Portuguesify
English
Alternative forms
- portuguesify
Etymology
From Portuguese + -ify by analogy with more common terms such as Frenchify.
Verb
Portuguesify (third-person singular simple present Portuguesifies, present participle Portuguesifying, simple past and past participle Portuguesified)
- (transitive, rare) Synonym of lusitanize, to make Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
- Traders and governors attempted to Portuguesify Goa and Macao for centuries... You can Portuguesify Castilian Spanish easily enough...
- (intransitive, rare) Synonym of lusitanize, to become Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
- Their sandwiches are portuguesified by frying the meat with copious garlic and covering everything with thick slabs of red pepper paste.
Related terms
- Portuguesification