portugaes

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Late Latin portucalēnsis, from Latin Portucale < Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Oporto.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /poɾtuɡaˈes/
    • Rhymes: -es
    • Hyphenation: por‧tu‧ga‧es

    Adjective

    portugaes m (plural portugaeses, feminine portugaesa, feminine plural portugaesas)

    1. Portuguese (pertaining to Portugal)
      • 1307, Pero Martinez, , Tebra, Tomiño; republished as chapter 31, in Ermelindo Portela Silva, editor, La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV. Una sociedad en expansión y en la crisis, Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, 1976, page 379:
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        [ […] conven a saber LX libras desta moeda portugaesa que ora corre alfonsin por noven e en rovora hunu jantar e en saivyzo VI libras.]
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    Noun

    portugaes m (plural portugaeses, feminine portugaesa, feminine plural portugaesas)

    1. Portuguese (person native to Portugal)

    Descendants

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