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Etymology
From Portuguese português .
Pronunciation
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Rhymes: -iːz
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Adjective
Portuguese (comparative more Portuguese , superlative most Portuguese )
Of or pertaining to the region of Portugal .
1973 , Roger Parkinson, The Peninsular War , page 104 :The British army had already moved over the border and the commander had established his HQ high in the central Portuguese mountains at Viseu.
Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture .
1887 , George Brown Goode, The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States , section IV, page 33
In San Diego County there is but one Portuguese fisherman, as is also the case in Los Angeles, the county immediately adjoining.
Of or pertaining to the Portuguese language .
1981 , Milton Mariano Azevedo, A Contrastive Phonology of Portuguese and English , page 31 :The latter feature indicates that a Portuguese consonant cannot constitute the nucleus of a syllable.
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of or relating to the region of Portugal
Albanian: portugez (sq)
Arabic: بُرْتُغَالِيّ ( burtuḡāliyy )
Egyptian Arabic: برتغالي ( burtuḡali )
Armenian: պորտուգալական (hy) ( portugalakan )
Asturian: portugués (ast)
Azerbaijani: portuqal
Basque: portugaldar (eu)
Belarusian: партуга́льскі ( partuhálʹski )
Bengali: পর্তুগিজ (bn) ( portugij )
Bulgarian: португа́лски ( portugálski )
Burmese: ပေါ်တူဂီ ( pautugi )
Catalan: portuguès (ca) , ( obsolete ) portugalès
Valencian: portugués (ca) m , portuguesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 葡萄牙的 (zh) ( Pútáoyá de )
Czech: portugalský (cs)
Danish: portugisisk (da)
Dutch: Portugees (nl) , Portugese (nl)
Esperanto: portugala (eo)
Estonian: portugali (et)
Finnish: portugalilainen (fi)
French: portugais (fr) m , portugaise (fr) f
Friulian: portughês
Galician: portugués (gl)
Georgian: პორტუგალიური (ka) ( ṗorṭugaliuri )
German: portugiesisch (de)
Greek: πορτογαλικός (el) ( portogalikós )
Hawaiian: Pokukala , Pukikī
Hebrew: פּוֹרְטוּגָלִי , פּוֹרְטוּגֶזִי
Hindi: पुर्तगाली (hi) ( purtagālī )
Hungarian: portugál (hu)
Icelandic: portúgalskur (is)
Interlingua: portugese (ia)
Irish: Portaingéalach
Italian: portoghese (it)
Japanese: ポルトガルの (ja) ( Porutogaru no )
Kazakh: португал ( portugal )
Khmer: ព័រទុយហ្គាល់ ( pɔətuygŏəl )
Korean: 포르투갈의 (ko) ( poreutugarui )
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Kyrgyz: португал ( portugal )
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Lao: ປອກຕຸຍການ (lo) ( pǭk tu nya kān )
Latin: lusitanus m
Latvian: portugāļu , portugālisks
Leonese: pertués
Lithuanian: portugalų (lt) , portugališkas
Luxembourgish: portugisesch
Macedonian: португалски ( portugalski )
Malay: Portugis
Maltese: Portugiż (mt)
Maori: Pōtikī
Mongolian: португали ( portugali )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: portugisisk (no)
Nynorsk: portugisisk (nn)
Pashto: پرتګالي ( portagālí ) , پرتګالی ( рortagāláy ) , پورتګالي ( portagālí ) , پورتګالی ( рortagāláy )
Persian: پرتغالی (fa) ( portoğâli )
Polish: portugalski (pl)
Portuguese: português (pt) , lusitano (pt) , lusitânico , luso (pt)
Romanian: portughez (ro)
Russian: португа́льский (ru) ( portugálʹskij )
Rusyn: портуґа́льскый ( portugálʹskŷj )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̏ртуга̄лскӣ
Roman: pȍrtugālskī (sh)
Shan: ပေႃးတူႉၵၢဝ်ႇ ( páu tṵ̂u kàao )
Sicilian: purtughisi (scn)
Slovak: portugalský (sk)
Slovene: portugálski (sl)
Spanish: portugués (es)
Swedish: portugisisk (sv)
Tajik: португалӣ (tg) ( portugalī )
Thai: โปรตุเกส (th) ( bproo-dtù-gèet )
Turkish: Portekiz (tr)
Turkmen: portugal
Ukrainian: португа́льський (uk) ( portuhálʹsʹkyj )
Urdu: پرتگیزی ( purtugīzī )
Uyghur: پورتۇگال ( portugal )
Uzbek: portugal (uz)
Venetian: portoghexe (vec)
Vietnamese: Bồ Đào Nha (vi)
Volapük: Portugänik (vo)
Zhuang: Buzdauzyaz
of or relating to the people of Portugal
Asturian: portugués (ast)
Esperanto: portugala (eo)
Finnish: portugalilainen (fi)
Galician: portugués (gl)
Hindi: पुर्तगाली (hi) ( purtagālī )
Latvian: portugāļu , portugālisks
Malay: orang Portugal , Portugal
Norwegian:
Bokmål: portugisisk (no)
Nynorsk: portugisisk (nn)
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Portuguese: português (pt) m , lusitano (pt) m , lusitânico m , luso (pt) m
Romanian: portughez (ro)
Slovak: Portugalčan m , Portugalčanka f , Portugalčania m pl
Slovene: portugálski (sl)
Venetian: portoghexe (vec)
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) Portugänanik , ( ♂ ) hi-Portugänanik , ( ♀ ) ji-Portugänanik , ( collective, ♂♀ ) Portugänanefik , ( collective, ♂ ) hi-Portugänanefik , ( collective, ♀ ) ji-Portugänanefik
of or relating to the Portuguese language
Noun
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Portuguese (countable and uncountable , plural Portuguese )
( countable ) A person native to, or living in, Portugal .
