Portuguese
From Lisbon's nation
Portuguese refers to the people, language, or culture of Portugal, a country on the Iberian Peninsula.
The Portuguese language, a Romance tongue, is spoken not only in Portugal but across Brazil, parts of Africa, and other former colonies—making it one of the world's most widely spoken languages.
As a noun, a Portuguese is a person from Portugal: The Portuguese have a long maritime history.
Portugal's largest city
- PortoNorthern Portuguese metropolis
- AlgarvePortugal's southernmost coastal region
- AzoresMid-Atlantic Portuguese territory
- MadeiraPortuguese fortified wine
fado · Port wine · Vasco da Gama · Age of Discovery · sardines · cork · custard tart
Kwanza-using African state
- MozambiqueSoutheast African coastal nation
- Cape VerdeAtlantic African archipelago
- Guinea-BissauFormer Portuguese West African colony
- East TimorHalf-island Southeast Asian nation
Goa · Macau · Creole · colonial history · Maputo · Luanda · Timor-Leste
Afro-Brazilian celebratory dance
- feijoadaSmoked meat bean stew
- caipirinhaBrazilian lime cocktail
- Rio de JaneiroBrazilian coastal metropolis
- bossa novaLyrical Brazilian jazz-samba blend
capoeira · Cristo Redentor · Ipanema · Pelé · açaí · churrasco · cachaça · maracatu
Northwest Iberian Romance tongue
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- subjunctiveVerb mood expressing unreality
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
- spelling reformSystematic writing changes
diacritics · pronunciation · grammar · dialect · vocabulary · inflection · verb tenses
Lisbon
Portugal's largest city
- PortoNorthern Portuguese metropolis
- AlgarvePortugal's southernmost coastal region
- AzoresMid-Atlantic Portuguese territory
Madeira · fado · Port wine · Vasco da Gama · Age of Discovery · sardines · cork · custard tart
Angola
Kwanza-using African state
- MozambiqueSoutheast African coastal nation
- Cape VerdeAtlantic African archipelago
- Guinea-BissauFormer Portuguese West African colony
East Timor · Goa · Macau · Creole · colonial history · Maputo · Luanda · Timor-Leste
samba
Afro-Brazilian celebratory dance
- feijoadaSmoked meat bean stew
- caipirinhaBrazilian lime cocktail
- Rio de JaneiroBrazilian coastal metropolis
bossa nova · capoeira · Cristo Redentor · Ipanema · Pelé · açaí · churrasco · cachaça · maracatu · telenovela
Galician
Northwest Iberian Romance tongue
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- subjunctiveVerb mood expressing unreality
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
spelling reform · diacritics · pronunciation · grammar · dialect · vocabulary · inflection · verb tenses
- Indo-European LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Spanish, Italian
- DemonymsAmerican, Australian, Canadian, British, Chinese
- European LanguagesGerman, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch
- European peoplesGermans, Italians, Greeks, French, Poles
- Latin HeritageRomance languages, Latin roots, Latin alphabet, Roman Empire, Roman legacy
- peoplesAmericans, British, Chinese, French, Germans
- Brazilian PortugueseDialect spoken in Brasília
- Portuguese man-of-warSiphonophore with painful sting
- Portuguese languageRomance tongue from Iberia
- Portuguese tartFlaky custard pastry
- Portuguese explorerMaritime discoverer from Portugal
- Portuguese cuisineFood traditions from Lisbon's nation