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sábado, 31 de outubro de 2015

Ter cacau

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"Ter cacau" significa em linguagem popular "ter dinheiro".


No início do século XIX, durante a colonização portuguesa, São Tomé dedicou-se à produção de café e de cacau, duas plantas trazidas do Brasil. Inicialmente, o grande protagonista foi o café.


No entanto na década de 1880, deu-se uma queda abrupta do preço mundial do café. Foi então que o cacau se tornou na principal produção desse arquipélago.


São Tomé era então o maior produtor mundial de cacau que proporcionava lucros bastante compensadores.


A exuberância com que os roceiros de São Tomé exibiam em Lisboa as seus meios de fortuna faria que, popularmente, "ter cacau" se tornasse, em português, sinónimo de ter riqueza, de nadar em dinheiro.


O nome científico do cacau é "Theobroma cacao" e foi atribuído, em 1973, pelo botânico sueco Carl Linnaeus aquando da sua publicação do seu famoso livro "Species Plantarum". O termo Theobroma vem do grego "theo" (Deus) e "broma" (alimento), sendo portanto o "alimento dos Deuses".


A palavra "chocolate" deriva do asteca "xocolati" ou "xococ" que significa "amargo" e "ati" (água).







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3 comentários:

  1. Carlos Lineu (em português) era sueco.

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    1. Tem toda a razão era sueco e não suíço.

      Já corrigi.

      Obrigado pela correcção :)

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