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Saturday, June 6, 2020

Learn Easy Portuguese words - Praia da Luz - what does it mean? Words of the day

Portuguese word of the day, actually three words for starters.  Praia da luz means beach of light.



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  • Atalaia Tower (PortugueseTorre de Atalaia)
  • Castle of Senhora da Luz (PortugueseCastelo da Senhora da Luz/Fortaleza de Nossa senhora da Luz),

  • Now some more.
    PortugueseIgreja da Nossa Senhora da Luz (church of Our Lady of the light)


    My search through pictures led me to a website page all in Portuguese, but most of it was instantly recognizable to anyobody who spoke English. Look at this:
    https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_patrim%C3%B3nio_edificado_no_distrito_de_Faro

    That is 12 words we now know and can recongize.

    Portuguese - English
    Praia - beach
    da - of (like French de)
    luz - light
    castello - castle
    distrito - district
    edificado - buildings
    senhora - lady
    Torre - tower
    familia - family
    lista - list

    English - Portuguese
    beach - praia
    castle - castello
    district - distrito
    buildings/edifices - edificado
    family - familia
    lady - senhora
    list - lista
    light - luz (like the English word luminous)
    of - da
    tower - torre

    Where can you use Portuguese? Over on the American continent in South America in Brazil. In Europe in Portugal. Offshore from Portugal in the Atlantic in the island of Madeira. Or as I did when reading news articles about places in Portuguese speaking countries.

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