PRONOUCIATION GUIDE

Vowel Sounds

In Portuguese we have 7 oral vowels (air comes out freely by mouth cavity)

	Sounds Like…	Example
a	“Ah”	Vaca
é	Element	Pé
e	Eureka/Elephant	Gelo
i	See	Ir
o	A short ‘oh’ you	Oito / Outro
ó	Always	Ótimo
u	You	Uva

* The examples are not the translation of the words in English.

And 5 nasal vowels (air comes out partly by mouth and partly by nose)

	Sounds Like…	Example
ã	Long the	Maçã
~e		Pente
~i		Cinco
õ		Onze
~u		Nunca

In Portuguese the acute (open) stress is given by the accent (´), the circumflex (closed) stress is given by the accent (^), and the nasal sounds by the accent (~).