Portuguese
Americanadjective
noun
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a native or inhabitant of Portugal.
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a Romance language spoken in Portugal, Brazil, and a few countries of Africa. Pg, Pg.
noun
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the official language of Portugal, its overseas territories, and Brazil: the native language of approximately 110 million people. It belongs to the Romance group of the Indo-European family and is derived from the Galician dialect of Vulgar Latin
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a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Portugal
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Etymology
Origin of Portuguese
1580–90; < Portuguese português, Spanish portugués; see Portugal, -ese
Example Sentences
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When reporters asked how he would communicate without speaking a word of Portuguese, Armstrong replied: "I guess I'm going to have to smile."
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
His polyglot is a mixture of French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Latin and Greek, which is how these passages appear in the diary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The Portuguese had been offered a new three-year deal with the club keen to keep him.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The couple most recently lived together in Manchester, where the Portuguese national has been playing football since 2020.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
“Yeah. Me too. And guess what else? It turns out that the Portuguese shark is the deepest-living shark on earth. I love that. I think that’s really cool.”
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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