FROM SPANISH TO PORTUGUESE

zapatero     sapateiro
vaquero      vaqueiro
cocinero     cozinheiro

• The Spanish words presencia, diferencia, licencia and sentencia lose the ia diphthong in Portuguese. Most other words ending in -encia retain it. Thus:

but

Other word endings already discussed in other contexts include Spanish -ción / Portuguese -ção (see page 19), and Spanish -aje / Portuguese -agem (see page 64).

Less Common Correspondences

The correspondences listed below are found in a smaller number of cognates than those listed above under 'Common Correspondences.' The cognates themselves may, of course, be very common words. In some cases, the examples given may be the only ones of their kind.

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