Portuguese

[ pawr-chuh-geez, -gees, pohr-; pawr-chuh-geez, -gees, pohr- ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Portugal, its inhabitants, or their language.

noun

, plural Por·tu·guese.

1. a native or inhabitant of Portugal.
2. a Romance language spoken in Portugal, Brazil, and a few countries of Africa. : Pg, Pg.

Portuguese

/ ˌpɔːtjʊˈɡiːz /

noun

1. the official language of Portugal, its overseas territories, and Brazil: the native language of approximately 110 million people. It belongs to the Romance group of the Indo-European family and is derived from the Galician dialect of Vulgar Latin
2. -guese a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Portugal

adjective

1. relating to, denoting, or characteristic of Portugal, its inhabitants, or their language

Other Words From

• an·ti-Por·tu·guese adjective noun plural antiPortuguese
• non-Por·tu·guese adjective noun plural nonPortuguese
• pro-Por·tu·guese adjective noun plural proPortuguese

Word History and Origins

Origin of Portuguese¹

1580–90; < Portuguese português, Spanish portugués; Portugal, -ese