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.
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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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We spoke to one of Pinto's former teachers, a Portuguese politician fighting for him to be protected as a whistleblower, journalists who published the leaks, and a former financial adviser at Manchester City.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The Portuguese midfielder was subbed at half-time and De Zerbi said he "didn't like" Fernandes' performance, while £75m was spent on Savio from Manchester City.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Last winter, she and her husband moved to Tomiño, a small town in Galicia, in northern Spain, close to the Portuguese border.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Early Portuguese colonizers described those forests as forming a dense tangle, or "maranhão."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Even though he couldn’t speak Portuguese, the former president’s gregarious nature broke through the language barrier.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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