Portuguese can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| Portuguese - of or relating to or characteristic of Portugal or the people of Portugal or their language; "Portuguese wines" | ||
Noun |
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| Portuguese - the Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil | ||
| Portuguese - a native or inhabitant of Portugal |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | adj. | Portuguese wines. | |
| 2. | adj. | Angola was once a Portuguese territory. | |
| 3. | adj. | Only the Portuguese language has mesoclises. | |
| 4. | adj. | The languages spoken in Cape Verde are Portuguese and creoles. | |
| 5. | adj. | Are you studying your Portuguese lesson? | |
| 6. | adj. | Teresa is a Portuguese name. | |
| 7. | adj. | The future subjunctive mode in the Portuguese language is strictly connected to conditional sentences. | |
| 8. | adj. | Are your friends Portuguese or Brazilian? | |
| 9. | adj. | Brazil was a Portuguese colony. | |
| 10. | adj. | Portuguese words sound squished... | |
| 11. | adj. | The suffix "inho" is often used in Portuguese names: Mariazinha, Pedrinho e Zezinho are some examples. | |
| 12. | adj. | Where is the Portuguese office? | |
| 13. | adj. | A few words of Portuguese vocabulary come from the Tupi. | |
| 14. | adj. | What are some good Portuguese movies? | |
| 15. | adj. | Generalizations, in French, systematically require the definite article, unlike what happens with English, Esperanto or Portuguese... | |
| 16. | noun | My history teacher is an old Portuguese. | |
| 17. | noun | Give Interlingua a chance because it's easier than French, Spanish, or Portuguese and has more similarities to them. | |
| 18. | noun | I'm the only Brazilian who can't speak Portuguese and dance samba. | |
| 19. | noun | I am the only Brazilian who can't speak Portuguese and dance samba. | |
| 20. | noun | I like Brazilian Portuguese. | |
| 21. | noun | Tom can speak Brazilian Portuguese. | |
| 22. | noun | My Portuguese is terrible. | |
| 23. | noun | Brazilian Portuguese is quite different to Portugal Portuguese. | |
| 24. | noun | Brazilian Portuguese is considerably different to European Portuguese. | |
| 25. | noun | I’d hear songs like ‘The Girl from Ipanema,’ and I’d pretend I was a Brazilian and sing along in fake Portuguese. | |
| 26. | noun | I can help with Brazilian Portuguese if needed. | |
| 27. | noun | "Why yes" is the newest slang used in Brazilian Portuguese. It's used when people don't know the actual reason behind something happening or existing. | |
| 28. | noun | European Portuguese is different from Brazilian Portuguese. |
| Sentence | |
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| adj. | |
| Portuguese wines. |
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| Angola was once a Portuguese territory. | |
| Only the Portuguese language has mesoclises. | |
| The languages spoken in Cape Verde are Portuguese and creoles. | |
| Are you studying your Portuguese lesson? | |
| Teresa is a Portuguese name. | |
| The future subjunctive mode in the Portuguese language is strictly connected to conditional sentences. | |
| Are your friends Portuguese or Brazilian? | |
| Brazil was a Portuguese colony. | |
| Portuguese words sound squished... | |
| The suffix "inho" is often used in Portuguese names: Mariazinha, Pedrinho e Zezinho are some examples. | |
| Where is the Portuguese office? | |
| A few words of Portuguese vocabulary come from the Tupi. | |
| What are some good Portuguese movies? | |
| Generalizations, in French, systematically require the definite article, unlike what happens with English, Esperanto or Portuguese... | |
| noun | |
| My history teacher is an old Portuguese. | |
| Give Interlingua a chance because it's easier than French, Spanish, or Portuguese and has more similarities to them. | |
| I'm the only Brazilian who can't speak Portuguese and dance samba. | |
| I am the only Brazilian who can't speak Portuguese and dance samba. | |
| I like Brazilian Portuguese. | |
| Tom can speak Brazilian Portuguese. | |
| My Portuguese is terrible. | |
| Brazilian Portuguese is quite different to Portugal Portuguese. | |
| Brazilian Portuguese is considerably different to European Portuguese. | |
| I’d hear songs like ‘The Girl from Ipanema,’ and I’d pretend I was a Brazilian and sing along in fake Portuguese. | |
| I can help with Brazilian Portuguese if needed. | |
| "Why yes" is the newest slang used in Brazilian Portuguese. It's used when people don't know the actual reason behind something happening or existing. | |
| European Portuguese is different from Brazilian Portuguese. | |