Portugese

portugese English Adjective en misspelling en Portuguese. Usage notes The misspelling "Portugese" (en Portugal ese) mimicks the pattern of the spelling of words ending in -ese such as Viennese, Maltese, Chinese, Togolese, Beninese, Congolese, Milanese, Parmese, Japanese, Faroese, and Vietnamese. In the correctly spelled en Portuguese, the function of the second U (the letter often mistakenly omitted) is to signal a Hard and soft G hard G sound; a G followed by an E might otherwise signal a soft G, such as in en cringe or en exaggerate. The spelling of the equivalent Portuguese-language term also has two U's: pt português. Further reading The most common English misspellings, Lexico, "Correct spelling: Portuguese; Spelling advice: ends with –guese; Common misspelling: Portugese" Afrikaans Adjective af adjective form af Portugees Noun af noun form af Portugees Dutch Pronunciation nl Nl-Portugese.ogg Noun f -en ++ Portugees a Portuguese woman Adjective nl adjective form nl Portugees infl Anagrams nl Portugees nl Nationalities Portugal