português
English meaning: Portuguese (language)
Portuguese Definition
(Português)Uma língua românica derivada do latim, falada por mais de 260 milhões de pessoas em três continentes.
English Definition
A Romance language derived from Latin, spoken by 260+ million people across three continents. Portuguese has significant dialectal differences between European (European Portuguese) and Brazilian varieties. Portuguese was once the global language of maritime trade, and its influence remains in place names from Nagasaki, Japan to Goa, India. Portuguese is an official UN language and growing in global importance.
Example
“O português é o terceiro idioma europeu mais falado no mundo, depois do inglês e do espanhol.”
In English: “Portuguese is the third most spoken European language in the world, after English and Spanish.”
Synonyms
- língua portuguesa
- lusitano
Literary Heritage
“A minha pátria é a língua portuguesa.”
“My homeland is the Portuguese language.”
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Language information
- Language
- Português
- Portuguese
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Romance
- Speakers
- 270M