português

See also: portugués and portuguès

Portuguese

Alternative forms

portuguez (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese portuguees, portugaes, from Late Latin portucalēnsis, also portucensis, from Latin Portucale < Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Oporto. See Portugal.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁ.tuˈɡe(j)s/ [poh.tuˈɡe(ɪ̯)s]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /poɾ.tuˈɡe(j)s/ [poɾ.tuˈɡe(ɪ̯)s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʁ.tuˈɡe(j)ʃ/ [poχ.tuˈɡe(ɪ̯)ʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poɻ.tuˈɡe(j)s/ [poɻ.tuˈɡe(ɪ̯)s]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ.tuˈɡeʃ/ [puɾ.tuˈɣeʃ]

(Caipira) IPA^(key): /poɹtuˈɡe(j)s/
(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɔhtuˈɡejs/, /pɔhtuˈɡejʃ/, /puhtuˈɡejs/, /puʈuˈɡejs/
Rhymes: (Brazil) -es, (Brazil, with intrusive j) -ejs, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -eʃ
Hyphenation: por‧tu‧guês

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Adjective

português (feminine portuguesa, masculine plural portugueses, feminine plural portuguesas, not comparable)

Portuguese (of or relating to the region of Portugal)
Portuguese (of or relating to the people of Portugal)
Portuguese (of or relating to the Portuguese language)

Derived terms

Noun

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

Portuguese (person native to Portugal)

Derived terms

Noun

português m (usually uncountable, plural portugueses)

Portuguese language

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

English: Portuguese
Spanish: portugués

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