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