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Thisissocomplicated t1_j94vbwe wrote

Praia* , we’re not Spain. As a curiosity I believe there are no Portuguese words wit the letter K, W or Y.

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mikeesfp OP t1_j95as46 wrote

I apologize for that, must have auto corrected just before posting and I can't change it anymore. Enjoy your upvote and have a great rest of your day :)

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drspacemanobgyn t1_j95nq3w wrote

Actually, the most notable is that there are no words that end in “n” except for gin

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speedcunt t1_j95uj8d wrote

Wrong: abdómen, cólon, éden, espécimen, glúten, hífen, hímen, pólen, sémen, plâncton, líquen...

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hyprarmadillr t1_j96h0yu wrote

Those seem like mostly loan words from other languages though

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speedcunt t1_j96jg8x wrote

OMG you're right! They do seem a lot like Latin! Oh wait...

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Overall-Ad-3642 t1_j9c6vyw wrote

Mainly english, but yeah we've got plenty of words ending in the letter n.

Maybe not in 1400's portugese but in modern portugese we do

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