| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Meaning | modest, humble, simple, virtuous |
| Region of origin | Latin Europe |
Modesto is a surname originating in Latin Europe. Its meaning can be: modest, humble, simple, virtuous, among other synonyms. [2]
Its presence is very common in Italy, [3] Portugal [4] and Spain. [5] The strong wave of Italian immigration caused the surname to spread throughout the Americas, especially in Brazil, after the abolition of slavery in 1888. [6]
Pinto is a Portuguese, Spanish, Jewish (Sephardic), and Italian surname. It is a high-frequency surname in all Portuguese-speaking countries and is also widely present in Spanish-speaking countries, Italy, India, France and Israel. Historically, it has been common among political elites in Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries, as numerous presidents, prime ministers, and heads of state have shared the surname.
Silva is a surname in Portuguese-speaking countries, such as Portugal and Brazil. It is derived from the Latin word silva, meaning "forest" or "woodland". It is the family name of the House of Silva.
Leônidas da Silva was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the most important players of the first half of the 20th century. Leônidas played for Brazil national team in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups, and was the top scorer of the latter tournament. He was known as the "Black Diamond" and the "Rubber Man" due to his agility.
Immigration to Brazil is the movement to Brazil of foreign peoples to reside permanently. It should not be confused with the colonisation of the country by the Portuguese, or with the forcible bringing of people from Africa as slaves. Latin Europe accounted for four-fifths of the arrivals. This reflected in that Brazil has the largest population of Portuguese origin in the world, larger than Portugal, and the largest population of Italian origin in the world, outside Italy. The number of descendants of Spaniards is the second largest in the world outside Spain, and Brazil, despite being a Portuguese colony, received more Spaniards than virtually all other former Spanish colonies.
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for Peter. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter.
Spanish Brazilians are Brazilians of full or partial Spanish ancestry.
Santos is a surname of Christian origin in Portuguese and Spanish languages. The English translation of Santos is Saints. A singular version, Santo, may be seen.
Torres is a surname in the Portuguese and Spanish languages, meaning "Towers".
Mooca from tupi mo-oka, meaning to build houses is a district in the subprefecture of the same name in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Mooca today is home to over 75,000 inhabitants, spread in its 7.7 square kilometres (3.0 sq mi). It is also considered one of the fastest-growing districts in the city, experiencing over the last years a vigorous momentum in the construction industry. Mooca has been the stage for many social movements, specially because of the presence of a strong influence of the industry interests in the political scene of São Paulo towards the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The composition of Mooca's economy today ranges from small businesses ran by locals, large industries, such as Lorenzetti and Groupe SEB, both important players locally and globally in the home appliances industry, and ultimately, large shopping malls offering a variety of services.
Coelho is a Portuguese surname meaning "rabbit". Notable people with the surname include:
White Brazilians refers to Brazilian citizens who are considered or self-identify as "white", typically because of European or Levantine descent.
Almeida is a common surname in Portuguese-speaking nations of Portugal, Brazil and in West India, which was at one time colonized by the Portuguese. It is a toponym derived from the town of Almeida in Beira Alta Province, Portugal, or for any of a number of similarly named places in Portugal. In other instances it is a toponym derived from Almeida in the Province of Zamora, Spain.
Pinhal Grande is a municipality of the central part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Augusto is an Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish given name or surname. Notable people with the name include:
Dutra is a Portuguese language surname.
Ferreira is a Portuguese and Galician surname, meaning "iron mine" but also the feminine of 'blacksmith'. People with the surname include:
Carballo is originally a, surname. It is derived from both a Galician and Portuguese word meaning oak, referring to the family's settlement's surroundings of forest on mountainous terrain in A Coruña, Galicia, the north western part of Spain. Over the years, the surname has become more frequent in other countries and the name has had variations in its spelling. It became widely renowned in the early 1600s in the Spanish colonization of the Americas or New Spain and greatly expanded during the 1800s. It spread from South America, Central America, Mexico and North America, also including the Philippine islands, Cuba and Puerto Rico, territories of Spanish Colonialism or colonial expansion under the Crown of Castile during Spanish holdings in the Age of Discovery.
Events in the year 2015 in Brazil:
The Immigration Museum of the State of São Paulo is a museum of immigration in the Mooca neighbourhood in east São Paulo, Brazil. It is located in the Immigrant Inn building, which opened in 1887.
Events in the year 2021 in Brazil.
