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Help[Facts] Re: Brazilian names
in reply to a message by Nathan
Helder would be Helderinho. Basically, what you do in Portuguese, to create a diminutive is, add the suffix "inho" if it is for males and "inha" if it's for females. Taking out the last vowel to add the suffix or just sticking it in, at the end, if the word ends in a consonant.
Examples. :
pássaro (bird) passar + inho = passarinho.
Sol (sun) sol + inho = solinho.
Mel (honey) mel + inha = melinha.
Laranja (orange) laranj = inha = laranjinha.
Notice that "nh" sounds is equivalent to the Italian "ng" (as in gnocchi), sound or the Spanish "ñ" (as in niño).
About the nicknames, I guess as in any other language, they will call people "lefty" or "mad dog" or "rusty".... I mean, take Pelé for instance, his real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento and Pelé doesn't mean anything...
Here is that Brazilian names website. it is in Portuguese but still, you can check out the names. They are alphabetically organised and divided into boy's (Homens) and girl's (Mulheres).
http://www.mulhervirtual.com.br/nomes/nomes.htm
Hope this helps,
Magia.
Examples. :
pássaro (bird) passar + inho = passarinho.
Sol (sun) sol + inho = solinho.
Mel (honey) mel + inha = melinha.
Laranja (orange) laranj = inha = laranjinha.
Notice that "nh" sounds is equivalent to the Italian "ng" (as in gnocchi), sound or the Spanish "ñ" (as in niño).
About the nicknames, I guess as in any other language, they will call people "lefty" or "mad dog" or "rusty".... I mean, take Pelé for instance, his real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento and Pelé doesn't mean anything...
Here is that Brazilian names website. it is in Portuguese but still, you can check out the names. They are alphabetically organised and divided into boy's (Homens) and girl's (Mulheres).
http://www.mulhervirtual.com.br/nomes/nomes.htm
Hope this helps,
Magia.
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