Portuguese
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2.8
- noun
- /ˌpɔr.tʃəˈɡiz/
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portugués
- And that's why all Brazilians speak Portuguese today.
- speak Portuguese
- Portuguese, the official language
I want libertadgi, which in Portuguese means freedom.
- I want libertadgi, which in Portuguese means freedom.
- I in Brazil we speak Portuguese, not Spanish.
- And now they have subtitles in French, German, Spanish and Portuguese for all the classes.
- I'm a big fan of sometimes doing video that is both in Portuguese and English.
- He goes, this is what he says in in Portuguese so you understand what he's saying.
- You know that the real naked choke translated into Portuguese is killed the lion.
- Yeah, because I I, you know, I don't speak Portuguese.
- You speak at what's called patois, pigeon English, a combination of Dutch, French, English, Creole, Portuguese, all kind of mishmashed together.
- You speak at what's called patois, pigeon, English, a combination of Dutch, French, English, Creole, Portuguese, all kind of mishmash together.
- I was actually raised by live in maids, which is why I spoke my first words in Portuguese.
- So you say, well, in China they speak Chinese and Korea they speak Korean, in Brazil they speak Portuguese.
Examples
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You should learn a little Portuguese if you plan to travel to Brazil.
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A 40-question multiple choice test was adapted and translated to Portuguese from a test developed by Brynteson (1980).
Academic text (1992) -
Like when she would speak Portuguese, it was like Spanish but also like Russian.
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See everybody from here, whether it's English or French or Portuguese, everybody went to India.
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You should learn a little Portuguese.
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I'm a big fan of sometimes doing video that is both in Portuguese and English.
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Most of the published research on the region is in Portuguese, little known outside Brazil.
Academic text (2001) -
Her native language was Portuguese; however, she also spoke English and Spanish fluently.
Academic text (2015) -
And you speak Portuguese.
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In Macau, the majority of Macanese cannot read or write Portuguese, the official language of Macau.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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2.7
A language spoken mainly in Portugal and Brazil and in some African and Asian countries
Compounds
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8.8
A large sea animal with a float and long tentacles that can sting people
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2.7
A language spoken mainly in Portugal and Brazil and in some African and Asian countries
- Literature
A former name for Guinea-Bissau, a country on the west coast of Africa that was a Portuguese colony until 1974
A tall evergreen tree with hanging branches native to Mexico and introduced to Portugal
An evergreen shrub with dense leaves and small pink or white bell-shaped flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Portuguese as a language is named after Portugal, a name that began as 'port of Cale' with portu- meaning 'port'. So the language people speak in Portugal, Brazil and other places is called Portuguese.