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Brazil Crossword

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  • Amazon
  • Bahia
  • Brasília
  • Carnival
  • Jaguar
  • Macaw
  • Rainforest
  • Real
  • Rio
  • Samba
  • Sloth
  • Soccer

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Answer key: Brazil Crossword

1MAC2AW3RM4CARNIVALIZN5SOCCE6RFNEO7S8JA9BRA10SILIALEAOGSMTUT11BAHIAA12RIO

Across 1 MACAW · 4 CARNIVAL · 5 SOCCER · 9 BRASILIA · 11 BAHIA · 12 RIO

Down 2 AMAZON · 3 RAINFOREST · 6 REAL · 7 SLOTH · 8 JAGUAR · 10 SAMBA

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States, Cities and Sights 30

  • Acre Far western state on the Peruvian border; in English the word is a measure of land
  • Amazonas Largest state by area, in the northwest
  • Bahia Northeastern state whose name comes from the Bay of All Saints
  • Beach Sandy shore where people swim, surf and play ball games
  • Belém Port city called the gateway to the great river; its name means Bethlehem
  • Belo Horizonte City in the hills whose name means beautiful horizon
  • Brasília Capital city, built from scratch on the high plain and opened in 1960
  • Ceará Northeastern state whose motto means Land of Light
  • Copacabana Curving seaside district famous for the wave pattern of its long promenade
  • Corcovado Mountain topped by a famous giant statue; its name means hunchback
  • Curitiba Southern state capital known for its fast bus lines and city planning
  • Florianópolis Southern state capital that sits mostly on an island
  • Fortaleza Northeastern seaside city whose name means fortress
  • Manaus City of over a million people in the middle of the jungle, with a famous old opera house
  • Maracanã Giant sports stadium of the old capital, opened in 1950
  • Minas ___ Gerais, mining state whose name means general mines
  • Natal City founded on December 25, 1599; its name means Christmas
  • Olinda Hilltop colonial town of the northeast, a World Heritage Site
  • Ouro Preto Gold rush town of the 1700s in the hills; its name means black gold
  • Pará Northern state at the mouth of the great river; a large nut is named for it
  • Pernambuco Northeastern state that shares its name with a red dyewood
  • Petrópolis Mountain town named for an emperor, who spent his summers there
  • Porto Alegre Capital of the southernmost state; its name means joyful port
  • Recife Northeastern port of rivers, islands and bridges, nicknamed the Brazilian Venice
  • Rio ___ de Janeiro, the seaside city that was the capital until 1960
  • Roraima Northernmost state, the most isolated in Brazil
  • Salvador First capital of colonial Brazil, on the Bay of All Saints
  • São Paulo Largest city in Brazil, capital of the state of the same name
  • Sergipe Smallest state by area
  • Sugarloaf Peak at the mouth of the bay, reached by cable car

Rivers, Forests and Coast 28

  • Amazon Giant river, the longest or second-longest in the world depending on the measure
  • Atlantic Ocean that washes the whole eastern side of Brazil
  • Basin Wide bowl of country whose rain all runs off to a single river
  • Caatinga Dry thorn-scrub land of the northeast, found only in Brazil
  • Capricorn Tropic of ___, the line that crosses Brazil in the south
  • Cerrado Vast tropical savanna of central Brazil
  • Chapada ___ Diamantina, a park of table mountains, caves and waterfalls
  • Chile Long, thin country, one of only two in South America that do not touch Brazil
  • Ecuador Small Pacific country named for a line on the globe; it shares no border with Brazil
  • Equator Circle of zero latitude; only Brazil is crossed by it and by a tropic too
  • Fifth Brazil's rank among the world's countries by area
  • Iguaçu Falls on the Argentine border made of hundreds of separate drops
  • Itaipu Giant dam shared with Paraguay
  • Lençóis ___ Maranhenses, a park of white dunes where rain fills the valleys with lagoons
  • Madeira Biggest branch of the great river; its name means wood
  • Mangrove Tree that forms coastal swamps where the sea meets the land
  • Marajó Island at the great river's mouth, about the size of Switzerland
  • Meeting The ___ of Waters: a dark river and a sandy one flow side by side without mixing
  • Neblina Pico da ___, the highest mountain in Brazil; the name means mist
  • Noronha Fernando de ___, a group of 21 islands far out in the ocean
  • Pampa Grassy plain of the far south
  • Pantanal Vast wetland of the west whose name comes from a word for swamp
  • Pororoca Tidal wave that rolls up the great river and is ridden by surfers
  • Rainforest Wet tropical forest; over half of what remains on Earth is around the great river
  • Sertão Dry backlands of the northeast
  • Tapajós River that joins the great river at the city of Santarém
  • Tocantins River that runs north through the middle of Brazil; a state shares its name
  • Xingu River with a large park set aside for native peoples in 1961

