português

See also: portugués and portuguès

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• portuguez (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese portuguees, portugaes, from Late Latin portucalensis, also portucensis, from Latin Portucale < Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Oporto. See Portugal.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁ.tuˈɡe(j)s/ [poh.tuˈɡe(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁ.tuˈɡe(j)s/ [poh.tuˈɡe(ɪ̯)s]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /poɾ.tuˈɡe(j)s/ [poɾ.tuˈɡe(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʁ.tuˈɡe(j)ʃ/ [poχ.tuˈɡe(ɪ̯)ʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poɻ.tuˈɡe(j)s/ [poɻ.tuˈɡe(ɪ̯)s]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ.tuˈɡeʃ/ [puɾ.tuˈɣeʃ]

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /poɹtuˈɡe(j)s/
• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): /pɔhtuˈɡejs/, /pɔhtuˈɡejʃ/, /puhtuˈɡejs/, /puʈuˈɡejs/
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -eʃ
• Hyphenation: por‧tu‧guês

Adjective

português (feminine portuguesa, masculine plural portugueses, feminine plural portuguesas, not comparable)

1. Portuguese

Noun

português m (plural portugueses, feminine portuguesa, feminine plural portuguesas)

1. Portuguese person
3. Portuguese language

Related terms

• Portugal
• portuguesismo
• portunhol
• porto

Descendants

• English: Portuguese
• Spanish: portugués