Portuguesify
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Portuguese + -ify by analogy with more common terms such as Frenchify.
Verb
editPortuguesify (third-person singular simple present Portuguesifies, present participle Portuguesifying, simple past and past participle Portuguesified)
- (transitive, rare) Synonym of lusitanize, to make Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
- (intransitive, rare) Synonym of lusitanize, to become Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
- Their sandwiches are portuguesified by frying the meat with copious garlic and covering everything with thick slabs of red pepper paste.