name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpɔːt͡ʃəɡəl/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpɔːtjəɡəl/
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General-American:/ˈpɔɹt͡ʃəɡəl/
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General-American, rare:/ˈpɔɹtuɡɑːl/
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1
name
Meaning 1
A country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A Portuguese person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Portuguese Republic
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: European country, European nation
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
178 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Portugal
— country
Akan:
Pɔɔtugal
— country
Albanian:
Portugali
— country
Albanian:
Portugalia
— country
Amharic:
ፖርቱጋል
(portugal)
— country
Arabic:
الْبُرْتُغَال
(al-burtuḡāl)
— country
Arabic:
البرتغال
(al-burtuḡāl)
— country
Arabic:
البرتغال
(il-burtuḡāl)
— country
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܦܘܼܪܬܘܼܓܵܠ
(purtugal)
— country
Armenian:
Պորտուգալիա
(Portugalia)
— country
Aromanian:
Purtugalii
— country
Aromanian:
Purtugãlii
— country
Aromanian:
Purtugalia
— country
Aromanian:
Purtugãlia
— country
Assamese:
পৰ্তুগাল
(portugal)
— country
Asturian:
Portugal
— country
Azerbaijani:
Portuqaliya
— country
Bashkir:
Португалия
(Portugaliya)
— country
Basque:
Portugal
— country
Belarusian:
Партуга́лія
(Partuhálija)
— country
Bengali:
পর্তুগাল
(portugal)
— country
Breton:
Portugal
— country
Bulgarian:
Португа́лия
(Portugálija)
— country
Burmese:
ပေါ်တူဂီ
(pautugi)
— country
Buryat:
Португал
— country
Carpathian Rusyn:
Портуґа́лія
(Portugálija)
— country
Catalan:
Portugal
— country
Chechen:
Португали
(Portugali)
— country
Cherokee:
ᏉᏧᎦᎵ
(quotsugali)
— country
Chinese Cantonese:
葡萄牙
(pou4 tou4 ngaa4)
— country
Eastern Min Chinese:
葡萄牙
(Buò-dò̤-ngà)
— country
Hakka Chinese:
葡萄牙
(Phù-thò-ngà)
— country
Chinese:
葡萄牙
(Phû-tô-gâ)
— country
Chinese Mandarin:
葡萄牙
(Pútáoyá)
— country
Wu Chinese:
葡萄牙
(6bu-dau-nga)
— country
Chuvash:
Португали
(Port̬ugali)
— country
Cornish:
Portyngal
— country
Corsican:
Portugallu
— country
Corsican:
Portogallu
— country
Crimean Tatar:
Portugaliya
— country
Czech:
Portugalsko
— country
Danish:
Portugal
— country
Dhivehi:
ޕޯޗުގަލް
(pōcugal)
— country
Dutch:
Portugal
— country
Dzongkha:
པོར་ཅུ་གལ་
(por cu gal)
— country
Esperanto:
Portugalio
— country
Esperanto:
Portugalujo
— country
Estonian:
Portugal
— country
Farefare:
Pootugale
— country
Farefare:
Pootugal
— country
Faroese:
Portugal
— country
Finnish:
Portugali
— country
French:
Portugal
— country
West-Frisian:
Portegal
— country
Friulian:
Portugal
— country
Galician:
Portugal
— country
Georgian:
პორტუგალია
(ṗorṭugalia)
— country
German:
Portugal
— country
Greek:
Πορτογαλία
(Portogalía)
— country
Paraguayan Guarani:
Poytuga
— country
Gujarati:
પોર્ટુગલ
(porṭugal)
— country
Hausa:
Portugal
— country
Hawaiian:
Pokukala
— country
Hebrew:
פּוֹרְטוּגָל
(portugál)
— country
Hindi:
पुर्तगाल
(purtagāl)
— country
Hungarian:
Portugália
— country
Hunsrik:
Portugal
— country
Icelandic:
Portúgal
— country
Ido:
Portugal
— country
Indonesian:
Portugal
— country
Interlingua:
Portugal
— country
Irish:
An Phortaingéil
— country
