How to Use Portuguese in a Sentence

Portuguese

noun
  • And why, by the way, do all these Brits speak in Portuguese?
    — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 2024-05-22
  • His mother, who is in Brazil, recorded the message for him in Portuguese.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 2023-09-04
  • Amma is a root word for 'mother' in Cherokee and 'love' in Portuguese.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 2023-08-25
  • And though the lyrics are in Portuguese, their political passion comes through.
    — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 2024-07-19
  • The group didn’t speak Portuguese, the official language on São Tomé.
    — Bridget Read, Curbed, 2024-12-18
  • The lyrics were in Portuguese, but not even another language posed an obstacle to reaching the top charts.
    — Felipe Maia, Rolling Stone, 2024-09-09
  • The news was confirmed by the Portuguese Film Academy.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Its name is a quirk of translation: In Portuguese, limão is the word for lime, which means the drink is called limonada.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 2023-12-14
  • In Portuguese, pousadas means inns, but has now come to be the name for the government’s historic buildings turned hotels.
    — Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 2024-10-02
  • En route to the 1955 Portuguese Grand Prix, the Jaguar transporter broke down.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 2025-02-03
  • While an airline employee appeared to grab her by her shirt, another passenger jumped up and yelled in Portuguese.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 2025-05-01
  • This year the event celebrates 25 years of honoring the best of Latin music in Spanish and Portuguese.
    — Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 2024-11-15
  • Latham is fluent in Spanish, French and Portuguese, and is a registered Democrat.
    — Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 2024-07-18
  • The oldest and largest, Portuguese Bend, was activated in 1956, starting the land’s slow descent to the sea.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 2024-02-18
  • Sonza’s version stays truthful to the song’s sentiment, but is amped by a hard-hitting Brazilian Funk beat, powered by lyrics in Portuguese.
    — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
  • In an effort to draw Cavalcante out, law enforcement broadcast a message from his mother in Portuguese from speakers in cars and helicopters.
    — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 2023-09-11
  • Indeed, the small cafe and market was buzzy on a recent weekday afternoon, with conversation flowing in both English and Portuguese.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 2024-01-11
  • The Portuguese has been in charge for 70 Forest games, overseeing 31 wins, 14 draws and 25 losses.
    — Sam Joseph, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
  • This form of Brazilian barbecue is called churrasco, which translates to barbecue in Portuguese, where meat is slowly cooked with little to no seasonings.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Clearview has built a dedicated team selling its services to Latin America, and has made its tools available in Spanish and Portuguese.
    — Vera Bergengruen, TIME, 2024-06-18
  • Among the myriad political reasons and historical opportunities, one of them is that the Portuguese had good alliances.
    — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • At 30, Anitta has been cultivating her persona and her career for more than a decade, singing in Portuguese, Spanish, and English.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 2023-05-29
  • Winning, as the old Juventus saying goes, is all that counts and the straight-talking Portuguese sounded more like Max Allegri at his first press conference.
    — James Horncastle, The Athletic, 2025-01-06
  • As if on cue, a pedestrian walking down the sidewalk notices her, exclaims, rushes over for a hug, and encourages Ms. Chandler to keep practicing her Portuguese.
    — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 2024-02-07
  • At the time of the incident, there were 21 total people on board the tourist flight, eight of whom have since been confirmed dead, Mello said in an X post, which was originally penned in Portuguese.
    — Bailey Richards, People.com, 2025-06-21
  • The Portuguese pioneered maritime technology but the Dutch mastered maritime governance.
    — Solange Charas, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The region, known as the Southern Cone, has produced wine since the 16th century, when the Spanish and Portuguese arrived on the continent, according to a news release.
    — Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 2024-07-25
  • The new season has also proven an emotional one after Liverpool lost Portuguese forward Diogo Jota, who died in a car crash with his brother while driving through Spain during the summer.
    — Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
  • In the meantime, the almost 60 million Spaniards and Portuguese affected by April’s blackout will have to turn their attention to researchers such as Gómez for insight into the blackout’s real cause.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 16 June 2025
  • English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese are currently supported, but only French and Spanish are working, according to Android Authority.
    — PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025

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