Portuguese inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques invented or discovered by Portuguese people.
Arts and entertainment Manueline, an art style of the early 16th century Neo-Manueline, a revival art style from the mid-19th century Soft Portuguese style, is an architectural model adopted mainly by public buildings Pombaline style, an architectural style of the 18th century Portuguese colonial architecture, a collection of styles of architecture that the Portuguese built across the Portuguese Empire Visigothic art and architecture, architecture and art styles of the Iberian Visigoths in the 5th century Azulejo, a form of painted tin-glazed ceramic tilework Portuguese pavement, a traditional-style pavement used in pedestrian areas Adufe, a square tambourine Ukulele, string instrumental developed by Portuguese immigrants in Hawaii Gaita transmontana, a type of Portuguese bagpipe Galician gaita, a type of Portuguese and Galician bagpipe. Portuguese guitar, a plucked string instrument with twelve steel strings Rabeca chuleira, a three-string fiddle Cavaquinho, a small string instrument that originated the Ukulele Machete, a small string instrument from Madeira Viola braguesa, a ten-string instrument Viola campaniça, a ten steel string guitar Viola amarantina, a ten string guitar with two heart-shaped frontal openings Viola toeira, a twelve string guitar
Food and cooking
Presunto ibérico, a type of cured ham Enchidos, a variety of cured, dry sausages Alheira, a type of sausage made with meats other than pork (usually veal, duck, chicken, quail or rabbit) and bread São Jorge cheese, a type of semi-hard to hard cheese Castelo Branco cheese, type of goat cheese Serra da Estrela cheese, a type of ewes cheese Port wine, a type of fortified wine Moscatel, a type of fortified wine Madeira wine, a type of fortified wine Jeropiga, a type of fortified white wine Vinho Verde, a type of white wine fermented using young grapes Pastel de nata, an egg tart pastry Tempura, a Japanese dish introduced to Japan by Portuguese Jesuit missionaries Marmalade, a type of fruit preserve Churros, a type of fried-dough pastry
Nautical science
Carrack, a three- or four-masted sailing ship Galleon, a large sailing warship Caravel, a small, highly maneuverable sailing ship Square-rigged caravel, a large sailing ship Man-of-war, a powerful warship armed with cannons and propelled by sails Line of battle, a tactic of naval warfare where a fleet of ships forms a line end to end Gun port, an opening on the side of a ship's hull that allows artillery pieces to fire outside Broadside, a development in naval warfare where cannons are mounted on and fired from the sides of a ship Nonius, a system for taking fine measurements on the astrolabe Mariner's astrolabe, an inclinometer used to determine the latitude of a ship Portuguese nautical cartography, a compendium of navigational and geographic maps Cantino planisphere, the earliest extant nautical chart where places are depicted according to their astronomically observed latitudes School of Sagres, first court of navigation founded in Sagres Chip log, a navigation tool mariners use to estimate the speed of a vessel through water Volta do mar, a navigation technique that exploits trade winds to move across the sea
Weaponry Carracks black sword, a type of sword designed to be used by soldiers and sailors in ships and caravels Dilagrama m/65, a grenade adapter that fits the barrel of the G3 FBP submachine gun, a 9 mm submachine gun Mauser–Vergueiro, a bolt-action rifle Lusa submachine gun, a compact 9×19mm Parabellum submachine gun Bravia Chaimite, an armored vehicle with all wheel drive axles M1940 helmet, a combat helmet
Science and technology Familial amyloidotic neuropathy, a group of autosomal dominant diseases of the nervous system first described by Corino Andrade Circulatory system, Amato Lusitano discovered the circulation of the blood and the function of valves Cerebral angiography, developed by António Egas Moniz Lobotomy, pioneered by António Egas Moniz Tropical medicine, pioneered by Garcia de Orta Pyreliophorus, solar oven Herrmann wall telephone Prepaid Mobile Phone, a mobile phone for which credit is purchased in advance of service use Multibanco, an interbank network with a wide range of services that can be utilised through its machines All-on-4, a dental technique for total rehabilitation of the edentulous patient Via Verde, an electronic toll collection system Coloradd, a sign code for aiding colour blind people to recognise colours Passarola, a type of lighter-than-air airship, the predecessor of air balloon Artificial horizon sextant, an airship device to measure the distance between the horizon line and celestial bodies Microphone Windshield Electric wheelchair elevator Electronic cane for the blind Electrovisor, a tactile system for the blind to perceive images BASIL, vibratory system for deaf people to perceive sounds COPASI, software application for creating and solving mathematical models of biological processes Eslicarbazepine acetate, anticonvulsant medication Deaf-mute language, pioneered by Jacob Rodrigues Pereira ENER 1000, an early personal computer
Literature Heteronym, a literary concept in which one or several imaginary character(s) are created by a writer to write in different styles Ultra-Romanticism, a literary movement derived from the Romanticism that took place in the second half of the 19th century
See also Portuguese inventions
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