Italian:
Portogallo
— country
Japanese:
ポルトガル
(Porutogaru)
— country
Japanese:
葡萄牙
(Porutogaru)
— country
Japanese:
葡国
(Pokoku)
— country
Javanese:
Portegal
— country
Javanese:
Portugis
— country
Javanese:
Portugal
— country
Kannada:
ಪೋರ್ಚುಗಲ್
(pōrcugal)
— country
Kashubian:
Pòrtugalskô
— country
Kazakh:
Португалия
(Portugaliä)
— country
Khmer:
ព័រទុយហ្គាល់
(pɔətuygŏəl)
— country
Korean:
포르투갈
(Poreutugal)
— country
Korean:
포도아
(Podoa)
— country
Korean:
뽀르뚜갈
(Pporeuttugal)
— country
Northern Kurdish:
Portekîz
— country
Northern Kurdish:
Portûgal
— country
Kyrgyz:
Португалия
(Portugaliya)
— country
Lao:
ປອກຕຸຍການ
(pǭk tui kān)
— country
Latin:
Lūsītānia
— country
Latin:
Portugallia
— country
Latin:
Portus Cale
— country
Latin:
Portucale
— country
Latvian:
Portugāle
— country
Lithuanian:
Portugalija
— country
Livonian:
Portugāl
— country
Macedonian:
Португалија
(Portugalija)
— country
Malay:
Portugal
— country
Malayalam:
പോർച്ചുഗൽ
(pōṟccugal)
— country
Maltese:
Il-Portugall
— country
Manchu:
ᠪᠣᠯᡨᠣᡤ᠋ᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠ
(boltog'aliya)
— country
Manx:
Yn Phortiugal
— country
Māori:
Potukara
— country
Marathi:
पोर्तुगाल
(portugāl)
— country
Mirandese:
Pertual
— country
Mongolian:
Португал
— country
Mongolian:
ᠫᠣᠷᠲ᠋ᠦ᠋ᠭᠠᠯ
(portüɣal)
— country
Navajo:
Boojigol
— country
Nepali:
पोर्तगाल
(portagāl)
— country
Norman:
Portûnga
— country
Norwegian Bokmål:
Portugal
— country
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Portugal
— country
Occitan:
Portugal
— country
Occitan:
Portugau
— country
Odia:
ପର୍ତ୍ତୁଗାଲ୍
(parttugāl)
— country
Church Slavic:
Портогалїꙗ
(Portogalija)
— country
Old Galician-Portuguese:
Portugal
— country
Pashto:
پورتګال
(portogāl)
— country
Dari:
پُرْتَگَال
— country
Iranian Persian:
پُرْتُغال
— country
Iranian Persian:
پُرْتُگال
— country
Pohnpeian:
Pwohtiki
— country
Polish:
Portugalia
— country
Portuguese:
Portugal
— country
Punjabi:
ਪੁਰ੍ਤਗਾਲ
(purtgāl)
— country
Romanian:
Portugalia
— country
Romanian:
Португалия
(Portugalia)
— country
Russian:
Португа́лия
(Portugálija)
— country
Northern Sami:
Portugal
— country
Sardinian:
Portugallu
— country
Scots:
Portugal
— country
Scottish Gaelic:
A' Phortagail
— country
Serbo-Croatian:
По̏ртугал
— country
Serbo-Croatian:
Порту̀га̄лија
— country
Serbo-Croatian:
Pȍrtugal
— country
Serbo-Croatian:
Portùgālija
— country
Sicilian:
Partugaḍḍu
— country
Silesian:
Portugalijo
— country
Sinhalese:
පෘතුගාලය
(pr̥tugālaya)
— country
Slovak:
Portugalsko
— country
Slovene:
Portugálska
— country
Lower Sorbian:
Portugalska
— country
Upper Sorbian:
Portugalska
— country
Spanish:
Portugal
— country
Sranan Tongo:
Potogisikondre
— country
Sundanese:
Portugal
— country
Sundanese:
Portugis
— country
Swahili:
Ureno
— country
Swedish:
Portugal
— country
Tagalog:
Portugal
— country
Tajik:
Португалия
(Portugaliya)
— country
Tamil:
போர்த்துகல்
(pōrttukal)
— country
Tamil:
பொர்த்துகீசியா
(porttukīciyā)
— country
Tatar:
Португалия
(Portuğäliyä)
— country
Telugu:
పొర్చుగల్
(porcugal)
— country
Tetum:
Portugál
— country
Thai:
โปรตุเกส
(bproo-dtù-gèet)
— country
Tibetan:
པོ་ཅུ་གྷལ
(po cu ghal)
— country
Tigrinya:
ፖርቱጋል
(portugal)
— country
Turkish:
Portekiz
— country
Turkmen:
Portugaliýa
— country
Ubykh:
Португаԯшәабла
(Pʼortʼugalsŝwabla)
— country