Jurubaça


Jurubaça was a term for interpreter in the Portuguese colonies of Southeast Asian and the Far East, particularly in Macau. The term is prevalent in mid-sixteenth through eighteenth-century documents. According to the Grande Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, a Jurubaça was an “Antigo intérprete da Malásia e do Extremo Oriente,” an ancient interpreter in Malaysia and the Far East. The word derives from Malay jurubassa (juru bahasa) which translates as a person who is an interpreter. The earliest document utilizing the word iurubaças dates from the sixteenth century.

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