Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1580, Mambo Philip akaona mukana wokusimbisa nzvimbo yake muIberia apo nhengo yokupedzisira yemhuri youmambo yePortugal, Cardinal Henry wePortugal, akafa. Philip akataura kuti ndiye aizova mambo wePortugal uye muna June akatumira Duke weAlba neuto kuLisbon kuti ave nechokwadi chokuti aizomutsiva. Philip akakurumbira akataura pamusoro pokuwana kwake chigaro choumambo chePortugal: "Ndakagara nhaka, ndakatenga, ndakakunda", musiyano pana Julius Caesar naVeni, Vidi, Vici. Mauto eSpanish aitungamirirwa naAmiral Álvaro de Bazán akatora Zvitsuwa zveAzores muna 1583, achipedzisa kubatanidzwa kwePortugal muUmambo hweSpain. Nokudaro, Philip akawedzera kune zvaaiva nazvo umambo hukuru hwemakoloni muAfrica, Brazil, neEast Indies, achiona mafashamo emari itsva dzaiuya kukorona yeHabsburg; uye kubudirira kwekoloni kwakatenderedza umambo hwake kwakawedzera mamiriro ake emari, zvichimuita kuti aratidze hukasha hukuru kune vavengi vake. Nhamba
Armada yeEngland ya1589 yakatadza kusunungura Portugal.