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.
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