Pedro- O bairro da Mouraria é um dos bairros mais tradicionais de Lisboa. The Mouraria neighbourhood is one of the most traditional neighbourhoods of Lisbon.
- Com as suas ruas estreitas, ladeadas de casas modestas e tipicamente lisboetas, With its narrow streets, lined with modest, typically Lisbonian houses,
- a Mouraria é considerada o berço do fado. Mouraria is considered the birthplace of fado.
- Foi neste bairro que viveu Severa, a primeira fadista portuguesa, It was here that Severa, the first Portuguese fado singer, lived,
- tal como tantas outras figuras ligadas a este estilo musical. as well as many other figures connected to this musical style.
- Foi aqui, também, que nasceu Mariza, a maior estrela contemporânea do fado. It was also here that Mariza, the biggest contemporary fado star, was born.
- Sendo a casa de imigrantes das mais diversas nacionalidades, Being home to immigrants of the most diverse nationalities,
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Vocabulary
apósafter, upon o bairroneighbourhood, district o berçocradle, birthplace ConquistasConquests demolidodemolished a ditaduradictatorship o edifíciobuilding entrebetween, among estreitanarrow sing.,fem. a estrelastar fadistaFado singer o fadoPortugal’s quintessential music genre, known for melancholic lyrics ladeadaslined, flanked fem.,pl. LisboetaDescribes someone or something from Lisbon. os muçulmanosMuslims NascerTo be born, emerge, spring (from) o séculocentury
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Comments
Fascinating history and a wonderful way to absorb the cadences of Portuguese, as well as learn new words and phrases.