portugués

See also: portuguès and português

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾtuˈɡes/, [poɾ.t̪uˈɣ̞es]

Adjective

portugués m sg (feminine singular portuguesa, neuter singular portugueso, masculine plural portugueses, feminine plural portugueses)

1. Portuguese (of or pertaining to Portugal)

Inflection

gend/num	singular	plural
masculine	portugués	portugueses
feminine	portuguesa	portugueses
neuter	portugueso	-

Noun

portugués m sg (feminine singular portuguesa, masculine plural portugueses, feminine plural portugueses)

1. a Portuguese (person)

portugués m (uncountable)

1. Portuguese (language)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [poɾ.tuˈɣes]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

Adjective

portugués (feminine portuguesa, masculine plural portuguesos, feminine plural portugueses)

1. (Valencia) Alternative spelling of portuguès

Noun

portugués m (plural portuguesos, feminine portuguesa)

1. (Valencia) Alternative spelling of portuguès

Noun

portugués m (uncountable)

1. (Valencia) Alternative spelling of portuguès

Galician

Alternative forms

• português (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese portuguees, portugaes, from the older form portogales: Portugal +‎ -és.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poɾtuˈɣes]

Adjective

portugués (feminine portuguesa, masculine plural portugueses, feminine plural portuguesas)

1. Portuguese (relating to Portugal, its people, or language)

Noun

portugués m (plural portugueses, feminine portuguesa, feminine plural portuguesas)

1. a Portuguese person

Noun

portugués m (uncountable)

1. Portuguese (language)

   O portugués e máis o galego son linguas irmás. ― Portuguese and Galician are sister languages.

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “portuguees”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “portugués” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “portugués”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “portugués”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “portugués”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Adjective

portugués m (feminine singular portuguesa, masculine plural portugués or portugueses, feminine plural portuguesas)

1. Portuguese

Noun

portugués m (plural portugués or portugueses, feminine portuguesa, feminine plural portuguesas)

1. a Portuguese person

portugués m (uncountable)

1. the Portuguese language

Related terms

• Portugal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese português, replacing earlier portugalés, portogalés.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾtuˈɡes/ [poɾ.t̪uˈɣ̞es]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: por‧tu‧gués

Adjective

portugués (feminine portuguesa, masculine plural portugueses, feminine plural portuguesas)

1. Portuguese (from or native to Portugal)
2. Portuguese (pertaining to Portugal)

Derived terms

• carabela portuguesa
• fragata portuguesa
• República Portuguesa
• salamandra portuguesa

 

Noun

portugués m (plural portugueses, feminine portuguesa, feminine plural portuguesas)

1. Portuguese (person)

Noun

portugués m (uncountable)

1. Portuguese (language)

Related terms

• Portugal

 

Further reading

• “portugués”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014