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Portuguesify
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English
Alternative forms
en portuguesify
Etymology
From en Portuguese ify by analogy with more common terms such as en Frenchify.
Verb
en transitive rare en lusitanize, to make Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
en Traders and governors attempted to Portuguesify Goa and Macao for centuries... You can Portuguesify Castilian Spanish easily enough...
en intransitive rare en lusitanize, to become Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
en Their sandwiches are portuguesified by frying the meat with copious garlic and covering everything with thick slabs of red pepper paste.
Related terms
en Portuguesification
en Portugal