Portugal
/ˈpɔːt͡ʃəɡəl//ˈpɔɹt͡ʃəɡəl/
Portugal proper noun: a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.
Proper noun
Portugal
- A country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.
- A distinction is usually made between Old Portuguese (português antigo, português arcaico), referring to the period from the earliest texts to 1540, Classical Portuguese (1540-1850), and Modern Portuguese (1850 to the present). There is sometimes a further subdivision of the Old Portuguese period...2000, Glanville Price, Encyclopedia of the languages of Europe, reprint, illustrated edition, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 367
- Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son has earned his first call-up for the Portugal Under-15 national squad, the team announced on Tuesday.2025 May 7, Ben Morse, “‘Proud of you’: Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son earns first call-up for Portugal Under-15 national team”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- Lusitania
Noun
Portugal (plural Portugals)
- A Portuguese person.
- Some became Christians, from whose faith and race, even at this day (for it is an hundred yeares since) few Portugalls assure themselves; although custome and length of time be much more forcible counsellors unto such mutations than any other compulsion.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
Portugal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Portugal in Hindi
- country
- पुर्तगाल purtagāl
Portugal in Tamil
- country
- போர்த்துகல் pōrttukal, பொர்த்துகீசியா porttukīciyā
Portugal in Marathi
- country
- पोर्तुगाल portugāl
Portugal in Urdu
- country
- پُرْتُگال purtugāl, پُرْتَگال purtagāl
More languagesFewer languages
- Portugal in Bengali
- পর্তুগাল portugal
- Portugal in Telugu
- పొర్చుగల్ porcugal
- Portugal in Malayalam
- പോർച്ചുഗൽ pōṟccugal
- Portugal in Kannada
- ಪೋರ್ಚುಗಲ್ pōrcugal
- Portugal in Punjabi
- ਪੁਰ੍ਤਗਾਲ purtgāl
- Portugal in Gujarati
- પોર્ટુગલ porṭugal
- Portugal in Odia
- ପର୍ତ୍ତୁଗାଲ୍ parttugāl
- Portugal in Sinhala
- පෘතුගාලය pr̥tugālaya
- Portugal in Assamese
- পৰ্তুগাল portugal
- Portugal in Nepali
- पोर्तगाल portagāl
- Portugal in Pashto
- پورتګال portogāl
- Portugal in Tagalog
- Portugal
- Portugal in Arabic
- الْبُرْتُغَال al-burtuḡāl, البرتغال al-burtuḡāl
- Portugal in Malay
- Portugal
- Portugal in Indonesian
- Portugal
- Portugal in Persian
- پُرْتَگَال, پُرْتُغال, پُرْتُگال
- Portugal in Thai
- โปรตุเกส bproo-dtù-gèet
- Portugal in Vietnamese
- Bồ Đào Nha
- Portugal in Myanmar
- ပေါ်တူဂီ pautugi
- Dhivehi
- ޕޯޗުގަލް pōcugal
- Dzongkha
- པོར་ཅུ་གལ་ por cu gal
Synonyms of Portugal
Forms of Portugal
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | Portingale |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Portugall |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Portingall |
| Noun | |
| plural | Portugals |
Origin of Portugal
Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portucale < Portus Cale (former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia), from portus + Callus, which is disputed: * From the name of the Gallaeci, a Celtic tribe of Iberia. * From Latin calidus (“warm”). * From Ancient Greek Καλλίς (Kallís, “Beautiful”), referring to the Douro valley; see καλός (kalós, “beautiful”). * An Iberian pronunciation of Ancient Greek Γαῖα (Gaîa, “goddess of the Earth”).
Words formed from Portugal
Phrases with Portugal
Questions about Portugal
- What does Portugal mean?
- Portugal means a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.
- What is Portugal in Hindi?
- Portugal in Hindi is पुर्तगाल (purtagāl). See Portugal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Portugal?
- Portugal can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Portugal?
- Portugal is pronounced /ˈpɔːt͡ʃəɡəl/ (UK).
Words near Portugal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Portugal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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