portugal

Other forms of portugal

plural

portugals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about portugal

What does portugal mean?

portugal means "a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)".

How many syllables are in portugal?

portugal has 3 syllables: por-tu-gal. The stress falls on "por". In IPA it is /ˈpɔɹtʃəɡəl/.

What is another word for portugal?

Close synonyms include Portuguese Republic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is portugal a common word?

portugal is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.