inglêsa

Portuguese

Noun

inglêsa f (plural inglêsas)

  1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of inglesa: female equivalent of inglês

Adjective

inglêsa

  1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of inglesa: feminine singular of inglês

Usage notes

This word was spelled inglesa as of the Brazilian Orthographic Vocabulary published in 1933, which based itself on the European version from 1912; the spelling inglêsa was prescribed in the Brazilian Vocabulary published 1943..

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