- 1a/ˌpɔːrtʃəˈɡiz/ · /ˌpɔːtʃəˈɡiːz/from Portugal葡萄牙的
Belonging to Portugal or coming from it — its people, its language, its food, its buildings, or anything else that is part of that country.
「Portuguese」是形容詞，指「跟葡萄牙有關的」。人、語言、食物、音樂、建築都可以用。用法很單純，直接放在名詞前面。像是 Portuguese bread、a Portuguese singer。開頭一定大寫。因為它是從國名 Portugal 長出來的字。它不一定表示「在葡萄牙做的」。在別的地方做出葡萄牙的做法，也可以說 Portuguese。講語言的時候範圍更大。巴西和好幾個非洲國家也說葡萄牙語。所以 Portuguese 講語言時，不等於在講葡萄牙這個國家。
示範例句 · Example
Mei's neighbour cooked a Portuguese soup with beans and cabbage.
中文翻譯美的鄰居煮了一道有豆子和高麗菜的葡萄牙湯。
Portuguese carries three things at once: the country, the people in it, and the language they speak. Put it straight in front of a noun — Portuguese bread, a Portuguese singer, Portuguese spelling. It keeps its capital letter, because it is built on the country name Portugal. It does not only mean 'made in Portugal'. Something cooked or built in that country's way, somewhere else, can be Portuguese too. And when it points at the language, it reaches much further than the country, because Brazil and several African countries speak Portuguese as well.
常見搭配
Portuguese food
葡萄牙菜
cooking from Portugal or made in its style
There is a small shop near the market that sells Portuguese food.
the Portuguese language
葡萄牙語
the language of Portugal and Brazil
The Portuguese language is spoken on four continents.
Portuguese-speaking countries
說葡萄牙語的國家
countries where Portuguese is the main language
Brazil is the largest of the Portuguese-speaking countries.
a Portuguese passport
葡萄牙護照
a passport issued by Portugal
Her mother still has a Portuguese passport.
- 2n/ˌpɔːrtʃəˈɡiz/ · /ˌpɔːtʃəˈɡiːz/the Portuguese language葡萄牙語
The language of Portugal, which is also the main language of Brazil and of countries such as Angola, , Cape Verde and East Timor.
文法不可數名詞：通常不加 a/an，也不加 -s 來表示複數。
「Portuguese」當名詞時，可以指這個語言。它是不可數名詞。所以不加 a，也不加 -s。要說「學葡萄牙語」，就是 learn Portuguese。要說「用葡萄牙語」，前面加 in：in Portuguese。這個語言的範圍比國家大很多。巴西、安哥拉、莫三比克、維德角、東帝汶都在用。講巴西腔時，英文會說 Brazilian Portuguese。所以聽到有人 speaks Portuguese，不代表他是葡萄牙人。
As a language name, Portuguese is uncountable: you say 'I speak Portuguese', never 'a Portuguese' or 'Portugueses'. It keeps its capital letter. To say which language something is in, English uses in: written in Portuguese, say it in Portuguese. Notice how far the word reaches. Far more people speak Portuguese in Brazil than in Portugal, so someone who speaks Portuguese is often not from Portugal at all, and the two big varieties, European and Brazilian, sound quite different from each other.
常見搭配
speak Portuguese
說葡萄牙語
to be able to use the Portuguese language
Do you speak Portuguese?
in Portuguese
用葡萄牙語
using the Portuguese language
She wrote the recipe out in Portuguese.
learn / study Portuguese
學葡萄牙語
to take lessons in the language
He started learning Portuguese from a free app.
Brazilian Portuguese
巴西葡萄牙語
the form of the language used in Brazil
The course teaches Brazilian Portuguese, not the European kind.