The Portuguese colonies in 1800 were Brazil in South America and the Algarves in Africa.
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Latin America, by definition, consists only of countries that speak Romance languages, such as Spanish, Portuguese and French.
Portuguese people are known as Lusitans ("Lusitanos" in Portuguese). That's why there is for instance a news agency in Portugal called Lusa, or Portuguese people in America are called Luso-Americans, or why a famous portuguese horse breed is called Lusitan horse.
You can draw the conclusion that Spanish and Portuguese people settled in Latin America or at least had a great influence in the area.
Portuguese
the Portuguese settled in the America's. Mainly North America
The Portuguese sailed across the Atlantic to get to the Americas.
The two major languages of Latin America would most likely be Spanish and Portuguese.
In Portuguese, 'South America' is pronounced as 'América do Sul'.
Latin America
Brazil is South America's largest country and has an exquisite \portuguese cuisine.
Brazil has the largest Portuguese-speaking population in South America.
Spanish America has become a lot of different countries. Portuguese America has become only one country: Brazil.
People in Central America do not speak Portuguese; they predominantly speak Spanish. Portuguese is spoken in Brazil, which is in South America. The confusion may arise from the fact that both Portuguese and Spanish are Romance languages and share some similarities.
Brazil
no. a language in south America