
- from teca
- veranda
- from varanda (="balcony" or "railing"), from Hindi varanda or Bengali baranda
- yam
- from inhame from West African nyama (="eat")
- zebra
- from zebra
See also
Last updated: 08-24-2005 02:45:06
