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  • Abade: means abbot, meaning father, head of a monastery
  • Abadesso: probably from the word abadessa which is a mother superior for some religious groups
  • Abadito
  • Abalada: broken
  • Abalroado
  • Abdula
  • Abecassis
    Abeleira
  • Abelho: Abelha means a bee, Abelho may be a masculine form
  • Abilhão
  • Abilio
  • Abito
  • Abranches
  • Abrantes
  • Abraul
  • Abrega
  • Abreu: insect
  • Abrino
  • Abronheiro: See below, probably Abrunheiro mispelled
  • Abrunheiro: A plum tree that produces small blue or purple plums
  • Abrunhosa
  • Abudo
  • Acacio: Caracter in a novel of Eca de Queiroz, o Primo Basilio
  • Acafrão: saffron
  • Achada: feminine of found
  • Achando: finding
  • Achas: To find, present second person of singular
  • Acúrcio
  • Adaes
  • Adaixo
  • Adão
  • Adelia
  • Adelina
  • Adelino
  • Adem: sheldrake: boa, coat, sweater, wrap
  • Adevides
  • Adevinha: probably from the verb adivinhar, to guess, to foresee
  • Adolfo
  • Adones: see Adonis
  • Adonis: Nice and humble young man
  • Adrega
  • Adriano
  • Adrião
  • Adro: Section of a church
  • Adubeir
  • Afecto: affection, attachement, fondness, love, tenderness
  • Afonso
  • Afra
  • Africana: An African woman
  • Africano: An African man
  • Agante
  • Agapito
  • Agasalho: boa, coat, sweater, wrap
  • Agatão
  • Agnelo
  • Agnoli
  • Agonia: agony, death struggle, throe
  • Agostinha: feminine variant of Agostinho
  • Agostinho: Portuguese for Augustine, given name or surname
  • Agreira: a type of tree
  • Agrela: small field
  • Agria
  • Agra: piece of land who can be use for agriculture
  • Agro: sour,
  • Agua: Water, aqua:
  • Aguas: Waters
  • Aguiar: Ancient Spanish name from the region of Castile
  • Aguilar: see Aguiar
  • Aguinha: water
  • Agulha: needle
  • Aibéo
  • Aidos
  • Aio: Tutor hired by wealthy families to educate their children
  • Aires
  • Airoso: graceful, elegant, smart
  • Ajuda: from the verb ajudar, to help
  • Ala: Allah, row, aisle, wing, flank, side
  • Alago: from the verb alagar, to cover with water, to sink, to be flooded
  • Alavedra
  • Alarcão
  • Albano: Albanian
  • Albarinho
  • Albarino
  • Albarran
  • Albazini
  • Albergaria: lodging house, shelter, town in Portugal called Albergaria-a-velha
  • Albernas
  • Albernaz
  • Albertina
  • Albertino
  • Alberto
  • Alberty
  • Albino: albino
  • Albreto
  • Albuquerque
  • Alçada: juridisdiction, competence, competency, verge
  • Alcaide: Arab word for captain, governor
  • Alcaire
  • Alcantara: Spanish military order
  • Alcaso
  • Alceo
  • Alceu
  • Alcide
  • Alcides
  • Alcino
  • Alcobaça
  • Alcobia
  • Alcoforado
  • Alda: ancient measurement slightly over a meter
  • Aldeão: rural, villager, peasant, cottager
  • Aldegalega
  • Aldeia: village
  • Alecrim: rosemary
  • Alegre: joyful
  • Alegrete: from the word alegre
  • Alegria: joy

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  • Alegrio
  • Aleixo
  • Aleluia
  • Alemão: German in English
  • Alençoão
  • Alendouro: word from above the Douro
  • Alentisca
  • Alexadre
  • Alexandre
  • Alexandrina
  • Alexandrino
  • Alface: Lettuce
  • Alfafar
  • Alfaiataria: tailor store or shop
  • Alfaiate: A tailor
  • Alfar
  • Alfarela
  • Alfaro
  • Alferes: squire, chevalier, esquire, armour-bearer, henchman
  • Alfredo
  • Alfoto
  • Algarvio: from the Algarve
  • Alhau
  • Alho: Garlic
  • Alice
  • Alipia
  • Alipio
  • Almaral
  • Almas: singular is soul, spirit, mind or the dead
  • Almeida
  • Almeirão: plant
  • Alonso: silly, goof
  • Alpande
  • Alpendre: shed, porch, gallery, terrace, marquise
  • Alpoim
  • Alquim
  • Alto: high, tall, elevated, loudly, loud, aloud
  • Aluminios: plural of aluminium
  • Alvadia
  • Alvares
  • Alvarez
  • Alvaro
  • Alvarinhas
  • Alvarinho
  • Alvelos
  • Alvéolos: small hole where the bees lay their honey, honeycomb
  • Alverca: tank, place where the fish live
  • Alves
  • Alvim
  • Alvito
  • Alvoeiro
  • Alvorge
  • Alzira
  • Amada: sweetheart, ladylove, loved?
