What does "portuguesify" mean?

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

Portuguesify

Common synonyms include: lusitanize, lusitanization, to become portuguese or more portuguese-like, to make portuguese or more portuguese-like.

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Verb

1
Synonym of lusitanize, to make Portuguese or more Portuguese-like. rare, transitive
"Traders and governors attempted to Portuguesify Goa and Macao for centuries... You can Portuguesify Castilian Spanish easily enough..."
2
Alternative letter-case form of Portuguesify. alt-of
3
Synonym of lusitanize, to become Portuguese or more Portuguese-like. intransitive, rare
"Their sandwiches are portuguesified by frying the meat with copious garlic and covering everything with thick slabs of red pepper paste."

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

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

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