20:42 Apr 18, 2011 

Yes, and I believe the word "biscuit" is used a bit differently in the UK than in the USA. Toby, you can correct me on this, but a biscuit in the UK can be a cookie or cracker, right?

20:34 Apr 18, 2011 

I agree with Amy. In the language spoken by my family members, "biscoito" is both cookie and cracker. And BTW, 'biscuit' in the US is usually reserved for a chunkier item, neither sweet nor salty, hard and irregular on the outside with dough inside; you break it open and slather the inside with butter or gravy. It's eaten with a meal, not by itself, because it's pretty tasteless. There's also the 'sea biscuit', which is a large unsalted cracker, and then imported 'biscuits' that come in tins and are more like cookies, but again with a rather bland taste.

20:21 Apr 18, 2011 

I could be wrong about this, but I thought "bolacha" and "biscoito" were regional terms. For instance, here in Rio we call both cookies and crackers "biscoitos" (except that the word "cookie" is now becoming popular here), and I believe that further south the word "bolacha" is used, at least it was when I lived in Curitiba many years ago...not sure if that has changed.

18:18 Apr 18, 2011 

You would need to specify what variety of English you need, since the terminology varies.