The digraphs in Portuguese

Portuguese phonetics

(Dígrafos) Digraphs

Portuguese uses of digraphs, pairs of letters which represent a single sound different from the sum of their components. Digraphs are not included in the alphabet.

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n°			Exemplos
1	X	xc	when it’s followed by vowels (I,E) It would be pronounced S	Excedente[es.e’dẽt.ʃɪ]	Surplus
2	S	SS	It’s always pronounced S	Pássaro[‘pa.sɐ.ɾʊ]	Bird
3	S	sç	It’s always pronounced S	(desça)[‘de.sɐ]	Go down
4	S	sc	when it’s followed by vowels (I,E) It would be pronounced Swhen it’s followed by the rest of vowels (O,U,A), we separate the word into 2 syllables, and letter C would be pronounced as k	(Crescer)[crs’ɐr]
(piscar)[pis’kar]	To fish
5	Q	QUQü	When it’s followed by the vowels (I,E), letter U would be silent and the digraph would be pronounced K	querer[ke’ɾer]	To want
when it’s followed by the rest of the vowels (O,U,A) it’d be pronounced KW	Quando[kwa-ndo]
6	G	GU	when it’s followed by the vowels (O,A), it’s pronounced GW	Água[‘a.gwɐ]	Water
when it’s followed by the vowels (I,E)letter U would be silent and the digraph would be pronounced only G	Guia دليل[g’ya]
7	G	go	it’s pronounced GWwhen it’s followed by the vowels	Goela[‘gwɛ.la].	Goela
7	G	GO	It’s pronounced Go, when it’s followed by the consonants	Gostar[‘gws.tar].	To like
9	C	CÇ	in general letter C is pronounced as K	Dicção[ʤik’sɐ̃:ʊ]).
But in few words, letter C is pronounced as C or K, so we have 2 pronunciations for the word	Secção[sek’sɐ̃ʊ]or[se’sɐ̃ʊ]	The process of Cutting in a surgery
10	c	ch	Always it’s pronounced as sh in English	Chuva[‘ʃu.vɐ]	Rain
11	R	RR	It’s pronounced as H in English	Guerra[g’h. ɐ]