Brazilian Portuguese the last decades of the 20th century, due to the popularity of Brazilian music and Brazilian soap operas. Since Brazil joined Mercosul, the South American free trade zone, Portuguese has been increasingly studied as a foreign language in Spanish-speaking partner countries. Many words of Brazilian origin (also used in other Portuguese-speaking countries) have also entered into English: samba, bossa nova, cruzeiro, milreis and capoeira. While originally Angolan, the word "samba" only became famous worldwide because of its popularity in Brazil. After independence in 1822, Brazilian idioms with African and Amerindian influences were brought to Portugal by returning Portuguese Brazilians ("luso-brasileiros"
Brazilian rock out by Crowley Broadcast Analysis. Brazilian rock Brazilian rock refers to rock music produced in Brazil and usually sung in Portuguese. In the 1960s it was known as "iê-iê-iê", originating from the Portuguese translation of the "yeah, yeah, yeah" Beatles lyrics. Rock entered the Brazilian music scene in 1956, with the screening of the film "The Blackboard Jungle", featuring Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock", which would later be covered in Portuguese by Nora Ney. The electric guitar was already used in Brazil in 1948, in Salvador carnival bloc of . They invented the famous "pau elétrico" (), the first