What does Portuguese mean?
Definitions for Portuguese
ˌpɔr tʃəˈgiz, -ˈgis, ˌpoʊr-por·tuguese
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Portuguese.
Princeton's WordNet
Portuguesenoun
the Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil
Portugueseadjective
a native or inhabitant of Portugal
Portuguese, Lusitanianadjective
of or relating to or characteristic of Portugal or the people of Portugal or their language
"Portuguese wines"
Wiktionary
Portuguesenoun
A person native to, or living in, Portugal.
Portugueseadjective
Of or pertaining to the region of Portugal.
Portugueseadjective
Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture.
Portugueseadjective
Of or pertaining to the Portuguese language.
Portuguesenoun
A Romance language originating in Portugal, and now the official language of , , , , , , and .
Etymology: From português.
Webster Dictionary
Portugueseadjective
of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants
Portuguese
a native or inhabitant of Portugal; people of Portugal
Etymology: [Cf. F. portugais, Sp. portugues, Pg. portuguez.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Portuguese
pōr′tū-gēz, adj. of or pertaining to Portugal or to its inhabitants.—n. the people, a single inhabitant, or the language of Portugal.—Portuguese man-of-war, a species of Physalia.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
portuguese
A gold coin, value £1, 16s., called also moiadobras.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Portuguese in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Portuguese in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Portuguese in a Sentence
The Namibian government – every single coin, that is the normal procedure when a ship is found on a beach. The only exception is when it is a ship of state – then the country under whose flag the ship was sailing gets it and all its contents. And in this case the ship belonged to the King of Portugal, making it a ship of state – with the ship and its entire contents belonging to Portugal. The Portuguese government, however, very generously waived that right, allowing Namibia to keep the lot.
We've seen plenty of jellyfish like The Portuguese man-of-war, but never this animal.
Never has a Portuguese government depended on the support of anti-European political forces.
Terra Peregrin wants to be a minority shareholder, without control, but with a relevant stake of a group in Brazil which has holdings in other (geographic) areas, we want to return to the corporate project of this leader in the Portuguese-speaking world, involving 260 million people and more than 110 million clients.
Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho:
That is, transforming TAP into a mini TAP, which is not in the interests of workers, the economy nor the Portuguese.
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Translations for Portuguese
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- PortugiesischGerman
- portuguésSpanish
- PortugisIndonesian
- פורטוגזיתHebrew
- portuguêsPortuguese
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