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The Portuguese Alphabet

Salim 2005 © Linguanaut.com

 

 

 

 

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Portuguese Alphabet, Letters, Portuguese Vowels, Consonants, Portuguese Pronunciation, How to write in Portuguese.

 

 

 

Aa also á, as in the word “ask”, never as in the word “able”, also (ã, â as “aa”)

Bb same as in English.

Cc like “s” before “i” or “e”, otherwise like "k” in Creole. Ç always as “s”

Dd same as in English, sometimes “dg”

Ee as in “elevated”, also (é, ê) are pronounced almost the same way.

Ff same as in English

Gg like the "s" in “pleasure”, before “i” or “e”, otherwise like the "g" in "God".

Hh silent most of the time.

Ii after vowels as “w”, elsewhere as in the word “ink”.

Jj as the “s” of “pleasure”.

Kk same as in English

Ll like “w” after vowels, as “l” otherwise.

Mm same as in English

Nn same as in English

Oo same as in English “Old”, also ( ó, ô, õ) are pronounced almost the same way.

Pp same as in English

QUqu as in “kw”

Rr as “r” after consonants (except n) and before a vowel or at the end of a word if the next word begins with a vowel, [kh] elsewhere.

Ss between vowels as “z”, and as “s” elsewhere.

Tt same as in English not as sharp, sometimes as (tsh) 

Uu as in the “ultra”, never as in the word “up” or “university” 

Vv same as in English

Ww as in English, sometimes as “v”

Xx same as in English, (sh) at the beginning of the word and before a consonant.

Yy same as in English although rare.

Zz same as in English. At the end of words it sounds as “s” in pleasure.

 

Lh sounds like (ya)

 Nh sounds like (nya), in some places like (ya)

 

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