What is Roberto Dacosta's native language?

[Michael Watkins]

my assumption was Brazilian portuguese. but I haven't been able to find an incidence of him speaking the language.

[Lutecius]

Your assumption is correct. Most of the time they used the < > "*translated from Portuguese" annotations and I remember him calling a girl "menina" back in New Mutants but there are probably other examples.

[Michael Watkins]

Your assumption is correct. Most of the time they used the < > "*translated from Portuguese" annotations and I remember him calling a girl "menina" back in New Mutants but there are probably other examples.

thanks! I didn't really have the time to go through my new mutants collection. image search just showed him shouting 'Madre de dios' a lot.

[Drops Of Venus]

thanks! I didn't really have the time to go through my new mutants collection. image search just showed him shouting 'Madre de dios' a lot.

Common mistake. A lot of people think spanish is Brazil's native language, so stuff like that happens.

[sirmarkus]

Wasn't he able to speak Askani at one point as well?

[Digifiend]

Common mistake. A lot of people think spanish is Brazil's native language, so stuff like that happens.

Yeah - Spanish is MEXICO's.

[baltiroo]

He's a Brazilian Portuguese speaker, however some writers have mistakenly had him speaking Spanish as well. But, since he was raised with wealth, it's not improbable for him to have learned Spanish since he also speaks English. And, yes, there was a time in X-Force that he could speak Askani.

[Aioros22]

Common mistake. A lot of people think spanish is Brazil's native language, so stuff like that happens.

Heck, some people think Portugal and Spain is the same thing.

But yeah, Brazilian Portuguese. I recall being a kid and having friends who liked to read Marvel and who were delighted that this new hero was one of their own, so to speak. A similar effect is found in the Saint Seiya franchise (Knights of Zodic in English) with Aldebaran (Taurus Gold saint) being native from Brazil.

[Mike_Murdock]

Your assumption is correct. Most of the time they used the < > "*translated from Portuguese" annotations and I remember him calling a girl "menina" back in New Mutants but there are probably other examples.

He also says "droga" a lot, which apparently is a word in many languages, but an interjection in Portuguese. I'll take other people's word that he would say Madre de Dios, but I genuinely don't remember that.