Portuguese
Americanadjective
noun
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Portuguese
plural
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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
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The Web Summit canceled day two of its conference in Lisbon after the Portuguese government said Storm Charles could cause flooding, high winds and disruptions to mass transit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Au was convicted of subversion and other offences, and sentenced on Friday to 12-and-a-half years in jail in the former Portuguese colony, which reverted to China in 1999.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
In Portuguese, laranja means orange, referring to both the color and the fruit.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
Some Portuguese questioned his individualism and his ego, and not everyone saw themselves in his personality.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Before independence, the Portuguese had a palm-oil plantation here, cleared out of virgin jungle a half-century ago.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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