Portugee
/ˈpɔɹ.t͡ʃə.ɡiː/
Portugee is the alternative form of Portagee.
Meaning of Portagee
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
Forms of Portugee
| plural | Portugees |
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Origin of Portugee
Variant of Portuguese, or perhaps back-formation from Portuguese taking it as a plural.
Questions about Portugee
- What is Portugee the alternative form of?
- Portugee is the alternative form of Portagee.
- How do you pronounce Portugee?
- Portugee is pronounced /ˈpɔɹ.t͡ʃə.ɡiː/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Portugee (page history and authors); Portagee (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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