Brasil
noun
the Portuguese spelling of Brazil
Brasil
1 British
/ brəˈziːl /
noun
brasil
2
British
/ brəˈzɪl /
noun
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Depay scored 20 goals in 79 appearances for Corinthians and helped them win the Copa do Brasil in 2025 and the Supercopa do Brasil this year.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Unlike its central bank peers, Banco Central do Brasil is expected to cut rates.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
The 53-year-old's name no longer appears on the agency's list of those in its custody, BBC News Brasil has confirmed.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
Brazilian stock exchange operator B3 – Brasil Bolsa Balcao could also benefit from lower rates that nudge Brazilians out of bonds and into equities.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
In the courts and squares of the great cities ambassadors from Brasil and Benin, from Eireland and Corea mingled with tabaco sellers, with commedia players from Bergamo, with dealers in fortune bonds.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
He loketh as a sperhauk with his yën; Him nedeth nat his colour for to dyen With brasil, ne with greyn of Portingale.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
The Admiral ordered two or three caravels to be got ready, and sent Roldan with a force to prohibit the cutting of brasil wood, suspecting that Hojeda would load with it.
From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Bartolom? de las Casas
Hojeda arrived at the port where the brasil is, five days ago.
From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Bartolom? de las Casas
It produces silk, benzoin, lac, brasil, wax, and ivory.
From History of the Philippine Islands by James Alexander Robertson
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