portuguese
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 →
2) Portuguese is the language spoken in Portugal, Brazil and several countries in Africa and Asia. tree →
3) The Portuguese are the people of Portugal. tree →
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 →
- People in Brazil speak Portuguese, not Spanish. tree →
- We ate Portuguese custard tarts. tree →
- Lisbon is the Portuguese capital. tree →
- Portuguese sailors explored the coast of Africa. tree →
- She is learning Portuguese at school. tree →
- "That's just like the cat, she's a villain," said the Portuguese duck. tree →
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.
- Why do Brazilians speak Portuguese while their neighbours speak Spanish?
- Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and Romanian all grew out of Latin, the language of the Roman Empire.
- The Portuguese did not simply join the Indian Ocean trade but used warships and forts to force others to buy passes and pay duties.
- The Portuguese and Spanish used caravels, small fast ships with triangular lateen sails that could sail closer to the wind.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «portuguese» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.