brazilian

«brazilian» in Mova's school dictionary: From or to do with Brazil, the largest country in South… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (Brazilian); noun (a Brazilian, Brazilians)

meaning for a pupil

1) From or to do with Brazil, the largest country in South America: «Brazilian football». tree →

2) A person from Brazil. tree →

3) «Brazilian Portuguese» is the kind of Portuguese spoken in Brazil. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons Brazil has the Amazon rainforest and many people speak Portuguese, not Spanish. Brazilian football, carnival and food (feijoada, brigadeiros) are famous. Written with a capital B.

examples

• She is Brazilian and speaks Portuguese. tree →
• The Brazilian team won the match. tree →
• We tasted Brazilian food at the festival. tree →
• The Amazon rainforest is mostly in Brazilian land. tree →
• Many Brazilians celebrate Carnival with music and dancing. tree →
• A Brazilian nut is a big seed from the Amazon. tree →

note

Capital B. People in Brazil speak Portuguese, not Spanish — a common mistake. The nut is usually called «Brazil nut». Plural: Brazilians.

In the corpora

• Why do Brazilians speak Portuguese while their neighbours speak Spanish?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «brazilian» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.