  • Amado: beloved, darling
  • Amador: unprofessional, amateur
  • Amante: lover, concubine, mistress
  • Amara
  • Amaral
  • Amaro: sour
  • Ambrósio: Ambrosia meas type of plant
  • Ameal
  • Ameixa: plum, prune
  • Ameixoeira: plum tree, prune tree
  • Ameixoeiro; probably a masculine variant of Ameixoeira
  • Amelia
  • Amial
  • Amieira
  • Amieiro: alder
  • Amilcar
  • Amimo: to give affection to someone or an animal
  • Amoedo: to make money
  • Amora: mulberry, raspberry
  • Amoreira: mulberry, raspberry bush
  • Amores
  • Amorim: type of pear
  • Amoroso: loving, amorous, fond, loverlike
  • Amorouco
  • Amorousso
  • Amparo: supporter, support, defence, defense, protection, patronage, fostering, refuge, rock, anchorage
  • Amuedo
  • Ana
  • Anacleto
  • Anadio
  • Anaquim
  • Anastasio
  • Anaya
  • Anca: Thigh
  • Ancelmo
  • Anceris
  • Anceriz
  • Anciaes
  • Andorinha: swallow
  • Andrade: tree from Brasil
  • André
  • Andrino: color from the wings of a swallow, possibly variant of André
  • Anes
  • Angelo: from the word angel
  • Angelica: from the word angelic
  • Anguelova
  • Anibal
  • Anica
  • Aniceto
  • Anjos: angels, cherubs
  • Anselmo
  • Antão
  • Antas: tapirs, dolmens,
  • Antões
  • Antónia
  • Antoninho: member of the religious order of Saint Antonio
  • António
  • Antunes
  • Anunciação: anunciation
  • Aparicio
  • Aperta: from the verb apertar, to press, to hug
  • Apolinario
  • Apóstolo: apostle
  • Aqueu: from the Greece region of Achaea
  • Aquino
  • Aradeiras
  • Aragão
  • Aranha: spider
  • Araujo
  • Arcanjo: archangel
  • Arcão: parte of a saddle
  • Arcos: plural of: archway, arch, arc, bow, hoop, rim, round
  • Arcozelo
  • Arderios
  • Ardérius
  • Arede
  • Areia: sand
  • Areias: plural of sand
  • Arelo
  • Arenga: harangue, patter, screed, quarrel
  • Areosa: sandy
  • Aresta: edge, rib, groin, gable, awn
  • Areu
  • Arezes
  • Argel: type of horse
  • Argentino: Argentine
  • Arias
  • Arif
  • Arinto
  • Arlindo
  • Armando
  • Armeiro: gunsmith, armourer, armorer, armoury, armory, gunman
  • Armelão
  • Arminda
  • Armindo
  • Arnaldo
  • Arnaud
  • Arnaut
  • Arneiro: sandy land, dry and unproductive
  • Aroso
  • Arouca
  • Arraiolos
  • Arrais: skipper
  • Arraiano: who lives close to the border of another country
  • Arreiano: possibly Arraiano mispelled
  • Arrenegado: mad, impatient shows hate towrds others
  • Arriaga
  • Arribanca
  • Arriegas
  • Arrifano: probably a person who fabricated linen
  • Arrimar: to get close to
  • Arrobas; ancient weight measure (plural)
  • Arrojado: audacious, bold, dashing, dauntless, venturesome, venturous, cool
  • Arromba: to break through, to force open something that is unlock
  • Arroteia: land newly cultivated after the land was being left uncultivated for renewal
  • Arroz: rice
  • Arruda: rue
  • Arrulo
  • Arsenio
  • Artiaga
  • Artilheiro: artillerist, artillery man, cannoneer, gunner, bombardier, striker
  • Artur
  • Arvelos
  • Arzileiro
  • Asenco
  • Ascencão: Ascencion day, when Christ went up to Heaven
  • Ascenço
  • Aspeçada
  • Assafrão: Assafrão mispelled?? açafrão, meaning saffron
  • Assalino
  • Asseiro
  • Assena
  • Assis
  • Assoreia; from the verb assorear, to block water, to dam, to obstruct the flow of water
  • Assuncão: to assume something, ascencion of the Virgen Mary to Heaven
  • Atafona
  • Ataide
  • Atanásio
  • Augusta: femenine variante of Augusto
  • Augusto: August, kingly
  • Aureliano
  • Aurélio
  • Aveiro: City in Portugal
  • Avelar: to age well, to dry
  • Avelãs: see Avelar
  • Aveleira: nut-tree, nutwood, hazel
  • Aveleiro
  • Avelez
  • Avelino
  • Avidago
  • Avila
  • Avilo
  • Avis
  • Avões
  • Azedo: acid, sour, vinegary, acetous
  • Azeiteiro: people who produces or sells olive oil
  • Azeitona: olive
  • Azeje
  • Azenha: water-mill
  • Azevedo
  • Azevo
  • Aziago: sinister, ominous
  • Azinhaga: small trail the width of a chariot or between two high walls
  • Azinhais: lands planted with holm oak trees
  • Azinheira: holm oak tree
  • Azinheiro: holm oak tree
  • Azóla: seaweed from South America and from the river Guadiana, near Mertolo, Portugal
  • Azóia
  • Azul: blue, azure

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