Portuguese
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- noun
- /ˌpɔr.tʃəˈɡiz/
- The Portuguese have little flair for outdoor pursuits.
- Portuguese in Macau
- contact with the Portuguese
- Portuguese arrived
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Watch on YouTubeThe Spanish didn't have an African Fort, so instead bought slaves, mostly from the Portuguese and the Genoese, but later the Dutch, French and British.
- The Spanish didn't have an African Fort, so instead bought slaves, mostly from the Portuguese and the Genoese, but later the Dutch, French and British.
- The Dutch rise and replace to a large degree the the Portuguese in in in Asia.
- He got arrested from a whole team of Italians, Spanish, Portuguese.
Examples
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Built by the Portuguese, centuries ago.
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The village itself is small and, in the days of the Portuguese, must have been very beautiful.
Academic text (1996) -
So in the the Spanish and Portuguese, we were able to make friends, We had an active social life.
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And his Portuguese is really coming on.
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I recall that even the Portuguese said that Brazilian Portuguese is more beautiful.
Blog text (20) -
That's five Portuguese women in one place.
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But when you hear Portuguese people talking, they do not sound like they're speaking Spanish.
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As a fellow Portuguese Masshole, I need to know what your favorite Portuguese dessert is.
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Therefore, practically all the Portuguese interviewed had either direct or indirect experience of union activity and strikes.
Academic text (1992) -
As a Portuguese native, he had a deep appreciation for his country's rich history.
Compounds
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A large sea animal with a float and long tentacles that can sting people
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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 for a person comes from the country name Portugal, which first meant 'port of Cale', so a Portuguese is simply someone 'from Portugal'.