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Dictionary: Por·tu·guese   (pôr'chə-gēz', -gēs', pōr'-) pronunciation
adj.
Of or relating to Portugal or its people, language, or culture.

n., pl., Portuguese.
    1. A native or inhabitant of Portugal.
    2. A person of Portuguese descent.
  1. The Romance language of Portugal and Brazil.

[Portuguese português, from Vulgar Latin *portugalēnsis, ultimately from Late Latin Portus Cale, the ancient port of Gaya (Oporto).]


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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce


n.pl.

A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed with garlic.


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Portuguese is an adjective referring to matters related to Portugal. It may refer to:

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Misspellings: Portuguese
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Common misspelling(s) of Portuguese

  • Portugese

Translations: Portuguese
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - portugisisk
n. - portugiser

Nederlands (Dutch)
Portugees, Portugese, uit/betreffende Portugal

Français (French)
adj. - portugais
n. - Portugais

Deutsch (German)
n. - Portugiese, Portugiesisch
adj. - portugiesisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Πορτογάλος, πορτογαλική (γλώσσα)
adj. - πορτογαλικός, Πορτογάλος

Italiano (Italian)
portoghese

Português (Portuguese)
n. - português (m)
adj. - português

Русский (Russian)
португалец, португальский

Español (Spanish)
adj. - portugués, de Portugal
n. - portugués

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - portugis
adj. - portugisisk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
葡萄牙的, 葡萄牙语的, 葡萄牙人的, 葡萄牙人, 葡萄牙语

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 葡萄牙的, 葡萄牙語的, 葡萄牙人的
n. - 葡萄牙人, 葡萄牙語

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 포르투갈의, 포르투갈사람[말]의
n. - 포르투갈 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ポルトガル人, ポルトガル語
adj. - ポルトガルの, ポルトガル人の

idioms:

  • portuguese man-of-war    カツオノエボシ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) البرتغال : أحد أبناء البرتغال, لغه البرتغال والبرازيل (صفه) برتغالي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פורטוגלי/ת‬
n. - ‮פורטוגלית (שפה), פורטוגלי/ת‬


 
 

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