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[edit] Italian influence

"A bunch of loan words (italianisms), such as , batuta, partitura, sonata, ópera, dueto, tenor, soprano, escaramuça, escolta, piloto, cartucho, escopeta, sentinela, corsário, quiçá, novela, favorito, arlequim, bandolim, caricatura, pilastra, mezanino, pedestal, espaguete, macarrão, salsicha, aquarela, desenho, bocha, pastiche, feltro, pivete, bisonho, cicerone, "

[edit] criticism

These words came from Italianisms that already existed in European Portuguese, they are not a direct consequence of the presence of Italian immigrants in Brazil.

Words like: libreto, nhoque, pizza, ravioli, lasanha, panetone, esquifoso, bisonho informática, can be considered as a direct influence of the Italian immigrants in Brazil.

[edit] Remover

I think that paragraph should be removed, since they already existed in European Portuguese that was brought to Brasil.

[edit] Italianate

Disagree. Maybe the paragraph is to be removed, not the words. It is not proved that the Brasilians learned them by Portugueses or that the Portuguese folks carried such Italian words in Brasil. On the contrary, you can find many of those terms (i.e. arlequim) in France, Germany, Canada, Argentina etc. and they were spread by Italians. Still now the Italian communities of Sao Paulo and Rio continue to spread dialectal terms belonging to their Nation: foreign words such as pasteta or chapeuzinho italiano (milk & coffee), bananinas etc. which are included in no portuguese dictionary. Today those words, and many of the words above mentioned, are officially considered italian-brasilian terms. [Makakinho: 24 Nov 2006 - 16:22]

[edit] List of Italo-Brazilians

I made a page for a list of Italo-Brazilians, in the fashion of other lists on wikipedia. The list is mostly the same as the one that was formerly on the Italo-Brazilian page, but I organized it better. I removed the list from the Italo-Brazilian page, and just put a link to List of Italo-Brazilians under See Also. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Static Sleepstorm (talkcontribs) 16:56, 14 January 2007 (UTC).


[edit] ridiculous

it's ridiculous to say that "libreto, batuta, partitura, sonata, ópera, dueto, tenor, soprano, contralto, escaramuça, escolta, piloto, cartucho, escopeta, sentinela, corsário, quiçá, novela, favorito, arlequim, bandolim, caricatura, pilastra, mezanino, pedestal, ravióli, espaguete, macarrão, nhoque, pizza, lasanha, panetone, salsicha, aquarela, desenho, bocha, pastiche, esquifoso, feltro, pivete, bisonho, cicerone, informática, and many others" came directly from Italian in Brazil, which would make them, in fact, italianisms. This is definitely noy accurate.

[edit] Beware

Brazilian of Italian descent are VERY VERY VERY proud of being "Italian" though they have never been to Italy or ever speak the language. Beware of these pseudo-jingoists! They are fed falsities about their "race" from day one and pass them off as certainties without citations! (i.e. the Italo-Brazilian loanwards).

Also, does this sound iffy to anyone?

Coffee became the main export product of Brazil and there were few workers for planting and harvesting it. Furthermore, unlike sugarcane and cotton plantations, coffee required better trained and educated rural workers, and Europeans decidedly would be up to the job, since most of the Italian immigrants were peasants in their own country. Therefore, the Brazilian government started to attract more Italian immigrants to the coffee plantations. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 201.21.96.49 (talk) 18:47, 4 March 2007 (UTC).