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Portuguese Consonant
Portuguese consonant sounds
Term | Definition |
---|---|
b | [b] as in 'ball' |
f | [f] as in 'fill' |
k | [k] as in 'kite' |
p | [p] as in 'pen' |
v | [v] as in 'vent' |
c + [a, o , or u] (café) | [k] as in 'cap' (ka'fƐ) |
c + [e or i] (centro) | [s] as in 'cite' (sẽntru) |
ç (raça) | [s] as in 'cite' (hasa) |
ch (choque) | [ ʃ ] as in 'shop' (ʃ ↄki) |
d + [a, e, o, or u] (dado) | [d] as in 'day' (dadu) |
d + [I or final e] (dia or sede) | [dӡ] as in 'Jill" (dӡia or sedӡi) |
g + [a, o, or u] (gás) | [g] as in 'game' (gas) |
g + [e or i] (gente) | [ӡ] as in 'measure' (ӡẽt.ʃi) |
gu + [a or o] (guarda) | [gw] as in 'Gwyneth' (gwarda) |
gu + [e or i] (guerra) | [g] as in 'get' (gƐha) |
h (hora) | silent except for foreign words (ↄra) |
j (já) | [ӡ] as in 'measure' (ӡa) |
L + [vowel] (longe) | [L] as in 'land' (lõӡi) |
L + [consonant or at end of word] (alto or mil) | [w] as in ' how' (awtu or miw) |
lh (olho) | [ʎ] as in 'million' (oʎu) |
m + [vowel] (motor) | [m] as in 'man' (motor) |
m + [consomant or at end of word] (tempo) | not pronounced, but makes vowel nasal (tẽpu) |
qu + [a or o] (quatro) | [kw] as in 'quake' (kwatru) |
qu + [e or i] (que) | [k] as in 'bouquet' (ke) |
r + [between vowel or after most consonants] (caro or fraco) | single trill (karu or fraku) |
r [initial letter or after m,n, l, or s] (rio or genro) | [h] as in 'hot' (hiu or ӡẽhu) |
r [at end of infinitive] (pedir) | silent except if next word starts with a vowel (pedӡi) |
rr (carro) | [h] as in 'hot' (kahu) |
s + [c, f, p, qu, t] (ostra) | [s] as in 'sing' (ostra) |
s [initial letter, after nasal, after consonant] (som or urso) | [s] as in 'sing' (sõw or ursu) |
s [end of word] (mês or as mulheres) | [s] except if next word starts with a vowel or [b, d, g, l,m,vn,vr, v] = [z and words combined] (mes or azmuʎƐris) |
ss (isso) | [s] as in 'sing' (isu) |
t + [a, e, o, or u] (tatu) | [t] as in 'top' (tatu) |
t + [I or final e] (tia or forte) | [tʃ ] as in 'chip' (tʃia or fↄrtʃi) |
w | only in foreign words [u] and Brazilian proper names [V] |
x [initial letter] (xale) | [ ʃ ] as in 'shop' ( ʃali) |
x + [c, f, p, qu, t] (extra) | [s] as in 'sing' (estra) |
x [starting ex + vowel/ [b ,d, g, l, m, n, r, v]] (exame) | [z] as in 'zoo' (ezami) |
x [between vowels] (caixa) | usually [ ʃ ] as in 'shop' (kaiʃa) |
x [final letter] (box) | [ks] as in 'fox' (bↄks) |
y | [i] only in foreign words and proper names |
z (luz) | usually [z] as in 'zoo' but sometimes [s] at end of word (luz or lus) |