portuguêses

Portuguese

Adjective

portuguêses

  1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of portugueses: masculine plural of português

Noun

portuguêses

  1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of portugueses: plural of português

Usage notes

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

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