Portuguese
Americanadjective
noun
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Portuguese
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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 they’re offset by Mr. Ogilvy’s stunning descriptions of the work in places such as Tunaville—the ethnically Portuguese fishing community of Point Loma, near San Diego—and on fishing boats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Portuguese authorities are also fining commuters for phone noise.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The company also expanded its AI DJ to speak four new languages, including French, German, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
But a new fire broke out on Wednesday in Fermoselle, western Spain, just a few kilometres from the Portuguese border, forcing the evacuation of more than 600 people, emergency services said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
She spoke in Portuguese to JoJo and he laughed and nodded, and then Stef went back to English.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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