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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But Lopes—who was born in Ireland, had worked as a banker in Dublin, and was playing for Shamrock Rovers—didn’t read Portuguese.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026
One Portuguese national and two Brazilian citizens were also among those killed, their governments confirmed.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
Even if English Protestants were late compared to the Spanish and Portuguese Catholic missionaries, Mr. Ryrie shows that John Calvin, John Knox and other reformers were laying the groundwork for the birth of global Christianity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
For Tomás Soares, José de Araújo Vitória and the rest of their Portuguese group, those roads lead to the US south - to Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026
In 1622, for example, a fleet of Dutch ships tried to seize the Portuguese colony of Maçao.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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