Portuguese Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

Although Portuguese spelling was standardized by the mid-1700s, scribes usually spelled words the way they sounded. Generally, variations between old and modern spellings should not cause too much trouble for the researcher. The following words are examples of old and modern spelling variations:

| y became i

| Pereyra

|-

| h became silent

|-

| ã became am

For example, in the first column you will find the English word marriage. In the second column you will find Portuguese words with meanings such as marry, marriage, wedding, wedlock, unite, joined,and other words used in Portuguese records to indicate marriage. When a word has both a masculine and a feminine version, the feminine ending is given in parentheses.

| baptism

| batismo, batisei, foi batisado(a)

In some genealogical records, numbers are written out. This is especially true with dates. The following list gives the cardinal (1, 2, 3) and the ordinal (1st, 2nd, 3rd) versions of each number. In Portuguese, days of the month are written in ordinal form.

| 0

| zero

|-

| 1

To understand Portuguese dates, use the following lists as well as the preceding "Numbers" section.

| January

| janeiro

'''Days of the Week'''

| Sunday

| domingo

| sábado

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