Multilingual Palindrome Squares

Six Portuguese 5×5 palindromic word squares, similar to the original Sator Square.
The words can be read across, down, and backwards while preserving the square's symmetry.
Some squares include one proper noun or invented name, like Arepo in the original Sator Square,
but only when it allows for a relatively strong grammatical reading.
When all five words are real words, somewhat looser grammar is allowed.

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Portuguese Palindrome Squares

One proper noun or invented Arepo-style word allowed

Imaginative reading: Eamam, a tiny amine, cheers Mom up

Possibly an original square; no prior online occurrence found

  • Eamam: Invented name
  • Amina: Amine
    • Singular noun; chemical term for an amine
    • Source
  • Mirim: Small/tiny
  • Anima: Enlivens/cheers
    • Third-person singular present indicative of animar, “to enliven, encourage, cheer”
    • Source
  • Mamãe: Mom/Mommy
    • (Note: symmetry ignores tilde)

No proper nouns

Imaginative reading: A local person unable to speak pampers laccol—hooray!

Possibly an original square; no prior online occurrence found

  • Álalo: Person unable to speak
    • Singular adjective, substantivized; someone affected by alalia/unable to speak
    • Source
  • Local: Local
  • Acoca: Coddles/pampers
    • Third-person singular present indicative of acocar, “to coddle/pamper greatly”
    • Source
  • Lacol: Laccol
    • Singular noun; a constituent of certain natural lacquers
    • Source
  • Olalá: Hooray!/expression of joy
    • Expressive refrain/interjection of joy
    • Source

One proper noun or invented Arepo-style word allowed

Imaginative reading: Samar, a tiny amine, brings foliage to life

Possibly an original square; no prior online occurrence found

  • Samar: Proper name
  • Amina: Amine (see prior detail)
  • Mirim: Small/tiny (see prior detail)
  • Anima: Enlivens/gives life to (see prior detail)
  • Ramas: Branches/foliage
    • Plural of rama, referring collectively to branches and foliage
    • Source

No proper nouns

Imaginative reading: Oasis: blue-and-yellow macaw, titi monkeys, tayra, little bustard

Possibly an original square; no prior online occurrence found

  • Oásis: Oasis
  • Arari: Blue-and-yellow macaw
    • Singular zoological noun
    • Source
  • Sauás: Titi monkeys
    • Plural of sauá, a small titi monkey
    • Source
  • Irara: Tayra
    • Singular zoological noun: the tayra, a mustelid native to the Americas
    • Source
  • Sisão: Little bustard
    • Singular zoological noun: the little bustard
    • Source
    • (Note: symmetry ignores accents and tilde)

One proper noun or invented Arepo-style word allowed

Imaginative reading: Nimble beings bake dough, Siega

Possibly an original square; no prior online occurrence found

  • Assam: Bake
    • Third-person plural present indicative of assar, “to bake/roast”
    • Source
  • Siega: Invented name
  • Seres: Beings
    • Plural noun from ser, “being”
    • Source
  • Ágeis: Agile/nimble
    • Plural adjective from ágil
    • Source
  • Massa: Dough
    • (Note: symmetry ignores accents)

No proper nouns

Imaginative reading: A larger blackberry and powdery mildew were eating away at fragrance

Possibly an original square; no prior online occurrence found

  • Amora: Blackberry
  • Maior: Larger
    • Singular comparative adjective
    • Source
  • Oídio: Powdery mildew
    • Singular noun; a parasitic fungus or the plant disease caused by it
    • Source
  • Roíam: Were gnawing/eating away at
    • Third-person plural imperfect indicative of roer, “to gnaw”
    • Source
  • Aroma: Fragrance/aroma
    • (Note: symmetry ignores accents)