el portugués
portugués
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This word must be preceded by the definite article in the sense shown in 4).
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el portugués(
pohr
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too
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gehs
)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (language)
Aprendí a hablar portugués cuando viví en Brasil.I learned to speak Portuguese when I lived in Brazil.
This means that the noun can be masculine or feminine, depending on the gender of the noun it refers to (e.g., el doctor, la doctora).
a. Portuguese man (masculine)
El portugués que vive en la casa de al lado nació en Lisboa.The Portuguese man who lives next door was born in Lisbon.
b. Portuguese woman (feminine)
Mario está saliendo con una portuguesa que conoció en Nueva York.Mario is going out with a Portuguese woman he met in New York.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
a. Portuguese
Mariza es una cantante portuguesa muy popular en su país.Mariza is a Portuguese singer who is very popular in her country.
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
a. Portuguese
Cuando los portugueses llegaron a Brasil en 1500, se encontraron una gran variedad de poblaciones indígenas.When the Portuguese arrived in Brazil in 1500, they found a wide variety of indigenous peoples.
los portugueses, las portuguesas
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
a. Portuguese
Los portugueses comenzaron la era de la exploración en 1415.The Portuguese started the Age of Exploration in 1415.
b. Portuguese people
Hay aproximadamente 300,000 portugueses en Sudáfrica.There are approximately 300,000 Portuguese people in South Africa.
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