| ▲ | txbrown 6 hours ago | |||||||||||||||||||
Portuguese here - many Portuguese words have origin from Arabic as Portugal has been conquered and occupied by "the Moors" in 8th~13th century. That's a long time! Alentejo, Aljezur, Algarve, and many of the cities in the Southern part of the country have have Arabic origins. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | portugueasey 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
So much so that the controversy over the use of “insha’Allah” by non-Muslims was missed by me, Portuguese has “oxalá”, and I could not understand the problem. It’s funny how many words we use in Portuguese and Spanish that have their origin in the Moorish time. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | a34729t 23 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
And the surname "matamoros"! | ||||||||||||||||||||
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