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Meaning of "Portuguese-speaking" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING

Portuguese-speaking  [ˌpɔːtjʊˈɡiːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Portuguese-Speaking is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Portuguese-speaking

Portuguese speaker

A Portuguese speaker is someone who speaks Portuguese either as a native speaker or as a learner. The word "lusophone" is a neologism which originated in the 1970s and is derived from the name of the ancient Roman province of Lusitania, which covered most of modern-day Portugal.

Definition of Portuguese-speaking in the English dictionary

The definition of Portuguese-speaking in the dictionary is being a speaker of Portuguese; having Portuguese as the national language.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING


Antilles
ænˈtɪliːz
bases
ˈbeɪsiːz
Belize
bəˈliːz
Chinese
tʃaɪˈniːz
classes
ˈklæsiːz
dieses
ˈdaɪəsiːz
disease
dɪˈziːz
ease
iːz
expertise
ˌɛkspɜːˈtiːz
he´s
hiːz
Japanese
ˌdʒæpəˈniːz
keys
kiːz
mise
miːz
please
pliːz
Portuguese
ˌpɔːtjʊˈɡiːz
series
ˈsɪəriːz
she´s
ʃiːz
species
ˈspiːʃiːz
tales
ˈteɪliːz
these
ðiːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING

Portsmouth
Portugal
Portugal laurel
Portuguese
Portuguese East Africa
Portuguese Guinea
Portuguese Guinean
Portuguese India
Portuguese man-of-war
Portuguese Timor
Portuguese water dog
Portuguese West Africa
portulaca
portulacaceous
porty
porwiggle
pory
POS

WORDS THAT END LIKE PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING

baking
banking
braking
breaking
breathtaking
decision-making
English-speaking
freaking
heartbreaking
homemaking
in a manner of speaking
in the making
making
matchmaking
public speaking
sneaking
soaking
speaking
taking
undertaking
waking

Synonyms and antonyms of Portuguese-speaking in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Portuguese-speaking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING

Find out the translation of Portuguese-speaking to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Portuguese-speaking from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Portuguese-speaking» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

葡语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

De habla portuguesa
570 millions of speakers

English

Portuguese-speaking
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुर्तगाली बोलने वाले
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الناطقة بالبرتغالية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Португалоговорящих
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

De língua português
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পর্তুগীজ ভাষী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Lusophone
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bercakap bahasa Portugis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Portugiesischsprachigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポルトガル語を話す
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포르투갈어 를 구사하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Basa Portugis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Bồ Đào Nha nói
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போர்த்துகீசியம் பேசும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोर्तुगीज-भाषिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Portekizce konuşulan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Lingua portoghese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Portugalski jest językiem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Португаломовних
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Vorbitoare de limbă portugheză
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Πορτογαλόφωνες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Portugees-sprekende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Portugisisktalande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Portugisisk -talende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Portuguese-speaking

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING»

The term «Portuguese-speaking» is normally little used and occupies the 118.931 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Portuguese-speaking
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Portuguese-speaking».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Portuguese-speaking» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Portuguese-speaking» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Portuguese-speaking

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING»

