Meaning of Portuguese | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person native to, or living in, Portugal.
   in-plural
2. A Romance language originating in Portugal, and now the official language of Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guiné Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), Cape Verde, East Timor, and Brazil.
3. Of or pertaining to Portugal
4. Of or relating to Portugal or its people, language, or culture.
5. Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture
6. A native or inhabitant of Portugal.
7. Of or pertaining to the Portuguese language
8. The Romance language of Portugal and Brazil.
9. A person native to, or living in, Portugal
10. (Languages) 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
11. A Romance language originating in Portugal, and now the official language of Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guiné Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), Cape Verde, East Timor, and Brazil
12. (Peoples) a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Portugal
13. (Languages) relating to, denoting, or characteristic of Portugal, its inhabitants, or their language
14. a Romance language spoken in Portugal, Brazil, the Azores, and Madeira, and used as an auxiliary language in former colonies of Portugal, as Angola and Mozambique. Abbr.: Pg, Pg.
15. of or pertaining to Portugal, its people, or the language Portuguese.
16. A. ADJ → portugués
    ADJ
17. B. N (Portuguese (pl))1. (= person) → portugués/esa m/f
    N

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Examples

“[…] but so close lay the boats that even single hooks snarled, and Harvey found himself in hot argument with a gentle, hairy Newfoundlander on one side and a howling Portuguese on the other.”

“With a view to securing its more efficient working, a Portuguese was placed in charge of the entire department as Vidane.”

“Beresford required all materials for coatees, waistcoats and pantaloons to be sent out unmade, as the Portuguese were perfectly capable of making the suits up properly after delivery.”

“Portuguese, however, is slightly different from Catalan, Spanish, and Romanian in that there is no strict adjacency requirement between wh-words and the verbal cluster in indirect questions.”

“Overall it is Taipa (which means mudflats in Portuguese and its Cantonese name Tam-zai also means mud flats) that has changed the most through reclamation followed by the east coast of the Macau Peninsula.”

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