Help:IPA/Portuguese

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Portuguese language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Portuguese on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Portuguese in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Shortcuts H:IPA-PTH:IPA-PT H:IPAPORH:IPAPOR H:IPAPTH:IPAPT

Distinction is made between the two major standards of the language—Portugal (European Portuguese, EP; broadly the standard also used in Africa and in Asia) and Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese, BP). Neither variant is preferred at Wikipedia, except in cases where a local pronunciation is clearly more relevant, such as a place in Brazil or an individual from Portugal.

See Portuguese phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Portuguese.

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Consonants IPA Examples English approximation EP BP b b beiço, âmbar, sob about β[1] cabeça, sobre EP: between baby and bevy BP: about ð[1] d cedo, idade EP: other BP: adapt d dedo, lenda adapt dʒ[2] digo, advérbio, balde EP: adapt BP: jig ð[1] adivinha EP: other BP: jig f fado, café face ɡ ɡ gato, signo, bingo, guerra again ɣ[1] fogo, figueira EP: between ago and ahold BP: again k cor, dica, quente, kiwi scan l l lua, alô land ɫ w[3] mal, sul, alto EP: toll BP: tow ʎ lhe, velho Italian figlio m mês, somo might n não, sono not ɲ ɲ[4] nhoque, sonho Spanish niño p pó, sopa, apto spouse ʁ ʁ[5] rio, carro, enrascado[6][7] French rouge ɾ pôr, porto, por favor[6][7] EP: atom (GA) BP: French rouge ɾ[8] frio, caro, por acaso[6][7] atom (GA) s s[9] saco, isso, braço, máximo sack ʃ[10] escola, as portas, dez, texto, sport EP: sheep BP: sack ʃ chave, achar, xarope, baixo, sushi sheep t t tempo, átomo stand tʃ[2] tipo, ritmo, ponte EP: stand BP: chip tʃ tchau, atchim chip v vela, livro, wolfeíta vest ʒ[10] ʒ já, gente pleasure z rasgo, os meus EP: pleasure BP: zebra z casa, os amigos, doze, existir zebra   Semivowels[11] IPA Examples English approximation EP BP j saia, pais, yeti, yoga you w frequente, quão, mau, Cauã, western want

Stressed vowels IPA Examples English approximation EP BP a a dá, lámen, alzheimer, Jaime[12] father ɐ falámos, falamos,[13] andaime[12] EP: father BP: strut ɐ falamos, câmera, bug strut e abelha, venho, jeito[14] EP: strut BP: case (Scottish) e meto, sê case (Scottish) ɛ prémio (EP), prêmio (BP) EP: set BP: case (Scottish) ɛ meta, sé, Émerson, cafezinho set i si, dia, país, suíço, rainha,[15] diesel seat ɔ ɔ formosa, formosos, avó, somente off o António (EP), Antônio (BP) EP: off BP: story o avô, formoso, alô story ow ouro[16] EP: story BP: goal u rua, lúcido, saúde cool Unstressed vowels ɐ ɐ taça, manhã[17] about a maior, aquele, da EP: about BP: grandma a caveira, Camões grandma ɛ e incrível, segmento EP: access BP: case (Scottish) ɨ semáforo[18] EP: emission BP: case (Scottish) i jure, pequeno, se[18] EP: emission BP: seat i dypingita, júri, meandro, e, doe[19] seat o ow dourado[16] EP: story BP: goal ɔ o hospital EP: royale BP: story u sortudo EP: outlook BP: story u evacuar, boneco, vi-o, voo, frio[19], os outlook   Suprasegmentals Stress and syllabification IPA Examples Explanation EP BP ˈ você [vɔˈse] (EP), [voˈse] (BP) lexical stress ˌ altamente [ˌal.tɐˈmẽ.tɨ] (EP), [ˌaw.taˈmẽtʃi] (BP) secondary stress . rio [ˈʁi.u] syllable break Diacritics ◌̃[20] lã [ˈlɐ̃], põe [ˈpõj̃], sim [ˈsĩ], laranja [ˈlaˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ] nasal vowel ◌̃[21] ano [ˈɐ̃nu], vinha [ˈvĩɲɐ] nasal vowel

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