Portuguese

adjective

1. 1

   Of or pertaining to Portugal.

   Portuguese borders

   The British army had already moved over the border and the commander had established his HQ high in the central Portuguese mountains at Viseu.

2. 2

   Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture.

   Portuguese cuisines

   In San Diego County there is but one Portuguese fisherman, as is also the case in Los Angeles, the county immediately adjoining.

3. 3

   Of or pertaining to the Portuguese language.

   Portuguese verbs

   The latter feature indicates that a Portuguese consonant cannot constitute the nucleus of a syllable.

noun

1. 1

   A person native to, or living in, Portugal.

   […] but so close lay the boats that even single hooks snarled, and Harvey found himself in hot argument with a gentle, hairy Newfoundlander on one side and a howling Portuguese on the other.

   With a view to securing its more efficient working, a Portuguese was placed in charge of the entire department as Vidane.

   Beresford required all materials for coatees, waistcoats and pantaloons to be sent out unmade, as the Portuguese were perfectly capable of making the suits up properly after delivery.

proper noun

1. 1

   A Romance language originating in Portugal, and now the official language of Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guiné Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), Cape Verde, East Timor, and Brazil.

   Portuguese, however, is slightly different from Catalan, Spanish, and Romanian in that there is no strict adjacency requirement between wh-words and the verbal cluster in indirect questions.

   Overall it is Taipa (which means mudflats in Portuguese and its Cantonese name Tam-zai also means mud flats) that has changed the most through reclamation followed by the east coast of the Macau Peninsula.

Forms

plural

Portugueses

comparative

more Portuguese

superlative

most Portuguese