portugués
Spanish, noun/poɾtuˈɡes/
portugués is spelled P-O-R-T-U-G-U-É-S (9 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,491st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Portugués is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Portuguese (person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Idioma romance oficial en Portugal, en Brasil, en algunos países de África, como Angola y Mozambique, y en…”.
What does portugués mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Portuguese (from, native to, or pertaining to Portugal)
noun
- 1
masculinePortuguese (person)
noun
- 1
masculinePortuguese (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de Portugal.
noun: 1. Idioma romance oficial en Portugal, en Brasil, en algunos países de África, como Angola y Mozambique, y en algunos de Asia como Timor Oriental. 2. Moneda de oro que tuvo circulación en España durante el siglo XVI.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of portugués
- portuguesa feminine
- portugueses masculine plural
- portuguesas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce portugués?
- /poɾtuˈɡes/
- [poɾ.t̪uˈɣ̞es]
- [poɾt̪uˈɣ̞es]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to portugués
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is portugués in Spanish?
portugués appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).