portugalo

See also: Portugalõ and Portugālõ

Esperanto

Etymology

From Portuguese português, ultimately from Latin Portucale (“Portus Cale”), the former name of the city of Oporto, from portus (“harbour, port”) + Gallaecī (“Celtic people of Hispania Tarraconensis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [portuˈɡalo]
• Rhymes: -alo
• Hyphenation: por‧tu‧ga‧lo

Noun

portugalo (accusative singular portugalon, plural portugaloj, accusative plural portugalojn)

1. a Portuguese person

Hypernyms

• eŭropano (“European”)

Meronyms

• Portugalio (“Portugal”)

Related terms

• hispano (“Spaniard”)
• portugala (“Portuguese”)