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See also: portugese
English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Portugese
- Misspelling of Portuguese.
Usage notes[edit]
The misspelling "Portugese" (Portugal + -ese) mimicks the pattern of the spelling of words ending in -ese such as Viennese, Maltese, Chinese, Togolese, Beninese, Congolese, Milanese, Parmese, Japanese, Faroese, and Vietnamese. In the correctly spelled Portuguese, the function of the second U (the letter often mistakenly omitted) is to signal a hard G sound; a G followed by an E might otherwise signal a soft G, such as in cringe or exaggerate. The spelling of the equivalent Portuguese-language term also has two U's: português.
Further reading[edit]
- The most common English misspellings, Lexico, "Correct spelling: Portuguese; Spelling advice: ends with –guese; Common misspelling: Portugese"
Afrikaans[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Portugese
- attributive form of Portugees
Noun[edit]
Portugese
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
Portugese f (plural Portugesen, diminutive Portugeesje n, masculine Portugees)
- A Portuguese woman.
Adjective[edit]
Portugese
- inflection of Portugees:
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
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- English misspellings
- English terms suffixed with -ese
- Afrikaans non-lemma forms
- Afrikaans adjective forms
- Afrikaans noun forms
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- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch feminine nouns
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch adjective forms
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- nl:Portugal