Appendix:Portuguese palindromes

This appendix lists palindromes in Portuguese.

• aba – rim, brim
• acaiaca – a Brazilian cedrela
• Ada – Ada
• agá – letter H
• ala – room
• ama – he/she/it loves; nurse
• Amissima – a shop in São Paulo, Brazil
• Ana – Ann/Anna/Anne
• anilina – aniline
• iri – an Astrocaryum palm
• ara – sacrificial altar
• asa – wing
• assa – he/she/it roasts
• ata – sugarapple
• anona – soursop
• ele – he; letter L
• eme – letter M
• ene – letter N
• erre – you shall miss; letter R
• esse – this; letter S
• mamam – they breastfeed
• matam – they kill
• matutam – they ponder
• melem – they shall smear
• metem – they insert
• mexem – they stir
• mim – me
• mirim – little, diminute
• mussum – a kind of fish
• mutum – curassow
• oco – hollow
• omissíssimo – very neglectful
• osso – bone
• ovo – egg
• radar – radar
• raiar – to gleam
• ralar – to scrape
• rasar – to level
• ratar – to gnaw
• reler – to reread
• reter – to retain
• rever – to review
• reviver – to revive
• rir – to laugh
• rotor – rotor
• sacas – bags
• salas – rooms
• supus – I supposed
• saras – you be healed
• seles – you shall seal
• seres – beings
• siris – crabs
• socos – punches
• solos – soils
• somámos – ?
• somávamos – we were summing
• somos – we are
• soros – soruses

• "Socorram-me, subi no ônibus em Marrocos" ("Help me! I climbed the bus in Morocco")
• "Me vê se a panela da moça é de aço, Madalena Paes, e vem" ("Check whether the lady's pan is made of steel , Madalena Paes, and come")
• "Lâmina animal" ("Animal blade")
• "Rir, o breve verbo rir" ("Laugh, the short verb laugh")
• "Morram após a sopa marrom" ("Die after the brown soup")
• "Ovo novo" ("New egg")
• "Roma me tem amor" ("Rome has love for me")
• "Assim a aluna anula a missa" (this way, the schoolgirl calls off the Mass)
• "A cara rajada da jararaca" (the streaky face of the jararaca )
• "Anotaram a data da maratona" (They annotated the date of the marathon)
• "O romano acata amores a damas amadas e Roma ataca o namoro" (The roman complies the love to beloved ladies and Rome attacks the dating (Approximate Translation)
• "Oto come mocotó" (Oto eats a calf´s foot)
• "Saíram o tio e oito Marias" (The uncle and eight Maries went outside)
• "Ato idiota" (stupid action)
• "Luz azul" (blue light)
• "Orar é raro" (it is rare to pray)
• "Roma é amor" (Rome is love)
• "É a mãe!" (it's the mother!, a common Portuguese exclamation to express anger or as a retort to a disgreement)
• "A mala nada na lama" (The briefcase swims in mud)
• "Irene ri" (Irene laughs)
• "Oto ama Ana e Ana ama Oto" (Oto loves Ana and Ana loves Oto)