joão dos santos meaning in English
joão santos (portuguese footballer)
Examples
- In 1609, the Portuguese missionary João dos Santos reported that one such group had a "custome to sew up their females, especially their slaves being young to make them unable for conception, which makes these slaves sell dearer, both for their chastitie, and for better confidence which their masters put in them."
En 1609, le missionnaire portugais João dos Santos rapporta que l'un de ces groupes avaient coutume d'Infibulater leurs jeunes esclaves pour les rendre incapables de concevoir, ce qui les rendaient plus chers. - Mackie cites the Portuguese missionary João dos Santos, who in 1609 wrote of a group near Mogadishu who had a "custome to sew up their Females, especially their slaves being young to make them unable for conception, which makes these slaves sell dearer, both for their chastitie, and for better confidence which their Masters put in them".
Mackie cite le missionnaire portugais João dos Santos qui écrivit en 1609 à propos d'un groupe vivant près de Mogadiscio qui avait pour « coutume de coudre leurs femmes, particulièrement leurs jeunes esclaves afin de les rendre inaptes à la conception, ce qui augmente leur prix, à la fois pour leur chasteté et pour la confiance que leurs maîtres placent en elles ».