português
See also: portugués and portuguès
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- portuguez (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese portuguees, portugaes, from Late Latin portucalensis, also portucensis, from Latin Portucale < Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Oporto. See Portugal.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /puɾtuˈɣeʃ/
- (Brazil)ː
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /poɹtuˈɡejs/
- (Carioca) IPA(key): /poxtuˈɡejʃ/
- (Nordestino) IPA(key): /pɔhtuˈɡejs/, /pɔhtuˈɡejʃ/, /puhtuˈɡejs/, /puʈuˈɡejs/
- (Paulista) IPA(key): /poɾtuˈɡes/
- Hyphenation: por‧tu‧guês
Adjective
português m (feminine singular portuguesa, masculine plural portugueses, feminine plural portuguesas, not comparable)
- Portuguese
Noun
português m (plural portugueses, feminine portuguesa, feminine plural portuguesas)
- Portuguese person
- Portuguese language
Related terms
- Portugal
- portuguesismo
- portunhol
- porto
Descendants
- English: Portuguese
- Spanish: portugués