LAVRADOR is a farmer, a person who plougs, (lavrar). This is the etymology of the word
Inacio 2010/6/14 Terri <terr...@rogers.com> > > My parents were born in Sao Miguel and many of their family members > were laborers. When i asked them this weekend about what a 'lavrador' > was...they said it specifically means a person working with cows. > > > On Jun 10, 8:48 pm, dwood...@aol.com wrote: > > I find my great grandfather and other relatives were > trabalhador/lavrador. > > Could someone translate for me, I do not read or speak Portuguese. > Thanks > > so much. > > > > Just want to let you know what a great group this is. Within 24 hours > of > > posting my searches I've already had 3-4 replies with so much > information. > > I am so overwhelmed right now. This is good!!! I would never in a > > hundred years been able to pull this much information together. > > Thanks so much for all your help!!! > > Donna Dutra Wood > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<azores%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > *Inacio Steinhardt* *Journalist - Translator -Researcher * Ein Hanoch 18/20 - Ganei Tikva 55900 - Israel Tel. (972)3-5341204 Fax (972)3-5344278 MEMBER OF: Tel Aviv Journalists Association, Tel Aviv Israel Translators Association, Tel Aviv Society for the Study of the Jews of Sefarad and the Sefardi Diaspora, Jerusalem __________________________; Web sites: www.steinhardts.com (English) www.steinhardts.com/ishluz (Português) steinhardts.wordpress.com (História das Palavras) -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
