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.
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 S when 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 QU Qü 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 GW when 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]
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