portuguesify

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verb

Synonym of lusitanize, to make Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.

“Traders and governors attempted to Portuguesify Goa and Macao for centuries... You can Portuguesify Castilian Spanish easily enough...”

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lusitanizeto make Portuguese or more Portuguese-liketo become Portuguese or more Portuguese-like
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Meanings

portuguesify1

verbportuguesify (third-person singular simple present portuguesifies, present participle portuguesifying, simple past and past participle portuguesified)

present singular third person portuguesifies · participle present portuguesifying · participle past portuguesified · past portuguesified

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Portuguesify.

Portuguesify2

verbPortuguesify (third-person singular simple present Portuguesifies, present participle Portuguesifying, simple past and past participle Portuguesified)

present singular third person Portuguesifies · participle present Portuguesifying · participle past Portuguesified · past Portuguesified · alternative portuguesify

  1. raretransitiveSynonym of lusitanize, to make Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.

    Traders and governors attempted to Portuguesify Goa and Macao for centuries... You can Portuguesify Castilian Spanish easily enough...

    Synonyms: lusitanize, to make Portuguese or more Portuguese-like

  2. intransitiverareSynonym of lusitanize, to become Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.

    Their sandwiches are portuguesified by frying the meat with copious garlic and covering everything with thick slabs of red pepper paste.

    Synonyms: lusitanize, to become Portuguese or more Portuguese-like

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of lusitanize, to make Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.

Similar
lusitanizeto make Portuguese or more Portuguese-like

verbSynonym of lusitanize, to become Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.

Similar
lusitanizeto become Portuguese or more Portuguese-like
Also see
lusitanizationlusitanize

Origin

From Portuguese + -ify by analogy with more common terms such as Frenchify.

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Cite this entry
APA

portuguesify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portuguesify

MLA

“portuguesify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portuguesify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “portuguesify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portuguesify.

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