Explore Pernambuco through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like recife or city. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pernambuco in a sentence
Pernambuco meaning
A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife.
Synonyms of Pernambuco
Using Pernambuco
- The main meaning on this page is: A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife.
- Useful related words include: recife, city, metropolis, urban center.
- In the example corpus, pernambuco often appears in combinations such as: of pernambuco, pernambuco state.
Context around Pernambuco
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pernambuco
- In this selection, "pernambuco" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, custom, southern, recife, bows, told and civil stand out and add context to how "pernambuco" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include between southern pernambuco state and and captaincy of pernambuco under the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pernambuco" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pernambuco
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bodach-Turner makes custom pernambuco bows, which can sell for $5,000 or more. (14 words)
It is music from Pernambuco, Brazil, and it is good for dancing and listening. (14 words)
Juliana Barreto – who is from Lula’s home state Pernambuco – told the BBC that her country was “a disaster” previously. (20 words)
A Portuguese army assembled in the Captaincy of Pernambuco, under the command of Alexandre de Moura, was able to mount a military expedition, which defeated and expelled the French colonists in 1615, less than four years after their arrival in the land. (42 words)
Both come from the same species of tree (Caesalpinia echinata), but pernambuco, used for higher-quality bows, is the heartwood of the tree and is darker in color than brazilwood (which is sometimes stained to compensate). (36 words)
It’s an area equivalent to that of Portugal, scattered across patches throughout the biome — the largest chunk is right between southern Pernambuco state and northern Bahia, where Lages das Aroeiras is located. (33 words)
Example sentences (11)
Bodach-Turner makes custom pernambuco bows, which can sell for $5,000 or more.
It’s an area equivalent to that of Portugal, scattered across patches throughout the biome — the largest chunk is right between southern Pernambuco state and northern Bahia, where Lages das Aroeiras is located.
Juliana Barreto – who is from Lula’s home state Pernambuco – told the BBC that her country was “a disaster” previously.
Rescue workers look for victims among the debris of a building collapse in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil on July 7, 2023.
The dead included men, women, and children, aged five to 45, according to a statement Saturday from the Pernambuco civil defense services.
Guimaraes said two potential sites for future plants have been identified, one in the northeastern state of Pernambuco and another in southeastern Minas Gerais state.
It is music from Pernambuco, Brazil, and it is good for dancing and listening.
Jose Wesley Campos, who will be 3 years old in September, attends school in the city of Bonito, in the state of Pernambuco, two days a week.
Pernambuco for a while had been a haven for many Portuguese and Spanish Jews because it was controlled by the relatively tolerant Dutch from 1630 to 1654.
A Portuguese army assembled in the Captaincy of Pernambuco, under the command of Alexandre de Moura, was able to mount a military expedition, which defeated and expelled the French colonists in 1615, less than four years after their arrival in the land.
Both come from the same species of tree (Caesalpinia echinata), but pernambuco, used for higher-quality bows, is the heartwood of the tree and is darker in color than brazilwood (which is sometimes stained to compensate).
Common combinations with pernambuco
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of pernambuco 3×
- pernambuco state 2×