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Bota Fogo or Botafogo?

Posted by Curious

7/30/2006 10:38:00 AM

Hi,
Not too important but looking at a map of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I noticed the spelling of a bay on the coast line called, Botafogo Bay. The ISTD (UK) spell it as two words. The Laird and the new UKA Latin books spell it as one word.

Re: Bota Fogo or Botafogo?

Posted by Lina

9/6/2006 11:27:00 AM

Hi! Do you know it already? Well, I don't know if the technical name is Botafogo (one word) but in Brasil "Bota" means "put" or "to put" and fogo means "fire". Two different words.

Re: Bota Fogo or Botafogo?

Posted by Anonymous

9/6/2006 9:13:00 PM

Botafogos. A rose by any other name is still a rose.

Re: Bota Fogo or Botafogo?

Posted by Ellen

9/7/2006 1:23:00 AM

If the term is Brazilian, it would be Portuguese.

Re: Bota Fogo or Botafogo?

Posted by Anon3

7/30/2006 11:01:00 PM

Curiouse. I think two words looks better. As long as everybody knows what we mean. Bit like the New York which is often called a New Yorker. There are probably a few others. Which brings me to is Batacaras a correct name. Which I was told means cracking nuts.

Re: Bota Fogo or Botafogo?

Posted by Curious

7/31/2006 1:26:00 AM

Hi,
Interesting. I entered Botafogo in a Spanish to English dictionary and found no match. I then entered Bota match = Boot. Fogo = no match.

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