Portugal
English
Alternative forms
- Portingale (obsolete)
- Portugall (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portucale < Portus Cale (former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia), from portus + Callus, which is disputed:
- From the name of the Gallaeci, a Celtic tribe of Iberia.
- From Latin calidus (“warm”).
- From Ancient Greek Καλλίς (Kallís, “Beautiful”), referring to the Douro valley; see καλός (kalós, “beautiful”).
- An Iberian pronunciation of Ancient Greek Γαῖα (Gaîa, “goddess of the Earth”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːt͡ʃəɡəl/, /ˈpɔːtjəɡəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɹt͡ʃəɡəl/
Audio (US) (file) - (General American, rare) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɹtuɡɑːl/
Proper noun
Portugal
- A country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Portugal.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
Portugal (plural Portugals)
- (now rare) A Portuguese person.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- Some became Christians, from whose faith and race, even at this day (for it is an hundred yeares since) few Portugalls assure themselves; although custome and length of time be much more forcible counsellors unto such mutations than any other compulsion.
See also
- Portugal § Etymology on Wikipedia
- (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
- Countries of the world
References
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
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Asturian
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Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /portuɡal/ [por.t̪u.ɣ̞al]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uɡal
- Hyphenation: Por‧tu‧gal
Declension
indefinite | |
---|---|
absolutive | Portugal |
ergative | Portugalek |
dative | Portugali |
genitive | Portugalen |
comitative | Portugalekin |
causative | Portugalengatik |
benefactive | Portugalentzat |
instrumental | Portugalez |
inessive | Portugalen |
locative | Portugalgo |
allative | Portugalera |
terminative | Portugaleraino |
directive | Portugalerantz |
destinative | Portugalerako |
ablative | Portugaldik |
partitive | Portugalik |
prolative | Portugaltzat |
Derived terms
- portugaldar (“Portuguese”)
- portugalera (“Portuguese language”)
Related terms
- portuges (“Portuguese language”)
Further reading
- “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin Portucale < Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.
Pronunciation
See also
- Lusitània (“Lusitania”)
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish Portugal. Also from Portuguese Portugal, from Old Galician-Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.
Proper noun
Portugal
- Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)
- a surname from Spanish or Portuguese
- a male given name from Spanish or Portuguese
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Portugal.
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Derived terms
- (Portuguese):
- portuguéstlakatl
- portuguéstlajtoli
Central Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poɾtuˈɡal/
Derived terms
- (Portuguese):
- portugaltecatl (Amecameca)
- portuguéstlacatl (Cholula)
- portugallacatl (Milpa Alta)
References
- Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor. (2000) Lecciones de Nahuatl, Hirata Editorial, México DF.
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poɾtuˈɡal/
Derived terms
- (Portuguese):
- portugallâcà, portuguéstin (obsolete)
- portugués
- portugallacatl
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.
Related terms
- portugiser c (“Portuguese”)
- portugisisk (“Portuguese”, adj)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔrtyɣɑl/
Audio (file)
Franco-Provençal
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale.
Pronunciation
- (Belgium, France) IPA(key): /pɔʁ.ty.ɡal/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /pɔʁ.t͡sʏ.ɡal/
Audio (France) (file)
Derived terms
See also
- (countries of Europe) pays de l'Europe; Albanie, Allemagne, Andorre, Arménie, Autriche, Azerbaïdjan, Belgique, Biélorussie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Bulgarie, Chypre, Cité du Vatican, Croatie, Danemark, Espagne, Estonie, Finlande, France, Géorgie, Grèce, Hongrie, Irlande, Islande, Italie, Kazakhstan, Lettonie, Liechtenstein, Lituanie, Luxembourg, Macédoine du Nord, Malte, Moldavie, Monaco, Monténégro, Norvège, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Portugal, République tchèque, Roumanie, Royaume-Uni, Russie, Saint-Marin, Serbie, Slovaquie, Slovénie, Suède, Suisse, Turquie, Ukraine (Category: fr:Countries in Europe)
Friulian
Related terms
- portughês
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portucale < Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɔɐ̯tuɡal]
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Portugal n (proper noun, genitive Portugals or (optionally with an article) Portugal)
- Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)
Derived terms
- Portugiese
- Portugieser
- portugiesisch
- Portugiesisch
See also
- (countries of Europe) Staaten Europas; Albanien, Andorra, Belgien, Belarus, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Bulgarien, Deutschland, Dänemark, Estland, Finnland, Frankreich, Griechenland, Irland, Island, Italien, Jugoslawien, Kroatien, Lettland, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldau, Monako/Monaco, Montenegro, Nordmazedonien, Norwegen, Niederlande, Österreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Rußland/Russland, San Marino, Schweden, Schweiz, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Tschechei/Tschechien, Tschechoslowakei, Ukraine, Ungarn, Vereinigtes Königreich, Vatikanstadt, Weißrußland/Weißrussland, Zypern (Category: de:Countries in Europe)
Further reading
- “Portugal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰortuˈkaːl/
Further reading
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /porˈtuɡal/
See also
- (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, Suedia, Suisia, Turkia, Ukraina, Unionita Rejio, Vatikano
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay Portugal, from Classical Malay ڤورتوڬل (“Portugal”), from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɔrˈtu.ɡal]
- Hyphenation: Por‧tu‧gal
Related terms
Further reading
- “Portugal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Livonian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /portuɡɑl/
Proper noun
Portugal
- Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- Portugal – Portugal – Portugāle
- Portugal – Portugal – Portugal
- Portugal – Portugal – Portugāle
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Declension
singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
---|---|---|
nominative (nominatīv) | Portugal | – |
genitive (genitīv) | Portugal | – |
partitive (partitīv) | Portugalt | – |
dative (datīv) | Portugalõn | – |
instrumental (instrumentāl) | Portugalõks | – |
illative (illatīv) | Portugalõ | – |
inessive (inesīv) | Portugalõs Portugals |
– |
elative (elatīv) | Portugalõst Portugalst |
– |
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Derived terms
- Portugis
- Portugisin
- Portugiser
- portugisesch
- Portugisesch
Malay
Etymology
From Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po(r)tuɡal/
- Rhymes: -uɡal, -ɡal, -al
See also
Mezquital Otomi
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.
