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Portuguese Alphabet

Letter   Sound in portuguese
a   father
b   boy, sometimes is softer sound like the letter v
c   cow
ch   sh shound
d   dog
e   seven, or ee in cheese if at the end of a word
f   frog
g   go, or zh sound if g is before e and i.
h   silent
i   ee sound in street
j   zh sound
k   kit (foreign use)
l   long
m   monkey
n   nose
o   open
p   pan
q   k sound in kit, always followed by silent u
r, rr    h sound in hot
s, ç   sing
t   time
u   ou sound in you or too
v   violin, sometimes is harder sound like the letter b
w   wallet, rarely used (foreign use)
x   exit, or sh sound in show
y   yellow (foreign use)
z   zebra

Note: There are NO silent vowels.