língua oficial

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Portuguese

Noun

língua oficial f (plural línguas oficiais)

  1. official language
    • 1999, Governor of Macau, “Decree-law 101/99/M of 13th December”, in Official Journal of Macau, page 7826:
      As línguas chinesa e portuguesa são as línguas oficiais de Macau.
      Chinese and Portuguese languages are official languages of Macau.