English
- bar (the beverage establishment)
- basquete = basketball
- bit, byte, and many other computing terms
- champu or xampu = shampoo
- cheque = Cheque(US English check)
- choque = shock
- clicar = to click
- clique = click
- clube = club
- coquetel = cocktail
- cowboy
- deletar = to delete
- estandarte = standard
- faroeste = far west, Western,
- fashion = adj., fashionable
- futebol = football
- hamburguer = cheeseburger, hot dog, hamburger, fast food
- interface = interface
- mesmerizar = mesmerize
- mouse = computer mouse
- náilon = nylon
- revolver = revolver
- sanduíche = sandwich
- show = adj., something with showlike qualities, spectacular
- telemarketing, know-how
- teste = test
- turista = tourist
- vagão = wagon
- volei = volleyball
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“Forget all feuds, and shed one English tear
O’er English dust. A broken heart lies here.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)
“On becoming soldiers we have not ceased to be citizens.”
—Oliver Cromwell’s Soldiers. Address, 1647, to the English Parliament. “Humble Representation.”
“If English is spoken in heaven ... God undoubtedly employs Cranmer as his speechwriter. The angels of the lesser ministries probably use the language of the New English Bible and the Alternative Service Book for internal memos.”
—Charles, Prince Of Wales (b. 1948)