Discover the use of Portuguese-speaking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Portuguese-speaking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Luso-American Literature: Writings by Portuguese-speaking ...
" This collection seeks to address this lacuna, with a broad mosaic of prose, poetry, essays, memoir, and other writings by more than fifty prominent literary figures--immigrants and their descendants, as well as exiles and sojourners.
Robert Henry Moser, Antonio Luciano de Andrade Tosta, 2011
2
The Portuguese-Speaking Diaspora in Great Britain and Ireland
This volume on the neglected subject of Portuguese structural emigration covers a wide range of approaches (such as sociolinguistic, sociocultural, sociopolitical, socio-economic, anthropological and literary), and will become a landmark ...
Jaine Beswick, Mark Dinneen, 2010
3
Lusosex: Gender and Sexuality in the Portuguese-speaking World
This volume is the first to focus on the topic -- in particular, the connections between nationhood, sex, and gender -- in the Lusophone, or Portuguese-speaking, world.
Susan Canty Quinlan, Fernando Arenas, 2002
4
Higher Education in Portuguese Speaking African Countries:
AULP4, the Association of Portuguese Speaking Universities, has as its objective to promote cooperation between higher education and research institutions by means of exchange of students, professors and researchers, and of participation  ...
Patricio Vitorino Langa, 2014
5
Fiction in the Portuguese-speaking world: essays in memory ...
This collection of 14 essays provides a fascinating a wide-ranging survey of major writers of fiction from Portugal, Brazil and Lusophone Africa. The focus of the book is on Alexandre Pinheiro Torres, poet, essayist and novelist.
Alexandre Pinheiro Torres, Charles M. Kelley, 2000
6
A History of Postcolonial Lusophone Africa
POWER AND THE POSTCOLONIAL STATE This section raises two distinct but inter-related questions which lie at the heart of the analysis of the contemporary politics of Portuguese-speaking Africa. First, how historically different is the ...
Patrick Chabal, 2002
7
Lusophonies asiatiques, Asiatiques en lusophonies
Introduction. Issues. of. Asian. Portuguese-Speaking. Spaces. and. Lusotopias. THis dossier presents the work of the Third International Meeting of Lusotopie which was held in Goa from 23 to 26 February 1999, on the theme ...
‎2001
8
Portuguese For Dummies
That's right, Portuguese! And what's the fastest, easiest, most enjoyable way to learn Portuguese? Portuguese for Dummies, of course! This fun, friendly guide helps you start speaking Brazilian Portuguese immediately!
Karen Keller, 2013
9
Portuguese Phrases For Dummies
This friendly book covers a wide array of subjects both helpful and interesting, including: Numbers, days of the week, measurements, and time Making friends and small talk Enjoying every type of meal Shopping in markets and at stores ...
Karen Keller, 2011
10
Romance Linguistics: The Portuguese Context
The hypothesis with which we started was one that at first glance might seem to make little sense — that enrollment in these programs would be lower in areas with a sizable Portuguese-speaking minority in the nearby population. The reason ...
Donaldo Pereira Macedo, Dale April Koike, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Portuguese-speaking is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Portugal's Sonae MC Sees Growth Through Smaller Stores
... or Kasa (for decorations), in African Portuguese-speaking countries, but also in Croatia and Slovakia where it supplies a large local retailer. «ESM - The European Supermarket Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Macau banks should establish themselves as regional finance centre
How would you comment on the co-operation potential between the banks here and their counterparts in the Portuguese-speaking countries, ... «Macau Business Daily, Jul 15»
3
South American market growing as opportunity ripe for picking in …
... who said he was actively seeking Spanish and Portuguese-speaking staff for the tourism operation after gaining about 1000 South American ... «The Cairns Post, Jul 15»
4
Angola Enjoys Post-War FDI Boom
Accor thus makes a major breakthrough in the Portuguese-speaking world and reinforces its leadership status in the African continent (94 ... «Global Risk Insights, Jul 15»
5
Begins in Dili Meeting of Ministers of Portuguese-speaking Countries
CPLP 24 de julio de 2015, 09:47Dili, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) The 20th ordinary session of the Council of Ministers of the Community of Portuguese Language ... «Prensa Latina, Jul 15»
6
5 Things You Can't Do In Angola
Before that Miti-Drummond worked for nearly a decade as the researcher for Portuguese-speaking African countries at Amnesty International. «The Real News Network, Jul 15»
7
Pan Am Games are must-see TV in Latin America
Even in Canada, and even with a strong Portuguese-speaking Brazilian presence, Spanish remains the dominant language of the games, ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
8
Macau company to build tourist resort with gambling in Cabo Verde
... economic and commercial platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries and showed that the Special Administrative Region ... «Macauhub, Jul 15»
9
Cristiano Ronaldo could return to Manchester United
He didn't like a training game, saying "we shouldn't be practicing this s---", and said Rafa only saw fouls from the Portuguese-speaking players. «SB Nation, Jul 15»
10
Ten things you may have missed Thursday from the world of business
Filho and several others already are facing securities fraud charges over charges they fleeced Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking investors ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Portuguese-Speaking [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/portuguese-speaking>. Apr 2024 ».
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