Over 20 000 Arabic words in the Portuguese language…

The relations between the Arabic and the Portuguese languages have a long and distinguished history in Portugal, starting with the Arab conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in the early seventh century C.E.,…Five centuries of Arab and Islamic rule left an indelible mark on the Portuguese language. Portuguese is a Romance language, which as such is fundamentally derived from Latin, but it has many Arabic words that are to this day easily recognizable by native Arabic speakers, and whose etymology can be found in specialized Portuguese dictionaries. One contemporary translator from Arabic into Portuguese, Adalberto Alves, is currently compiling a list of Portuguese words of Arabic origin and has found more than twenty thousand of them…
Source: http://www.transeuropeennes.eu/ressources/pdfs/TIM_2011_Arabic_Portuguese_Catarina_BELO_114.pdf