Animals 30

  • Anaconda One of the heaviest and longest snakes in the world, at home in swamps and slow rivers
  • Anteater Toothless mammal that breaks open termite mounds with its claws
  • Arapaima One of the largest freshwater fish, called pirarucu in Brazil; it gulps air
  • Armadillo The three-banded kind can roll itself into a ball
  • Caiman Cousin of the alligator that crowds the pools of the great western wetland
  • Capybara Giant cousin of the guinea pig that grazes on riverbanks
  • Coati Long-tailed cousin of the raccoon that is active by day
  • Dolphin The boto of the northern rivers is one; adults take on a rosy color
  • Frog Tiny poison dart kinds wear bright warning colors
  • Harpy ___ eagle, among the largest eagles in the world
  • Hummingbird Tiny hovering bird called beija-flor, the flower kisser
  • Ibis The scarlet kind is a wading bird with bright red feathers
  • Jabiru Tall stork with a bare black head and a red patch at the base of its neck
  • Jaguar Top hunter of the wetlands, a big cat that is adept at swimming
  • Macaw The hyacinth kind is mostly blue and about a meter long from head to tail
  • Manatee Gentle grazer of the water; one kind never leaves the rivers
  • Marmoset Tiny tree-dweller that gnaws bark to drink the sap
  • Monkey Howler, spider and capuchin are kinds of this tree climber
  • Morpho Butterfly whose color comes from tiny scales, not from pigment
  • Ocelot Spotted cat, medium in size, active at twilight and after dark
  • Otter The giant kind lives in family groups of three to eight
  • Parrot Noisy, colorful bird kept as a talking pet
  • Piranha River fish with a mouthful of triangular teeth
  • Rhea Tall flightless bird of the open plains, called ema in Brazil
  • Sloth Leaf-eater so slow that it comes to the ground only about once a week
  • Tamarin The golden lion kind, with a bright mane, lives only in the coastal forest of Brazil
  • Tapir Largest native land mammal of the northern jungle
  • Toucan The toco kind is the largest of these big-billed birds
  • Turtle Shelled reptile; a Brazilian project named TAMAR protects the sea kinds
  • Wolf The maned ___, the tallest wild member of the dog family, roams the grasslands

Crops and Food 31

  • Açaí Deep purple palm fruit, sold as frozen pulp and eaten from a bowl
  • Acarajé Fritter of black-eyed peas, sold as street food in the northeast
  • Banana Tropical fruit you peel before eating, sold by the bunch
  • Beans Dry seeds cooked in a pot; Brazil is the world's third-largest grower
  • Brazilwood Tree that gave the country its name; its wood is prized for violin bows
  • Brigadeiro Chocolate fudge ball rolled in sprinkles and set in a paper cup
  • Cacao Small tree whose ripe pods, about 500 grams each, hold the seeds of cocoa
  • Cashew Nut that hangs below a juicy false fruit; its tree is native to tropical South America
  • Cassava Shrub whose thick roots are grated for flour, also known as manioc
  • Cheese Pão de queijo is a small chewy roll baked with it
  • Churrasco Barbecue of meat grilled on long skewers
  • Coconut Palm fruit full of sweet water, sold cold along the shore
  • Coffee Brazil has grown more of this crop than any other country for 150 years
  • Corn Grain boiled into pamonha, a paste wrapped in its own husks
  • Coxinha Fried snack shaped like a teardrop, filled with shredded chicken
  • Farofa Toasted manioc meal, eaten mainly in Brazil
  • Feijoada Stew whose name comes from feijão, its main ingredient
  • Guaraná Climbing plant with red fruit whose seeds look like eyes
  • Guava Pink fruit boiled into a sweet paste called goiabada
  • Lily The giant water ___ of the northern rivers has floating leaves up to 3 meters wide
  • Mango Tropical fruit eaten in slices, in juice or straight off the tree
  • Mate Hot drink of the south called chimarrão, made from dried leaves
  • Moqueca Seafood stew made in a clay pan
  • Orange Citrus fruit; Brazil grows more of it than any other country
  • Paçoca Candy of ground peanuts and sugar pounded with manioc flour
  • Papaya Large soft tropical fruit, also called pawpaw
  • Rice Grain of which Brazil eats more than any other country of the Americas
  • Rubber Tree whose latex set off a boom in the jungle towns from 1879 to 1912
  • Soybean Crop in which Brazil and the United States lead the world
  • Sugarcane Giant grass that Brazil turns into ethanol for cars
  • Tapioca Starch taken from the manioc root, a plant native to the north of Brazil

