Note 56 — CHAP. I. GENERAL VIEW OF THE POETIC AND RHETORICAL CULTIVATION OF THE PORTUGUESE DURING THE ABOVE PERIOD.

In illustration of this remark, the words cor, paço, povo, pay, may, por, ter, may be compared with the Spanish words color, palacio, pueblo, padre, madre, poner, tener, and similar comparisons may be made of a multitude of others. Let the reader also take into consideration the clipping pronunciation of o and a when these vowels terminate words in the Portuguese language. The Portuguese articles o and a, abbreviated from lo and la, together with the compounds formed from them, as no and na, instead of en lo and en la, must necessarily be offensive to the Spanish ear. It is singular, however, that the Portuguese language has a tendency to lengthen those particular words in which the Spanish cannot tolerate any further extension; for the Spanish Universidad, Magestad, &c. become in Portuguese Universidade, Magestade, and so forth.