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Portuguese vs Macanese - What's the difference?

portuguese | macanese |

As adjectives the difference between portuguese and macanese

is that portuguese is of or pertaining to the region of portugal while macanese is of or related to the macanese people.

As nouns the difference between portuguese and macanese

is that portuguese is a person native to, or living in, portugal while macanese is a people of mixed european (usually portuguese) and asian (usually chinese) descent from macao.

As proper nouns the difference between portuguese and macanese

is that portuguese is a romance language originating in portugal, and now the official language of (portugal), (angola), while macanese is a creole language originating in macau, based on portuguese and some east-asian languages.

portuguese

English

(wikipedia Portuguese)

Alternative forms

* Portugueese (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to the region of Portugal.
  • * 1973 , Roger Parkinson, The Peninsular War , page 104
    • The British army had already moved over the border and the commander had established his HQ high in the central Portuguese mountains at Viseu.
  • 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
    • In San Diego County there is but one Portuguese fisherman, as is also the case in Los Angeles, the county immediately adjoining.
  • Of or pertaining to the language.
  • * 1981 , Milton Mariano Azevedo, A Contrastive Phonology of Portuguese and English , page 31
    • The latter feature indicates that a Portuguese consonant cannot constitute the nucleus of a syllable.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "Portuguese")

    Noun

    (Portuguese)
  • A person native to, or living in, Portugal.
  • * 1920 , Paulus Edward Pieris, Ceylon and the Portuguese, 1505-1658 , page 184
    • With a view to securing its more efficient working, a Portuguese was placed in charge of the entire department as Vidane.
  • * 2000 , René Chartrand & Bill Younghusband, The Portuguese Army of the Napoleonic Wars , volume 1, page 23
    • 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; }}
  • A Romance language originating in Portugal, and now the official language of (Portugal), (Angola), .
  • * 2000 , João Costa, Portuguese Syntax: new comparative studies , page 65
    • 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.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "Portuguese") (-)

    Derived terms

    *

    See also

    * (pt) * Language list

    External links

    * Portuguese - English Dictionary]: from [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition. * English invariant nouns

    macanese

    English

    (wikipedia Macanese)

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • A people of mixed European (usually Portuguese) and Asian (usually Chinese) descent from Macao.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A creole language originating in Macau, based on Portuguese and some East-Asian languages.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or related to the Macanese people.