Music, Festivals and History 36

  • Berimbau One-string musical bow with a gourd, played with a stick and a coin
  • Bossa ___ nova, a soft, cool style of song born in the late 1950s
  • Cabral Sea captain whose fleet landed in 1500 and claimed the land for his king
  • Capoeira Game of kicks, dodges and handstands played to music inside a ring
  • Carnival Brazil's biggest party: six days of street festivals that end as Lent begins
  • Choro City music of flute and guitar from the 1800s; the name means cry
  • Colony What Brazil was for about 300 years after 1500
  • Costume Feathered, sequined outfit worn by a festival dancer
  • Drum The surdo is a big bass one that keeps the beat
  • Dumont Santos-___, flying pioneer who circled the Eiffel Tower in an airship in 1901
  • Empire What Brazil was from 1822 to 1889
  • Forró Accordion dance music of the northeast
  • Frevo Fast northeastern street dance done with a small, colorful umbrella
  • Green Main color of the flag
  • Guarani Native people of Paraguay and southern Brazil, and their language
  • Independence Declared beside the Ipiranga brook in 1822
  • Japan Asian country; the largest community of its descendants abroad lives in Brazil
  • June Month of the Festa Junina, with bonfires, straw hats and dances
  • Lisbon European capital that the royal court left for Brazil in 1807
  • Niemeyer Oscar ___, architect best known for the civic buildings of the capital
  • Order First word, in English, of the motto on the flag: ___ and Progress
  • Pandeiro Hand-held instrument with a skin head and metal jingles, like a tambourine
  • Parade March of dancers and decorated trucks down the avenue
  • Pedro Name of both emperors of Brazil, a father and a son
  • Portugal European country that ruled Brazil until 1822
  • Portuguese Language of Brazil
  • Real Money of Brazil; one hundred centavos make one
  • Republic Kind of state Brazil has been since 1889
  • Samba Music and dance style that became one of the main symbols of the Brazilian nation
  • September Month of the national day, on the seventh
  • Soccer Sport that is the most popular in Brazil, played with the feet
  • Stars The flag has 27 of these, white on a blue globe
  • Tupi Native people who lived along the coast when the first ships came
  • Volleyball Net sport played on the sand as well as in the gym
  • Yanomami Native people of the northern jungle, on the Venezuelan border
  • Yellow Color of the diamond shape on the flag

How this list was compiled: Clues written for this site for a class unit on Brazil, in five sets: states, cities and sights, rivers, forests and coast, animals, crops and food, and music, festivals and history. Facts were checked against English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org, CC BY-SA 4.0) and word meanings in Wiktionary, in October 2026. Accents are kept in the list (Brasília, Açaí). No living person, team, brand or drink with alcohol is an answer. Licence: own work

How it works

These Brazil crossword puzzles, printable on Letter or A4, are criss-cross vocabulary grids with a word bank under the clues. The first puzzle has 12 easy words, among them Amazon, Rio, Carnival, Samba and Rainforest.

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Five sets after the easy one

States, Cities and Sights has Salvador, Manaus and Sugarloaf. Rivers, Forests and Coast has Pantanal, Cerrado and Iguaçu. Animals has Capybara, Tamarin and Anaconda. Crops and Food has Feijoada, Brigadeiro and Guaraná. Music, Festivals and History has Capoeira, Berimbau and Cabral.

One country on the map

Nine states and sixteen cities are answers, from Acre in the far west to Recife on the coast. Chile and Ecuador are in the grid too: they are the only two South American countries that Brazil does not touch.

  • Brazilian names keep their accents in the list of all clues (Brasília, Açaí, Maracanã); the grid and the answer key print plain capitals.

Questions and answers

Is there a printable Brazil crossword puzzle for kids?

Yes. Easy Brazil Words is written for grades 3 to 5, with a word bank and answers such as Rio, Samba and Sloth. The five themed sets suit grades 6 to 8. These bands are our judgment, not a published standard.

Do the Brazil crossword puzzles print with an answer key?

Yes. The answer key prints last, on a sheet of its own. The puzzles are free and need no sign-up.

What language do people speak in Brazil?

Portuguese, the official language. Brazil was a colony of Portugal for about 300 years and became independent in 1822. Portuguese, Portugal, Colony and Independence are all answers.

What is the capital of Brazil?

Brasília, a planned city that opened in 1960. Before that the capital was Rio de Janeiro, and the first colonial capital was Salvador. All three are answers.

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