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Portugalism

Portugalism noun: a Portuguese style or manner.

Noun

Portugalism (countable and uncountable, plural Portugalisms)

  1. (uncountable) A Portuguese style or manner.
  2. (countable) A word or other feature originating in the Portuguese language that has been borrowed by another language.

Forms of Portugalism

pluralPortugalisms

Origin of Portugalism

From Portugal + -ism.

Questions about Portugalism

What does Portugalism mean?
Portugalism means a Portuguese style or manner.
What part of speech is Portugalism?
Portugalism is a noun.
What is the plural of Portugalism?
The plural of Portugalism is Portugalisms.

Words near Portugalism in the dictionary

  1. Portugal
  2. Portugal Cove South
  3. Portugal Cove-St. Philip's
  4. Portugal laurel
  5. Portugalete
  6. Portugalism
  7. Portugalisms
  8. Portugall
  9. Portugalls
  10. Portugals
  11. Portugee

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Portugalism (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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