¿Luso = portugués?
Estoy leyendo un artículo sobre un juicio en Lisboa. El periódico usa los adjetivos 'luso' y 'lusa'. Significan algo de Portugal, igual a 'portugués', ¿verdad?
I am reading an article about a trial in Lisbon. The newspaper uses the adjectives "luso"and "lusa". They mean something from Portugal, the same as "portugués", right?
Los jueces del proceso más largo de la historia lusa reciente decidieron dar a conocer las 3.000 páginas de la sentencia...
Se puede decir "...la historia portuguesa...", ¿sí?
4 Answers
They've got it. The Roman Empire divided the Iberian Peninsula into various territories. The most easterly one was called Lusitania. Since Spanish comes from Latin, the root word has survived.
Yes, luso-> Natural de Portugal. Then "...de la historia portuguesa reciente..." is ok
The word "luso" and all the words that start with Luso come from the noun Lusitania. It didn't actually caught all recent territory of Portugal, but we are known for that big tribe. And it was before the roman empire came in. They were like one of the most resilient people in Iberian Peninsule. If you are interested you may want to look the history of "Viriato" 
I think so, in English you got the words Lusosphere, Lusophone, Lusitania (the ancient Roman province that was Portugal), etc.
