Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

portuguesify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: por-tugue-si-fy
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of lusitanize, to make Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.

Transitive verb

verb

Synonym of lusitanize, to become Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.

Intransitive verb

verb

Alternative letter-case form of Portuguesify.

Example Sentences

"Traders and governors attempted to Portuguesify Goa and Macao for centuries... You can Portuguesify Castilian Spanish easily enough..."
"Their sandwiches are portuguesified by frying the meat with copious garlic and covering everything with thick slabs of red pepper paste."

Etymology

From Portuguese + -ify by analogy with more common terms such as Frenchify.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Portuguese

Usage

Inflected Forms

Portuguesifies (present, singular) Portuguesifying (participle, present) Portuguesified (participle, past) Portuguesified (past)

Frequently Paired Words

Portuguesification

Synonyms

lusitanize to make Portuguese or more Portuguese-like to become Portuguese or more Portuguese-like

Questions

What does portuguesify mean?: Synonym of lusitanize, to make Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
Where does portuguesify come from?: From Portuguese + -ify by analogy with more common terms such as Frenchify.

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