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portunhol.

Portuñol (any unsystematic mixture of Portuguese with Spanish)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/poʁ.tũˈɲɔw/Brazil[poh.tũˈj̃ɔʊ̯]Brazil/poɾ.tũˈɲɔw/São-Paulo[poɾ.tũˈj̃ɔʊ̯]São-Paulo
  1. Portuñol (any unsystematic mixture of Portuguese with Spanish)

    masculine
  2. Riverense Portuñol (a variety of Portuguese with influences from Spanish spoken on the border between Uruguay and Brazil)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértusder. Proto-Italic *portus Latin portus Latin Callus? Latin Portus Cale Latin Portucale Latin -ēnsis Late Latin portucalēnsis Old Galician-Portuguese portugaes Portuguese português Latin Hispānia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin Hispānus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -olus Vulgar Latin *Hispāniolus Old Occitan espaignolbor. Old Galician-Portuguese espanhol Portuguese espanhol blend Portuguese portunhol Blend of português (“Portuguese”) + espanhol (“Spanish”).

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