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ôٴ Alegre

[ pawr-too ah-le-gruh ]

noun

  1. a seaport in S Brazil.


Porto Alegre

/ ˈportu aˈlɛɡri /

noun

  1. a port in S Brazil, capital of the Rio Grande do Sul state: the country's chief inland port; the chief commercial centre of S Brazil, with two universities (1936 and 1948). Pop: 3 795 000 (2005 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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There are some other signs of softening demand — the band announced a $39.50 ticket for all U.S. dates that will get fans a randomly assigned seat, and Brazilian fans noticed two previously scheduled dates in Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre vanished from the calendar.

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Raphinha's journey from Porto Alegre to Barcelona's dressing room is a story of resilience, discipline, and continuous self-improvement.

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Raphinha was raised in the relentless, grinding poverty seen across the sprawling shanty towns that litter the landscape in and around the neighbourhood of Restinga in the city of Porto Alegre.

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Football had been his escape from the favelas of Brazil's Porto Alegre, but now it felt like a dead end.

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When the two puppies arrived at a makeshift shelter in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, their rail-thin legs buckled from exhaustion.

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