portuglish
to speak a mixture of portuguese and english at the same time. intermingling of words in a sentence from both languages that only someone who speaks both languages, or has recently begun to learn the other, would understand.
my in-laws are from brazil, and i know they’re saying something bad about me when they spout off in portuglish.
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poorly spoken portuguese with english words replacing those which the speaker doesn’t know or can’t remember. usually spoken by 1st/2nd generation portuguese-americans to their older relatives.
i had to translate the doctor for my grandfather, but my portuglish was so bad i had to call my uncle.
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