Words that travel
If you walk down a street in São Paulo, you will hear English everywhere: people order food by 'delivery', work in 'home office' and ask for 'feedback' from their bosses. Some Brazilians complain that Portuguese is being 'invaded'. But words have always travelled in both directions. English speakers dance 'samba', practise 'capoeira', drink 'caipirinhas' and fear the 'piranha', a word that came to English from Tupi through Portuguese.
Linguists say borrowing is a natural result of contact between cultures, trade and technology. It does not destroy a language; it shows that the language is alive. Interestingly, Brazilians sometimes give English words new meanings: in Brazil, 'home office' means working from home, while in the UK the Home Office is a government department.
De acordo com o texto, a troca de palavras entre o inglês e o português