Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

portugalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: por-tu-gal-ism
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Portuguese style or manner.

Uncountable

noun

A word or other feature originating in the Portuguese language that has been borrowed by another language.

Countable

Etymology

From Portugal + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Portugal

Usage

Inflected Forms

Portugalisms (plural)

Questions

What does portugalism mean?: A Portuguese style or manner.
Where does portugalism come from?: From Portugal + -ism.

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