Pronunciation
(Urban East Norwegian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰùʈʉɡɑːl/
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.
Related terms
Occitan
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Old Galician-Portuguese
Alternative forms
- Portugale
Etymology
From Latin Portucale < Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poɾ.tu.ˈɡal/
Proper noun
Portugal
- Portugal (a medieval kingdom in Southern Europe)
- 1214, The will of King Afonso II of Portugal, King Afonso II of Portugal:
- eu rei don afonſo pela gracia de deuſ rei de portugal. ſeendo ſano e ſaluo temẽte o dia de mia morte […]
- I, King Afonso, by the grace of God king of Portugal, being safe and sound, fearing the day of my death […]
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 224 (facsimile):
- Como ſanta maria de Terena q̇ e no Reino de Portugal, reſſucitou hũa menỹa morta.
- How Holy Mary of Terena, which is in the Kingdom of Portugal, resurrected a dead girl.
- Como ſanta maria de Terena q̇ e no Reino de Portugal, reſſucitou hũa menỹa morta.
- 1214, The will of King Afonso II of Portugal, King Afonso II of Portugal:
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- Purtugal (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portucale < Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /poʁ.tuˈɡaw/ [poh.tuˈɡaʊ̯]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /poɾ.tuˈɡaw/ [poɾ.tuˈɡaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /poʁ.tuˈɡaw/ [poχ.tuˈɡaʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /poɻ.tuˈɡaw/ [poɻ.tuˈɡaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /puɾ.tuˈɡal/ [puɾ.tuˈɣaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /puɾ.tuˈɡa.li/ [puɾ.tuˈɣa.li]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: Por‧tu‧gal
Proper noun
Portugal m
- Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula; official name: República Portuguesa)
Usage notes
The word Portugal is masculine when referred to by adjectives, but it can never be indicated by articles. Therefore phrases like "o Portugal", "no Portugal" etc. don't exist; articleless forms such as "Portugal" and "em Portugal" are used instead. This peculiarity applies to a few other place names such as Angola, Moçambique, Cabo Verde, São Tomé e Príncipe, Essuatíni, Macau, Timor-Leste, Andorra, Israel, Aragão, Castela and Leão. It also applies to most cities.
Derived terms
Further reading
- Portugal on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pôrtuɡal/
- Hyphenation: Por‧tu‧gal
Proper noun
Pȍrtugal m (Cyrillic spelling По̏ртугал)
- Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin Portucale < Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poɾtuˈɡal/ [poɾ.t̪uˈɣ̞al]
Audio (Spain): (file) Audio (Peru): (file) - Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: Por‧tu‧gal
Derived terms
- portugalés
- portugalujo
- portugués
- portuguesada
- portuguesismo
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Portugal n (genitive Portugals)
- Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)
Related terms
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poɾtuˈɡal/, [poɾ.tʊˈɣal]
- Hyphenation: Por‧tu‧gal
Proper noun
Portugál (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜓᜄᜎ᜔)
- Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)
- 1949, Sa kapakanaan ng kapayapaan at kaunlarang pandaigdig:
- Ang mga bansang naunang lumagda sa kasunduang ito ay ang Estados Unidos, Kanada, Inglatera, Pransiya, Olanda, Belhika, Norwega, Luksemburgo, Italya, Dinamarka, Islandiya at Portugal.
- The first countries to sign this treaty were the United States, Canada, England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Luxembourg, Italy, Denmark, Iceland and Portugal.
Proper noun
Portugál (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜓᜄᜎ᜔)
- a surname from Spanish deriving from the name of the country
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Portugal is the 1,530th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 7,025 individuals.