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Asturian
Pronunciation
Adjective
portugués m sg (feminine singular portuguesa , neuter singular portugueso , masculine plural portugueses , feminine plural portugueses )
Portuguese (of or pertaining to Portugal)
Inflection
Noun
portugués m sg (feminine singular portuguesa , masculine plural portugueses , feminine plural portugueses )
a Portuguese (person)
portugués m (uncountable )
Portuguese (language)
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
portugués (feminine portuguesa , masculine plural portuguesos , feminine plural portugueses )
( Valencia ) Alternative spelling of portuguès
Noun
portugués m (plural portuguesos , feminine portuguesa )
( Valencia ) Alternative spelling of portuguès
Noun
portugués m (uncountable )
( Valencia ) Alternative spelling of portuguès
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese portuguees , portugaes , from the older form portogales : Portugal + -és .
Pronunciation
Adjective
portugués (feminine portuguesa , masculine plural portugueses , feminine plural portuguesas )
Portuguese (relating to Portugal, its people, or language)
Noun
portugués m (plural portugueses , feminine portuguesa , feminine plural portuguesas )
a Portuguese person
Noun
portugués m (uncountable )
Portuguese (language)
O portugués e máis o galego son linguas irmás. ― Portuguese and Galician are sister languages.
References
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “portuguees ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
“portugués ” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval . SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “portugués ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “portugués ”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “portugués ”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega , →ISSN
Occitan
Pronunciation
Adjective
portugués m (feminine singular portuguesa , masculine plural portugués or portugueses , feminine plural portuguesas )
Portuguese
Noun
portugués m (plural portugués or portugueses , feminine portuguesa , feminine plural portuguesas )
a Portuguese person
portugués m (uncountable )
the Portuguese language
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese português , replacing earlier portugalés , portogalés .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /poɾtuˈɡes/
Rhymes: -es
Syllabification: por‧tu‧gués
Adjective
portugués (feminine portuguesa , masculine plural portugueses , feminine plural portuguesas )
Portuguese ( from or native to Portugal )
Portuguese ( pertaining to Portugal )
Derived terms
Noun
portugués m (plural portugueses , feminine portuguesa , feminine plural portuguesas )
Portuguese ( person )
Noun
portugués m (uncountable )
Portuguese ( language )
Further reading