European Portuguese Pronunciation

You can practice the sounds of the Standard European Portuguese language with the help of the International Phonetic Alphabet. 

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system that represents speech sounds through symbols.

Because it's common in Portuguese to have one letter of the alphabet represent different sounds, the IPA helps you to know exactly which sound to make in each situation. 

Note that this refers to the standard. Some letters will have different sounds in different regions of Portugal.

The IPA symbols are shown between slashes. / /

vowel - a

Listen and repeat.

Compare both sounds and repeat.

1) nada

2) pata

3) vaca

3) sala

4) fala

5) mala

6) carta

Listen and decide what is the sound (or sounds) you hear.

You can check the answers below.

vowel - e

Listen and repeat.

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vowel - i

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vowel - o

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vowel - u

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nasal sounds

Listen and repeat.

1) um

2) mundo

3) fundar

4) segundo

5) nenhum

6) cúmplice

7) atum

Note: in un+consonant; um+b/p; um at the end of the word

Listen and decide what is the sound (or sounds) you hear.

You can check the answers below.