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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brazilian/#m1)

2) A person from Brazil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brazilian/#m2)

3) «Brazilian Portuguese» is the kind of Portuguese spoken in Brazil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brazilian/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brazilian/#x1)
- The Brazilian team won the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brazilian/#x2)
- We tasted Brazilian food at the festival. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brazilian/#x3)
- The Amazon rainforest is mostly in Brazilian land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brazilian/#x4)
- Many Brazilians celebrate Carnival with music and dancing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brazilian/#x5)
- A Brazilian nut is a big seed from the Amazon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brazilian/#x6)

### 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?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «brazilian» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brazilian/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.