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português

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See also: portugués and portuguès

Portuguese

Alternative forms

portuguez (obsolete)

Etymology

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Latin Portus Cale

Latin Portucale

Latin -ensis

Late Latin portucalēnsis

Old Galician-Portuguese portugaes

Portuguese português

From Old Galician-Portuguese portuguees, portugaes, from Late Latin portucalēnsis, also portucensis, from Latin Portucale < Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Oporto. See Portugal.
By surface analysis, Portugal (under the allomorph portug-) +‎ -ês.

Pronunciation

(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]

(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɔhtuˈɡejs/, /puhtuˈɡejs/
Rhymes: (Brazil) -es, (Brazil) -ejs, (Rio de Janeiro) -ejʃ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -eʃ
Audio (Southern Brazil): (file)
Hyphenation: por‧tu‧guês

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Particularly: "Portugal"

Adjective

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

Portuguese (of or relating to the region of Portugal)
Portuguese (of or relating to the people of Portugal)
Portuguese (of or relating to the Portuguese language)

Derived terms

Noun

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

Portuguese (person native to Portugal)

Derived terms

Noun

português m (usually uncountable, plural portugueses)

Portuguese language

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ English: Portuguese
→ Spanish: portugués

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