Portagee
9.9
A sometimes offensive informal word for a Portuguese person or their culture
- noun
- /ˌpɔːr.təˈdʒiː/
- Slur
:
[término despectivo para una persona portuguesa]
- It's gonna take us an hour to get over the Portagee Slide.
Examples
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During the event, we learned about the Portagee influences on local cuisine.
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Many Portagee families celebrate their heritage with traditional music and dance.
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At the reunion, they shared stories about their Portagee ancestors who sailed to America.
Synonyms
Portuguese
vsPortagee
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A person from Portugal
is informal and sometimes offensive rather than neutral in tone
Surface Forms
Etymology
Portagee is an informal, dialect spelling of Portuguese, from Portugal, a name that long ago meant 'port' or 'harbour'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of people 'from the port', and know this term is slang and can be offensive, so it is safer to use Portuguese.