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cabeça head
caçador hunter
cadastro land census
cadeia jail
café coffee
cafezal coffee plantation
campo field, plain
camponês (a) peasant, small farmer
cana de açúcar sugarcane
câncer cancer
capela chapel
cara face
carpinteiro carpenter
cartório archive
casa house
casado (a) married
casamento marriage
casar-se to marry
castelo castle
catedral cathedral
católico (a) Catholic
cavalheiro gentleman, knight, nobleman
cedo early
cego (a) blind
cem one hundred
cemitério cemetery
censo census
centenário centennial
cento one hundred
cerca near, approximate
certidão certificate
cervejeiro brewer
cidadão (ã) citizen
cidade city
cinco five
cinqüenta fifty
clérigo clergyman
clero clergy
colheita harvest
colina hill
colônia colony
comerciante merchant
como as, how
comunhão communion
concelho council, counsel
concernente concerning
conde count, earl
conhecido (a) known, acquaintance
conhecido (a) como known as
cônjuge spouse
cônjuges partners, couple
consangüinidade blood relationship, kinship
consorte spouse, partner
constipação constipation
consunção consumption
conta account, bill
conteúdo contents
contra against
contraente contracting party in a marriage
conversão conversion
convulsão convulsion
coqueluche whooping cough
cordoeiro rope maker
corrente current
corte court
cortiça cork
cova grave
coxo (a) lame
criada maid
criança child
cristão (ã) Christian
cujo (a) whose
cunhado (a) brother-in-law, sister-in-law
cura clergyman
curato parish
cúria religious tribunal
curtidor tanner

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