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# portuguese

«portuguese» in Mova's school dictionary: **from or about Portugal** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (Portuguese); noun (Portuguese — the language; a Portuguese person, the Portuguese)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Portuguese means from or about Portugal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portuguese/#m1)

2) Portuguese is the language spoken in Portugal, Brazil and several countries in Africa and Asia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portuguese/#m2)

3) The Portuguese are the people of Portugal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portuguese/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography: Portugal is a country in south-west Europe, next to Spain; Brazil is the largest country where Portuguese is spoken. In history: Portuguese sailors were famous explorers. In everyday life: Portuguese food, Portuguese tarts, Portuguese-speaking classmates. Phrases: speak Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese.

### examples

- My friend Ana speaks Portuguese at home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portuguese/#x1)
- People in Brazil speak Portuguese, not Spanish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portuguese/#x2)
- We ate Portuguese custard tarts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portuguese/#x3)
- Lisbon is the Portuguese capital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portuguese/#x4)
- Portuguese sailors explored the coast of Africa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portuguese/#x5)
- She is learning Portuguese at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portuguese/#x6)
- "That's just like the cat, she's a villain," said the Portuguese duck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portuguese/#x7)

### note

Always written with a capital P. The same form is used for one person and many: «a Portuguese girl», «the Portuguese». Spelling trap: Portu-guese (the u is silent). A common mistake is to think Brazilians speak Spanish; they speak Portuguese.

### In the corpora

- [Portuguese ships spent decades creeping down Africa's coast before Bartolomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1488.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/5-continents-and-oceans/17/)
- [Why do Brazilians speak Portuguese while their neighbours speak Spanish?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/1/)
- [Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and Romanian all grew out of Latin, the language of the Roman Empire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map/12/)
- [The Portuguese did not simply join the Indian Ocean trade but used warships and forts to force others to buy passes and pay duties.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/15/)
- [The Portuguese and Spanish used caravels, small fast ships with triangular lateen sails that could sail closer to the wind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «portuguese» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portuguese/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.