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 Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

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.

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, advérbio, 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 ʀ 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 António (EP), Antônio (BP) EP: off BP: story o avô, formoso, alô story ow Sousa[12] EP: story BP: goat (American) u rua, lúcido, saúde cool 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