Spanish Brazilian
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Spanish-Brazilian (Spanish: hispanobrasileño, Portuguese: hispano-brasileiro) is a Brazilian person of full or partly Spanish ancestry, or a Spanish-born person residing in Brazil.
Brazil was a colony of Portugal. Although some Galicians and other Spaniards had followed the Portuguese settlers to Brazil since the 16th century, Spanish immigration began, officially, in the 1880s with Galician smallholders who settled mainly in urban areas of Brazil. Starting in the early 20th century, most Spanish immigrants were Andalusian peasants who worked in the coffee plantations, mainly in rural areas of São Paulo State.
Like other immigrants, they brought their entire families, including children. After working in coffee farms, they became permanent residents and worked as scrap metal merchants or restaurant employees. They eventually diversified into other professions. Spanish immigrants numbered approximately 14% of the foreign settlers in Brazil — 700,000 Spaniards immigrated to Brazil between 1880 and 1950 — being the fourth largest immigrant group, after the Portuguese, Italians and Germans, and 78% of them settled in São Paulo State. The movement of Spanish Brazilians to cities and towns continues.
There are an estimated 15 million Brazilians of direct Spanish descent.[1] They are totally integrated into Brazilian society and nowadays most of them only speak Portuguese. Nonetheless, Spanish is the third most important language in Brazilian schools, after Portuguese and English. Spanish and Portuguese are the main languages of both Latin America and Brazil. A mixed language based on Portuguese and Spanish was developed in Brazil called Portuñol, which is used on the Brazilian borders with Spanish-speaking countries.
Most Spanish Brazilians are Roman Catholic, with some communities adhering to Protestantism and Judaism.[citation needed]
[edit] Famous Spanish-Brazilians
- Diego Ribas da Cunha
- Silvio Ribas
- Jorge Rios
- Roberto Carlos da Silva
- Ronaldinho
- Ronaldo
- Daniel Alves
- José de Anchieta
- Marcos Assunção
- Fernando Baiano
- Júlio Baptista
- Jose Ramirez Barreto
- Ana Beatriz Barros
- Biurrun
- Clóvis Bornay
- Galvão Bueno
- Gal Costa
- Mário Covas
- Roberto Salmeron
- Ivete Sangalo
- Márcio dos Santos Gaia
- Daniella Sarahyba
- Iriney Santos da Silva
- Mauro Silva
- Queen Silvia of Sweden
- Tiago Splitter
- Sylvinho
- Erika Palomino
- Pedro I of Brazil
- Álvaro Luiz Maior de Aquino