1920 , Paulus Edward Pieris, Ceylon and the Portuguese, 1505-1658 , page 184 :With a view to securing its more efficient working, a Portuguese was placed in charge of the entire department as Vidane.
2000 , René Chartrand & Bill Younghusband, The Portuguese Army of the Napoleonic Wars , volume 1, page 23 :Beresford required all materials for coatees, waistcoats and pantaloons to be sent out unmade, as the Portuguese were perfectly capable of making the suits up properly after delivery.
( uncountable ) A Romance language originating in Portugal , and now the official language of Portugal , Angola , Moçambique (Mozambique) , São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe) , Guiné Bissau (Guinea-Bissau) , Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) , Timor Leste (East Timor) , and Brasil (Brazil) .
2000 , João Costa, Portuguese Syntax: new comparative studies , page 65 :Portuguese , however, is slightly different from Catalan, Spanish, and Romanian in that there is no strict adjacency requirement between wh -words and the verbal cluster in indirect questions.
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person native to Portugal
Arabic: بُرْتُغَالِيّ m ( burtuḡāliyy ) , بُرْتُغَالِيَّة (ar) f ( burtuḡāliyya )
Armenian: պորտուգալացի (hy) ( portugalacʻi )
Asturian: portugués (ast) m , portuguesa (ast) f
Basque: portugaldar (eu)
Bulgarian: португалец m ( portugalec ) , португалка f ( portugalka )
Catalan: portuguès (ca) m , portuguesa (ca) f , ( obsolete ) portugalès m , portugalesa f
Valencian: portugués (ca) m , portuguesa (ca) f
Cherokee: ᎠᏉᏧᎦᎵ ( Aquotsudali )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 葡萄牙人 (zh) ( pútáoyárén )
Czech: Portugalec (cs) m , Portugalka (cs) f
Danish: portugiser (da) c
Dutch: Portugees (nl) m , Portugese (nl) f
Esperanto: portugalo , portugalino ( woman )
Finnish: portugalilainen (fi)
French: Portugais (fr) m , Portugaise (fr) f , portos (fr) ( slang, pejorative )
Galician: portugués (gl) m , portuguesa f
Georgian: პორტუგალიელი ( ṗorṭugalieli )
German: Portugiese (de) m , Portugiesin (de) f
Greek: Πορτογάλος (el) m ( Portogálos ) , Πορτογαλίδα f ( Portogalída )
Hawaiian: Pukikī , Pokukala
Hindi: पुर्तगाली (hi) ( purtagālī )
Hungarian: portugál (hu)
Icelandic: Portúgali m
Indonesian: orang Portugal , orang Portugis
Interlingua: portugese (ia)
Irish: Portaingéalach
Japanese: ポルトガル人 (ja) ( porutogarujin )
Korean: 포르투갈인 ( poreutugarin )
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Latvian: portugālis m , portugāliete f
Leonese: pertués m , pertuesa f
Lithuanian: portugalas (lt) m , portugalė (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Portugis m , Portugisin f
Malay: orang Portugis , Portugis
Maltese: Portugiż (mt) m , Portugiża f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: portugiser (no) m
Nynorsk: portugisar (nn) m
Persian: پرتغالی (fa) ( porteghali )
Polish: Portugalczyk (pl) m pers , Portugalka (pl) f
Portuguese: português (pt) m , portuguesa (pt) f , luso (pt) m , lusitano (pt) m
Romanian: portughez (ro) m , portugheză (ro) f
Russian: португа́лец (ru) m ( portugálec ) , португа́лка (ru) f ( portugálka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Португалац m , Португалка f
Roman: Portugalac (sh) m , Portugalka f
Slovene: Portugálec (sl) m , Portugálka f
Spanish: portugués (es) m , portuguesa (es) f
Swahili: Mreno (sw)
Swedish: portugis (sv) , portugisiska (sv)
Turkish: Portekizli (tr)
Venetian: portoghexe (vec) m or f
Vietnamese: người Bồ-đào-nha
