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Portuguesism

Portuguesism noun: portuguese attitudes and beliefs generally.

Noun

Portuguesism (countable and uncountable, plural Portuguesisms)

  1. (uncountable) Portuguese attitudes and beliefs generally.
  2. (countable, rhetoric) A word, phrase, etc. characteristic of Portuguese speakers.

Forms of Portuguesism

pluralPortuguesisms

Origin of Portuguesism

From Portuguese + -ism.

Questions about Portuguesism

What does Portuguesism mean?
Portuguesism means portuguese attitudes and beliefs generally.
What part of speech is Portuguesism?
Portuguesism is a noun.
What is the plural of Portuguesism?
The plural of Portuguesism is Portuguesisms.

Words near Portuguesism in the dictionary

  1. Portuguesification
  2. portuguesified
  3. portuguesifies
  4. portuguesify
  5. portuguesifying
  6. Portuguesism
  7. Portuguesisms
  8. Portugueze
  9. Portuguezes
  10. portulaca
  11. portulacaceous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Portuguesism (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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