Explore álvares through 10+ example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Using álvares
- In the example corpus, álvares often appears in combinations such as: álvares cabral, pedro álvares.
Context around álvares
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for álvares
- In this selection, "álvares" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, francisco, pedro, jorge, cabral, writings and account stand out and add context to how "álvares" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accompanied pedro álvares cabral in and by pedro álvares cabral also. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "álvares" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with álvares
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Francisco Álvares' work has been translated into English at least twice. (11 words)
Father Álvares remained six years in Ethiopia, returning to Lisbon in either 1526 or 1527. (15 words)
Reelected, he nominated senator Élcio Álvares, Extraordinary minister of the Defense, on 1 January 1999. (15 words)
The precise date of Francisco Álvares death, like that of his birth, is unknown, but the writer of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article concludes it was later than 1540, in which year an account of his travels were published at Lisbon. (41 words)
Álvares' writings In 1540, Luís Rodrigues published a version of Álvares account in a one volume folio, entitled Verdadeira Informação das Terras do Preste João das Indias ("A True Relation of the Lands of Prester John of the Indies"). (39 words)
In a letter from Cape Verde, Vespucci says that he hopes to visit the same lands that Álvares Cabral had explored, suggesting that the intention is to sail west to Asia, as on the 1499–1500 voyage. (37 words)
Example sentences (10)
Álvares' writings In 1540, Luís Rodrigues published a version of Álvares account in a one volume folio, entitled Verdadeira Informação das Terras do Preste João das Indias ("A True Relation of the Lands of Prester John of the Indies").
As early as 1513, Jorge de Albuquerque, a Portuguese commanding officer in Malacca, sent his subordinate Jorge Álvares to sail to China on a ship loaded with pepper from Sumatra.
C.F. Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford cite evidence, based in part on the earlier work of Professor Roberto Almagia, showing that Rodrigues's publication is only a part of Álvares's entire account.
Father Álvares remained six years in Ethiopia, returning to Lisbon in either 1526 or 1527.
Francisco Álvares' work has been translated into English at least twice.
Historians generally credit João Faras - astronomer and physician of King Manuel I of Portugal who accompanied Pedro Álvares Cabral in the discovery of Brazil in 1500 - for being the first European to depict it correctly.
In 1500, an armada led by Pedro Álvares Cabral also linked for the first time on this new route the New World (South America) and Asia.
In a letter from Cape Verde, Vespucci says that he hopes to visit the same lands that Álvares Cabral had explored, suggesting that the intention is to sail west to Asia, as on the 1499–1500 voyage.
Reelected, he nominated senator Élcio Álvares, Extraordinary minister of the Defense, on 1 January 1999.
The precise date of Francisco Álvares death, like that of his birth, is unknown, but the writer of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article concludes it was later than 1540, in which year an account of his travels were published at Lisbon.
Common combinations with álvares
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: