# Portuguese

Pronunciation: US say "por-chuh-GEEZ" /ˌpoɹ.t͡ʃəˈɡiz/; say "paw-chuh-GEEZ" UK /ˌpɔː.t͡ʃəˈɡiːz/, AUS /ˌpoː.t͡ʃəˈɡiːz/

## Adjective

1. Of, from, or relating to the country of Portugal.
   - Simple: From or connected with the country of Portugal.
   - _Portuguese wines are exported all over the world._
   - _The Portuguese government announced new protections for its Atlantic coastline._
3. Associated with Portugal's people or with their culture and way of life.
   - Simple: Connected to the people of Portugal or their way of life.
   - _Fado music holds a central place in Portuguese culture._
   - _The festival celebrated Portuguese traditions of tile-making and folk dance._
4. Having to do with the Portuguese language, as spoken or written.
   - Simple: Connected to the language that people speak in Portugal and Brazil.
   - _Portuguese pronunciation features nasal vowels that English speakers often find difficult._
   - _She corrected the Portuguese spelling throughout the translated document._

## Proper noun

2. A Romance language that originated in Portugal and is now the official language of Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, and East Timor.
   - Simple: The language spoken in Portugal, Brazil, and several other countries around the world.
   - _He studied Portuguese for two years before moving to Lisbon._
   - _Official documents in Mozambique are written in Portuguese._

## Noun

5. A person who is a native or inhabitant of Portugal.
   - Simple: A person who comes from or lives in Portugal.
   - _The bakery's owner, a Portuguese from Porto, sells fresh custard tarts every morning._
   - _Thousands of Portuguese emigrated to the United States in the twentieth century._

## Origin

Borrowed from Portuguese português.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/portuguese (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).