Cabral

American

[kuh-brawl] / kəˈbrɔl /

noun

Pedro Álvares c1460–c1520, Portuguese navigator.

Cabral British

/ kəˈbrɑl /

noun

Pedro Álvarez (ˈpɛːdru ˈɑlvərəʃ). ?1460–?1526, Portuguese navigator: discovered and took possession of Brazil for Portugal in 1500.

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Then they went behind again - before a stunning strike from Cabral levelled again.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

"We always train and play as one unit, so everything we did in the game was not our first time that we did it," defender Sidny Lopes Cabral told the BBC World Service.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

"That match contains every possible match in history," Cabral added.

From Barron's ● May 16, 2026

He’s just taken a morning stroll in New York with his girlfriend, Dominican architect Ana Amelia Batlle Cabral, and is still defrosting from the wintry chill; he’ll be fully warmed up upon landing in California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

From the time the first Portuguese explorer, Pedro Álvares Cabral, discovered Brazil in the year 1500, the Indian population was negatively impacted—from disease to enslavement to encroachment on their land and way of life.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

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