Portuguese - At least I know one word. Pelo menos conheço uma palavra em Português.

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Comment by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on November 18, 2022 at 11:40am

Thank you for the 'Jardim', the amazing thing is that I heard the word once and then tried to remember what language it came from, in what context I came across it... And now, I see your post in the group!

Comment by Heleen de Vaan on October 21, 2022 at 9:14am

Outono - autumn

Castanha - chestnut

(sweet chestnut in this picture)

Comment by Heleen de Vaan on October 21, 2022 at 9:09am

How nice to see you have spotted these! In my country they have become rare.

I think it is an Açafrão-do-prado (Colchicum autumnale) - autumn crocus (crocus do outono)

(Thanks to a stamp I learned that this autumn-blooming ‘naked lady’ is not a real crocus, it’s a species from an other family (colchicacea) than the real crocus (iridacea) :-) )

Comment by Mim Golub Scalin on May 5, 2022 at 7:03pm

Love learning that the aceituna/azetones Spanish and Portugués words derive from arabe. And I do love olives. 
one of my favorite painters from the1960s is Nathan Olivera. Perhaps of Portuguese ancestry. 

Comment by Bradford on April 4, 2022 at 1:05am

I wouldn't want to get stuffed on olives although they are often stuffed.  Jalapeño-stuffed olives in beer are popular among my friends here in Deadwood.

Comment by Mail Art Martha on April 4, 2022 at 12:53am

Interesting! Olives are azeitonas in Portuguese ( my new word) and aceitunas in Spanish. In Arabic they are zaytun, so I infer the Spanish and Portuguese names come from Arabic, from when Spain was a Caliphate, because in Latin they are olivae and in Italian olive. Also in French and very similar in Germany, oliven, and northern European countries.

In Basque and in Catalan, two cultures that sit astride the frontier between France and Spain they are olibak and olive.

I could play with Google Translate all day! I only knew olives in Spanish, French and Arabic a few minutes ago. Now I could travel around Europe and would not starve, but my diet would be a little limited.

Comment by Thea Hollister on February 12, 2022 at 6:52pm

ola e boas novas

Comment by Mail Art Martha on December 15, 2021 at 8:04am

Comment by Mail Art Martha on December 15, 2021 at 7:58am

Io sei saudades, obrigado, mina louca, o benteveo amarelo, sasi, minhas histórias favoritas, gato onça, menina and others long forgotten. I read lots of brazilian stories as a child, but in Spanish. Some words were left in the original. I love Brazilian music.

Comment by Heleen de Vaan on December 4, 2021 at 12:27pm

Obrigado

Thank you!

Thank you for your kind words about my drawing. And I love your bird drawings!

In the 'Pássaro preto' mail art project (which lasted until 2015), the host accepted all kinds of black birds. So it is not only the Pássaro preto - Gnorimopsar chopi - but also other kinds of pássaros pretos. See his website, there are many beautiful, original - não melro ou pássaro preto - birds:
http://blackbirdproject.blogspot.com/

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