Portuguese vs Folar - What's the difference?
portuguese | folar |
Of or pertaining to the region of Portugal.
* 1973 , Roger Parkinson, The Peninsular War , page 104
Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture.
* 1887 , George Brown Goode, The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States , section IV, page 33
Of or pertaining to the language.
* 1981 , Milton Mariano Azevedo, A Contrastive Phonology of Portuguese and English , page 31
A person native to, or living in, Portugal.
* 1920 , Paulus Edward Pieris, Ceylon and the Portuguese, 1505-1658 , page 184
* 2000 , René Chartrand & Bill Younghusband, The Portuguese Army of the Napoleonic Wars , volume 1, page 23
A Romance language originating in Portugal, and now the official language of (Portugal), (Angola), .
* 2000 , João Costa, Portuguese Syntax: new comparative studies , page 65
A traditional Portuguese bread served at Passover and Easter.
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=April 8, author=David Leite, title=Newark’s Portuguese Community Keeps Fires of Tradition Burning, work=New York Times
, passage=Mr. Alexandre is no stranger to the kitchen, as he’s proud to announce, having won several contests at the social club for his folar , a traditional Easter bread that in Trás-os-Montes is stuffed with cured meat. }}
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As nouns the difference between portuguese and folar
is that portuguese is a person native to, or living in, Portugal while folar is a traditional Portuguese bread served at Passover and Easter.As an adjective Portuguese
is of or pertaining to the region of Portugal.As a proper noun Portuguese
is a Romance language originating in Portugal, and now the official language of Portugal, Angola, Moçambique (Mozambique), São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe), Guiné Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), Timor Leste (East Timor), and Brasil (Brazil).portuguese
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(wikipedia Portuguese)Alternative forms
* Portugueese (obsolete)Adjective
(-)- The British army had already moved over the border and the commander had established his HQ high in the central Portuguese mountains at Viseu.
- In San Diego County there is but one Portuguese fisherman, as is also the case in Los Angeles, the county immediately adjoining.
- The latter feature indicates that a Portuguese consonant cannot constitute the nucleus of a syllable.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "Portuguese")Noun
(Portuguese)- With a view to securing its more efficient working, a Portuguese was placed in charge of the entire department as Vidane.
- Beresford required all materials for coatees, waistcoats and pantaloons to be sent out unmade, as the Portuguese were perfectly capable of making the suits up properly after delivery.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "Portuguese")Proper noun
(en proper noun) {{examples-right , examples=E também as memórias gloriosas Daqueles Reis, que foram dilatando A Fé, o Império, e as terras viciosas De África e de Ásia andaram devastando; — And also the glorious memories Of those Kings, who were expanding The Faith, the Empire, and had been devastating The vicious lands of Africa and Asia; }}- Portuguese , however, is slightly different from Catalan, Spanish, and Romanian in that there is no strict adjacency requirement between wh -words and the verbal cluster in indirect questions.
Derived terms
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* (pt) * Language listExternal links
*Portuguese - English Dictionary]: from [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ Webster's Dictionary- the Rosetta Edition. * English invariant nouns
folar
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Noun
(-) (wikipedia folar)citation
