Ka cika wannan magana: Bayan 'yan shekaru da samun 'yancin kai daga Portugal a shekara ta 1822, mutanen Portugal suka soma zuwa Brazil a matsayin baƙi, kuma yawan mutanen Portugal a Brazil ya ƙaru. Yawancin su manoma ne daga yankunan karkara na Fotigal. Yawancinsu sun zauna a birane, musamman a São Paulo da Rio de Janeiro, suna aiki a matsayin ƙananan 'yan kasuwa, masu shaguna, masu ɗaukan kaya, masu gyaran takalma, da kuma direbobi. Ƙananan mutane sun zama masu haƙa kwal, masu aikin madara, da kuma ƙananan manoma a waje da birane. Baƙi 'yan Portugal sun ba da aikin haƙa Kogin Tietê. Matsalolin da suka faru a Portugal bayan
Juyin Juya Halin 1910 da kafa Jamhuriyar Portuguese ta Farko ya haifar da ƙaura na ɗan lokaci na Fotigal zuwa Brazil. Wannan rukunin baƙi an san su da mashaya, gidajen cin abinci, gidajen burodi, da ƙananan masana'antu. Fitowar Yaƙin Duniya na I da kuma faduwar kasuwar hannayen jari a shekara ta 1929 ya rage ikon Fotigal na tafiya zuwa Brazil.