Usually in English using purely from Portuguese vocabulary with Praia ( Praia, Cape Verde Islands capital ) verandah ( corridor ), Mandarin ( Chinese officials, Mandarin ), compradore ( linguist comprador ) ( linguist), galleon ( Spanish galleon ), caravel ( Spain and Portugal a small sailboat,. ) stevedore ( dockers ), factory ( factory ), factor ( factor ).
There are some later in English words, such as bazaar ( East market ), bungalow ( cottage), pagoda ( tower ), compound ( courtyard),HTC flyer p512 amah ( nanny ), boy ( boy, boy ), coolie ( cooly ( India ), lascar peon ( seaman ), servant, slave ), Sepoy ( British soldiers in India ), molosses ( syrup ), lorcha ( China, Thailand and other places of European the barque ), massage ( massage ), tank ( container ), chintz ( Polish printed cloth ), curry ( curry ), copra ( copra ), jute ( jute ), is the earliest by the Portuguese in India and other regions of Southeast Asia, then spread to Macao, then to other places. Related to household items for common nouns,samsung galaxy including porcelain ( China ), parasol ( parasol parasol ), palanguin ( East four or six people carried the sedan ), cuspidor ( spittoon ), kimono ( and ), calico ( white ), taffeta ( taffeta ), shawl ( shawl, scarf ), cambric ( cambric, linen ), cashmere ( cashmere ), English is benefit from the portuguese.
In English, some animals and insects is the name is Portuguese influence, such as alligator ( alligator ), albatross ( albatross ), buffalo ( Buffalo ),study mandarin cobra ( COBRA ), mosquito ( mosquito ).
Relationship between early and the facts show, the Portuguese-speaking world had on the development of Hongkong has had some influence in Asia, Macao is the Portuguese-speaking world foreign exchanges a center, it promoted the Portuguese-speaking world and the outside world economic exchanges and language and cultural exchange. If the future of Macao to maintain the tradition, continue to promote the Portuguese-speaking world economic and cultural exchanges with the outside world, Macao to world peace and human development will be able to make more contributions.
