"As joias são o lote da família."

Translation: The jewels are the family's lot.

[timoto]

Does this even make sense in Portuguese ?

[Paulenrique]

Yes. Lote is the "inheritance" belonged to the family.

[timoto]

I don't think I saw inheritance in the suggestions of "lote"

[Paulenrique]

bad... but it is the most reasonable translation (in my humble opinion... the dictionary agrees:http://www.dicio.com.br/lote/)

[timoto]

Yes, it would certainly have made more sense.

[Davu]

I didn't really get the sense of inheritance (herança) from your dictionary link. Wouldn't "share" be the best translation in English? Of course, in this context it most likely means a share of an inheritance so it's just a minor quibble.

[Paulenrique]

there is no clue how to guess if the jewelry was the only inheritance that was left or if there were more things to share... =/ but probably all the jewelry was supposed to be delivered to that family...

[fqsama]

This doesn't make sense as a measure word though. Or does it..? Anyway to further my understanding, could one also call it "the family's wealth" or "heirlooms"?

[Err_Eek]

What does this even mean, "Thursday's are the family's dower"?