portuga

Portuguese

Etymology

Clipping of português (“Portuguese”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁˈtu.ɡɐ/ [pohˈtu.ɡɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /poɾˈtu.ɡɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʁˈtu.ɡɐ/ [poχˈtu.ɡɐ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /poɻˈtu.ɡɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁˈtu.ɡa/ [pohˈtu.ɡa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈtu.ɡɐ/ [puɾˈtu.ɣɐ]

Hyphenation: por‧tu‧ga

Noun

portuga m or f by sense (plural portugas)

(Brazil, colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Portuguese (person from Portugal)
Synonyms: português, (informal) tuga, (poetic) luso

Adjective

portuga m or f (plural portugas, not comparable)

(Brazil, colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Portuguese (of Portugal)
Synonyms: português, (informal) tuga, (poetic) luso, (poetic) lusitânico

Further reading

“portuga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“portuga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026