Portagee
Syllables: Por·ta·geeUK/ˈpɔːtəɡi/US/ˈpɔɹtəɡi/
Portagee noun: a person from Portugal or a person of Portuguese descent.
Noun
Portagee (plural Portagees)
- A person from Portugal or a person of Portuguese descent.
- She lives in New Bedford, and her dad's not around much and her mum calls her boyfriend a Portagee, a fuckin' greenhorn, and she says, Ma, he's 3rd generation, but her mum just rolls her eyes and fixes a drink, fills her glass with ice from the icemaker they have, pours some bourbon from the bottle...1993, Common Lives, Lesbian Lives- Issues 47-49, page 37
- The Portagee sighed happily. He was home again.1935, John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat, →ISBN
Adjective
Portagee (comparative more Portagee, superlative most Portagee)
- Portuguese.
- Did you hear about the man who was half Portagee and half Italian? He made himself an offer he couldn't understand.2006, Jerry Hopkins, The Da Lima Code, →ISBN, page 49
- Melvin has a very Portagee accent.2008, Mary Frosch, Coming of Age in the 21st Century: Growing Up in America Today
Examples of Portagee in a sentence
- What did the Portagee say when he opened a box of Cheerios?2002, Lanai Tabura, Augusto E. Tulba, Lanai and Angies Joke of the Day, →ISBN, page 40:
- “You damn, dumb Portagee,” he was saying, “How could you have fallen for one of the oldest tricks in the book?2005, John A. Broussard, Death and Near Death: A Yoshinobu Mystery, →ISBN, page 121:
- Anthony's parish were too Portagee or greenhornish for my mother.2013, Joseph A. Conforti, Another City Upon a Hill: A New England Memoir, →ISBN:
Forms of Portagee
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Portagees |
| alternative form | Portugee |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Portagee |
| superlative | most Portagee |
Origin of Portagee
Variant of Portuguese, or perhaps back-formation from Portuguese taking it as a plural.
Questions about Portagee
- What does Portagee mean?
- Portagee means a person from Portugal or a person of Portuguese descent.
- How do you use Portagee in a sentence?
- What did the Portagee say when he opened a box of Cheerios?
- What part of speech is Portagee?
- Portagee can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Portagee?
- Portagee is pronounced /ˈpɔɹtəɡi/ (US).
- What is the plural of Portagee?
- The plural of Portagee is Portagees.
Words near Portagee in the dictionary
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