Lusitanism

The Roman province of Lusitania in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula

As Lusitanism ( Latin Lusitania - Portugal and -ism ) one describes

• 1. any linguistic feature that is typically used in Portugal and not in the entire Portuguese- speaking area .
• 2. Words or expressions that originally come from the Portuguese-speaking area, but which

a) in other Portuguese-speaking countries (such as Brazil , Angola , Mozambique and others), or

b) in other languages

were taken over.

Examples of Lusitanisms in German are palaver to palavra (the word) or fetish to feitiço (magic; artificial).