Are Brazilian people Spanish?

I love those "WTF" moments on Quora. Let's assume for a second that brazilian people are, indeed, spanish and we just discovered this. The population of Spain would grow from 46.77 million[1] to 247.17 million[2] people, 200. read more

Spanish Brazilians are Brazilians of full or partial Spanish ancestry. Spanish immigration was the third largest among immigrant groups in Brazil; about 750,000 immigrants entered Brazil from Spanish ports. How many Spaniards came to Brazil before independence are unknown. read more

No, Brazilian people are Brazilian. They speak Portuguese, but they are not Portuguese. Portuguese sounds like Spanish but Portuguese is not Spanish. Portugal is near Spain, but Portugal is not Spain. Also, just in case, Spanish speaking people not always are Spanish. read more

No they are Brazilian In terms of colonial heritage, Brazilians were a colony of Portugal, not Spain. read more