Is Portuguese Latin or Hispanic at all?

Question

I've always wondered because alot of people ask me if I'm spanish and I'd say no, Portuguese isn't spanish. When I speak spanish for my spanish begginers class, I speak it so well and I've always wondered for years if I was, so if anyone can answer my question that would be most helpful. Thanks!

Answer 1

Portuguese, like Spanish, English, Italian, and French, is Latin based, and they are all very close to one another. I speak Spanish fluently, and can also understand a great deal of Portuguese. Your pronunciations are different, though.

Answer 2

The Portuguese have a larger Celt population than Spain does and this tends to show up in a few areas pertaining to culture. Much of the history of the 2 nations is shared and many of the traumas and travails experienced are the same. Portugal did not have the Inquisition as the Spanish did. Although something similar did occur, it didn't dominate Portugal nearly as bad. Many of the ancient peoples that make up both populations are the same. Spain was dominated by Carthage, Portugal wasn't and so forth. The Moors held both nations and they were considered for several centuries to be the same country. This ended at about the time of the driving the Moors out of the Iberian Peninsula. The Portuguese crown didn't marry or unite with the Spanish-like Castile and Galicia and its neighbor did. This is what formed the basis of the modern Spanish nation. There is a difference between the countries, but it is along the lines of the difference between the Swedes and the Norwegians or the Scots and the Irish. Properly speaking someone of Portuguese linage is not Hispanic, but Latin. Brazilians are not Hispanics, but are Portuguese and Latinos. Hope that this helps

Answer 3

The Portuguese, like Spanish, originally descended from the Latin language. So yes, Portuguese is considered a Romance language. People from Brazil are considered Latinos because they come from Latin America, which means the parts of the Americas that were settled by people who spoke language that descended from Latin.

My guess is that people around you don't know too many Portuguese speakers, and they can't tell the difference between your appearance and the appearance of a Hispanic.

Do you speak Portuguese at all?

Answer 4

Portuguese is descended from the popular Latin of the Roman Empire just as Spanish is but as the late linguist Mario Pei wrote "It appears to have a Celtic element in it which gives it its special flavor." Some of Portugal's more important towns still have names of Celtic origin like Braga, Bregança, Coimbra and Nóbrega.

Occasionally, Portuguese comes a little closer to Galician, Catalán and even French than it does to Spanish. For example, Portuguese joelho, rua (knee, street), French genou, rue but Spanish rodilla, calle. Portuguese Boa noite! (Good night), Catalán bona nit!, French bonne nuit! but Spanish Buenas noches!

In the United States, the EEO Affirmative Action program considers people of Portuguese heritage to be "Hispanic" also. However, this is still a somewhat arbitrary classification and a good many people would still consider the Portuguese a separate nationality as different from the Spanish as say, the Dutch and the Austrians are from the Germans.

Answer 5

The Portuguese are white, but the Portuguese language is a Romance language a.k.a. Latin-derived language related to Spanish.

Brazilians, who also speak Portuguese, are Latino.

Answer 6

Portugal and was a part of the original Spain and before that the Roman Empire, traditionally Latin is referrenced by countries whose languages are directly rooted in Latin, the main dialect in the Roman Empire. Hence the term Romance language, not Valentine, but as in Rooted in Rome or Roman. So, because Portugese is directly rooted in Latin and as a Spanish speaker I have been able to communicate with Brazilians, yes, are Latin, Latino, Latina, no you are not Spanish.

Answer 7

latin not hispanic. hispanic is from spanish origin. latin is from the latin speaking language where most languages are influenced from. Such as, italian, french, and english.

Answer 8

LEEMAC,
THE TWO LANGUAGES ARE VERY CLOSE ROMANTIC LANGUAGES, WITH VERY SIMILAR ALPHABETS, BUT THESE ARE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CHECK THIS SITE FOR MORE INFO:
http://www.sonia-portuguese.com/newgbook.htm

Answer 9

Latina not Hispanic

Answer 10

i'll make it easy...i'm portuguese. my family came from trinidad. we are latin....but brazilian-portuguese are latinos.