This is the 4243rd most frequent Portuguese word.
yankees
"Yankees" in Portuguese refers to people from the United States, often specifically those from the northern states.
Here, 'Yankees' refers specifically to the New York Yankees, a Major League Baseball team, used as a proper noun.
Os Yankees são uma equipe famosa de beisebol nos Estados Unidos.
The Yankees are a famous baseball team in the United States.
In this context, 'Yankees' is used as a colloquial term denoting people from the northern region of the United States.
Yankees é um termo usado para se referir aos cidadãos do norte dos EUA.
Yankees is a term used to refer to the citizens of the northern United States.
Here, 'Yankees' is employed historically to reference individuals from the Union states during the U.S. Civil War.