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 {{IPA-pt}}, {{IPAc-pt}} 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.

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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 cabeça, sobre[1] EP: between baby and bevy BP: about ð d cedo, idade[1] EP: other BP: today d dedo, lenda today dʒ digo, ande, balde[2] EP: today BP: jig f fado, café face ɡ ɡ gato, signo, bingo, guerra again ɣ fogo, figueira[1] EP: between ago and ahold BP: again k cor, dica, quente, kiwi scan l l lua, alô toll w mal[3] EP: toll BP: tow ʎ lhe, velho million m mês, somo might n não, sono not ɲ nhoque, sonho canyon p pó, sopa, apto spouse ʁ ʁ rio, carro, enrascado[4][5] French rouge ɾ pôr, porto, por favor[4][5] EP: atom (GA) BP: French rouge ɾ frio, caro, por acaso[4][5] atom (GA) s s saco, isso, braço, máximo sack ʃ escola, as portas, dez, texto[6] EP: sheep BP: sack ʃ chave, achar, xarope, baixo, sushi sheep tʃ tʃ tchau, atchim chip t tipo, ritmo, ponte[2] EP: stand BP: chip t tempo, átomo stand v vela, livro vest ʒ ʒ já, gente pleasure z rasgo, os meus[6] EP: pleasure BP: zebra z casa, os amigos, doze, existir zebra   Semivowels[7] 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 alzheimer, Jaime,[8] dá, lámen, àquele father ɐ falámos, falamos,[9] andaime[8] EP: father BP: strut ɐ falamos, câmera, bug strut e abelha, venho, jeito[10] 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,[11] diesel seat ɔ ɔ formosa, formosos, avó, somente off o Antônio, António EP: off BP: story o avô, formoso, alô story ow Sousa[12] EP: story BP: goat (American) u rua, lúcido, saúde boot Unstressed vowels ɐ ɐ taça, manhã[13] about a maior, aquele, da EP: about BP: grandma a Camões, caveira grandma ɛ e incrível, segmento EP: access BP: case (Scottish) ɨ semáforo[14] EP: emission BP: case (Scottish) i jure, pequeno, se[14] EP: emission BP: seat i júri, meandro, e, doe[15] seat o ow Gouveia[12] story ɔ o hospital EP: royale BP: story u sortudo EP: outlook BP:  story u evacuar, boneco, vi-o, voo, frio[15], os outlook   Suprasegmentals Stress and syllabification IPA Examples Explanation EP BP ˈ João [ʒuˈɐ̃w] lexical stress ˌ Vila-Chã [ˌvilɐˈʃɐ̃] secondary stress . Rio [ˈʁi.u] syllable break Diacritics ◌̃ Chã [ˈʃɐ̃][16] nasal vowel