 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pasi paAntónio Salazar ari muhofisi 19321968, hutongi hweEstado Novo hwakaita dzimwe nhamburiko dzakaipa dzokubatisisa nyika dzayo dzasara. Pasi pefungidziro yePluricontinentalism, hurumende yakatumidzazve makoloni ayo kuti matunhu ekunze kwenyika uku ichichengetedza gadziriro yebasa rokumanikidzirwa, umo bedzi boka duku revanhu vomunzvimbomo raiwanzobvisirwa. Muna 1961 India yakabatanidza Goa neDamaon uye Dahomey yakabatanidza Fort yeSão João Baptista de Ajudá. Hondo yePortugal yeColonial muAfrica yakagara kubvira muna 1961 kusvikira pakugumburwa kwokupedzisira kwehurumende yeEstado Novo muna 1974. Shanduko yeCarnation yaApril 1974 muLisbon yakatungamirira kukubviswa kwokukurumidza kweAfrica yePortugal uye kubatanidzwa kwa1975 kwePortuguese TimorIndonesia. Kubviswa kwamakoloni kwakatungamirira kukubuda kwavanodokuva vagari vose vePortugal vokutanga uye kwavanhu vazhinji vorudzi rwakasanganiswa vanobva mumakoroni. Portugal yakadzorera Macau kuChina muna 1999. Zvinhu bedzi zvokumahombekombe zvakaramba zviri pasi pokutonga kwePortugal, Azores neMadeira, zvose zviri zviviri zvakanga zvine vagari vePortugal vakawanda, uye Lisbon gare gare yakachinja mugariro wadzo wapamutemo kubva kumatunhu okumahombekombe kuenda kumatunhu anozvitonga amene. 