Lingoa Geral

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Lingoa Geral

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From Portuguese língua geral (“literally, general language”).

proper noun

Old Tupi (Tupian language used as a lingua franca in early colonial Brasil). One useful result of his former experiences was that he could talk fluently in the Lingoa Geral, which is the peculiar talk, one-third Portuguese and two-thirds Indian, which is current all over Brazil.

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"Lingoa Geral." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lingoa%20geral. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Lingoa Geral. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lingoa%20geral

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"Lingoa Geral." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lingoa%20geral.

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@misc{lingoa_geral_2026,
  title = {Lingoa Geral},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lingoa%20geral},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}