lusodescendente

Portuguese

Etymology

luso- +‎ descendente

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌlu.zo.de.sẽˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌlu.zo.de.sẽˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌlu.zo.de.sẽˈdẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ˌlu.zu.dɨʃ.sẽˈdẽ.tɨ/ [ˌlu.zu.ðɨʃ.sẽˈdẽ.tɨ], /ˌlu.zu.dɨ.sẽˈdẽ.tɨ/ [ˌlu.zu.ðɨ.sẽˈdẽ.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: lu‧so‧des‧cen‧den‧te

Noun

lusodescendente m or f by sense (plural lusodescendentes)

1. person of Portuguese ancestry
   • 2023 April 15, Marta Moreira, ““Jack Teixeira era um rapaz normal”, diz ex-colega de escola do lusodescendente ["Jack Teixeira was a normal boy," says former classmate of the Portuguese-American]”, in Público‎^[1]:

     Em North Dighton, Estados Unidos, um antigo colega do lusodescendente acusado de revelar segredos militares norte-americanos recorda um “rapaz normal”.

     In North Dighton, United States, an old classmate of the Portuguese-American accused of revealing American military secrets remembers a "normal boy."