Corvos a corvos naõ se tiraõ os olhos. Crows do not peck out crows’ eyes.
Couces de egoa, amores para rocim. The mare’s kicks are caresses to the colt.
Cuidando donde vás, te esqueces donde vens. Thinking of where you are going, you forget whence you came.
Cuidar muitas cousas, fazer huma. Think of many things, do one.
Cuidar naõ he saber. Thinking is not knowing.
Curtas tem as pernas a mentira. A lie has short legs.
Cutelo máo corta o dedo, e naõ corta o páo. A bad knife cuts one’s finger instead of the stick.
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Dá Deos a roupa segundo he o frio. God gives clothes according to the cold.
Dá Deos nozes a quem naõ tem dentes. God has given nuts to one who has no teeth.