Brazilian Portuguese Grammar
| Borrowed Vocabulary | ||
| Origin | Portuguese | English |
| Italian | concerto | concert |
| espaguete | spaghetti | |
| Japanese | judô | judo |
| gueixa | geisha | |
| Norwegian | esqui | skiing |
| fiorde | fjord | |
| Occitan | alegre | glad |
| rouxinol | nightingale | |
| Persian | azul | blue |
| lilás | lilac | |
| Russian | mamute | mammoth |
| vodca | vodka | |
| Sanskrit | nirvana | nirvana |
| açúcar | sugar | |
| Spanish | lagartixa | gecko |
| canibal | cannibal | |
| Turkish | quiosque | kiosk |
| café | coffee | |
| Welsh | pingüim | penguin |
| flanela | flannel | |
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