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) Portugänan (vo) , ( ♂ ) hi-Portugänan , ( ♀ ) ji-Portugänan , ( collective, ♂♀ ) Portugänanef , ( collective, ♂ ) hi-Portugänanef , ( collective, ♀ ) ji-Portugänanef
Welsh: Portiwgaleg (cy)
the language
Afrikaans: Portugees (af)
Albanian: gjuha portugeze (sq)
Arabic: بُرْتُغَالِيَّة (ar) f ( burtuḡāliyya ) , بُرْتُغَالِيّ m ( burtuḡāliyy )
Armenian: պորտուգալերեն (hy) ( portugaleren )
Asturian: portugués (ast) m
Azerbaijani: portuqal
Banjarese: bahasa Paranggi
Basque: portugalera (eu) , portuges (eu)
Belarusian: партуга́льская мо́ва f ( partuhálʹskaja móva ) , партуга́льская f ( partuhálʹskaja )
Breton: portugaleg (br)
Bulgarian: португа́лски m ( portugálski )
Catalan: portuguès (ca) m , ( obsolete ) portugalès m
Valencian: portugués (ca) m
Cherokee: ᏉᏧᎦᎵ (chr) ( quotsugali )
Chichewa: Chipwitikizi
Chinese:
Mandarin: 葡萄牙語 / 葡萄牙语 (zh) ( pútáoyáyǔ ) , 葡萄牙语 (zh) ( pútáoyáyǔ )
Cornish: Portyngalek
Czech: portugalština (cs) f
Danish: portugisisk (da)
Dutch: Portugees (nl) n
Esperanto: portugala (eo) (lingvo)
Estonian: portugali keel
Faroese: portugisiskt (fo)
Finnish: portugali (fi)
French: portugais (fr) m
Galician: portugués (gl) m
Georgian: პორტუგალიური (ka) ( ṗorṭugaliuri ) , პორტუგალიური ენა ( ṗorṭugaliuri ena )
German: Portugiesisch (de) n
Greek: πορτογαλικά (el) n pl ( portogaliká )
Greenlandic: portugalimiutut
Haitian Creole: Pòtigè
Hausa: Portuguese
Hebrew: פורטוגזית (he) f ( portugizít )
Hindi: पुर्तगाली (hi) f ( purtagālī )
Hungarian: portugál (hu)
Icelandic: portúgalska (is) f
Indonesian: bahasa portugal , bahasa portugis
Interlingua: portugese (ia)
Irish: Portaingéilis (ga) f
Italian: portoghese (it)
Japanese: ポルトガル語 (ja) ( porutogarugo ) , 葡語 (ja) ( ぽご, pogo )
Kannada: ಪೋರ್ಚುಗೀಸ್ ( pōrcugīs )
Kazakh: Португал тіл ( Portugal tıl )
Korean: 포르투갈어 (ko) ( poreutugareo ) , 포어 ( po'eo ) (葡語 )
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Latvian: portugāļu , portugāļu valoda f
Leonese: pertués m
Limburgish: Pórtegieësj (li) n
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Lithuanian: portugalų (lt) , portugališkai
Luxembourgish: Portugisesch (lb) n
Macedonian: португа́лски m ( portugálski )
Malay: bahasa Portugis , Portugal
Maltese: Il-Portugiż
Maori: reo Pōtikī
Moksha: португалонь ( portugaloń )
Mongolian: португали ( portugali )
Navajo: Boojigol dineʼé bizaad
Nepali: पोर्तुगाली ( portugālī )
Norman: Portûndgais m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: portugisisk (no) m
Nynorsk: portugisisk (nn) m
Persian: پرتغالی (fa) ( porteğâli )
Polish: portugalski (pl)
Portuguese: português (pt) m
Romanian: portugheză (ro) f
Russian: португа́льский (ru) ( portugálʹskij )
Scots: Portuguese
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: португалски m
Roman: portugalski (sh) m
Sinhalese: පෘතුගීසි (si) ( pr̥tugīsi )
Slovak: portugalský (sk) m
Slovene: portugálščina (sl) f
Spanish: portugués (es) m
Swahili: Kireno
Swedish: portugisiska (sv)
Tagalog: Portuges (tl)
Tamil: போர்ச்சுகீஸ ( pōrccukīsa )
Tatar: португал ( portuğal )
Tetum: lian portugál
Thai: ภาษาโปรตุเกส (th) ( paasăa bprohdtòogèt )
Tigrinya: ፖርቱጋሊኛ ( portugaliña )
Turkish: Portekizce (tr)
Ukrainian: португа́льська (uk) f ( portuhálʹsʹka )
Upper Sorbian: (please verify ) Portugalšćina
Urdu: پرتگالی ( purtagālī )
Uyghur: پورتۇگال ( portugal )
Uzbek: portugal (uz)
Venetian: portoghexe (vec) m
Vietnamese: tiếng Bồ-đào-nha , tiếng Bồ Đào Nha
Volapük: Portugänapük (vo)
Walloon: portuguès (wa)
Welsh: Portiwgaleg (cy)
West Frisian: Portugeesk (fy) n
Zulu: isiPutukezi
See also
Further reading