葡萄牙语字母发音

The comparison with English words should help you pronounce the words correctly in Portuguese. Please note that not every sound can be reproduced in written form.

LETTER	PORTUGUESE	MEANING	SOUND	ENGLISH
A	aluno	student	sounds like [a]	father
	alemã	German	nasal sound	--
B	bala	candy	sounds like [b]	bay
C	casa	house	ca/co/cu sounds like [k]	key
	cedo	early	ce/ci sounds like [s]	city
Ç	moça	young woman	ça/ço/çu sounds like [s]	city
CH	cheque	check	sounds like [sh]	she
D	data	date	sounds like [d]	day
E	letra, você	letter, you	sounds like [e]	them
	leite	milk	sounds like [ee] at the end, if unstressed	cheese
	festa, café	party, coffee	sounds like [e]	bed
F	faca	knife	sounds like [f]	for
G	gato	cat	ga/go/gu sounds like [g]	get
	gelo	ice	ge/gi sounds like [g]	beige
GU	água	water	gua/guo sounds like [gw]	Nicaragua
	português	Portuguese	gue/gui sounds like [g]	get
	lingüiça	sausage	güe/güi sounds like [gw]	Nicaragua
H	hotel	hotel	h is always silent, except for borrowed words such as hall, hobby, etc.	--
I	camisa	shirt	sounds like [ea]	meat
J	jornal	newspaper	sounds like [g]	beige
L	laranja	orange	la/le/li/lo/lu sounds like [l]	like
	Brasil	Brazil	al/el/il/ol/ul sounds like [w]	few
LH	trabalho	work	sounds like [ll]	million
M	mapa	map	sounds like [m]	more
	bom	good	sounds between m and n, similar to the French word bon	--
N	nada	nothing	sounds like [n]	no
	conta	bill	sounds like [n]	contract
NH	amanhã	tomorrow	sounds like [ng], similar to the French words Avignon and champagne	--
O	bonito, avô	pretty, grandfather	sounds like [o]	know
	livro	book	sounds like [w or o] at the end, if unstressed	boo/know
	moda, avó	fashion, grandmother	sounds like [aw]	law
P	pato	duck	sounds like [p]	pie
Q	quase	almost	qua/quo sounds like [kw]	quick
	aqui	here	que/qui sounds like [k]	key
	cinqüenta	fifty	qüe/qüi sounds like [kw]	quick
R	recibo	receipt	similar to [h] sound	holiday
	honra	honor	similar to [h] sound, if preceded by n	holiday
	carta	letter	sounds like [r], similar to the English or French r	morning or jour
	caro	expensive	similar to [r] sound	Mary
RR	carro	car	similar to [h] sound	holiday
S	sopa	soup	at the beginning sounds like [s]	sea
	cansado	tired	if preceded by l/n/r sounds like [s]	sea
	inglês	English	after vowels sounds like [s]	must
	casa	house	between vowels sounds like [z]	zero
SC	piscina	swimming pool	sce/sci sounds like [s]	sea
SÇ	desça	go down	sça/sço sounds like [s]	sea
SS	assado	roasted	sounds like [s]	sea
T	tomate	tomato	sounds like [t]	top
U	uva	grape	sounds like [w]	boo
V	você	you	sounds like [v]     www.ryedu.net	verb
X	México	Mexico	sounds like [sh]	she
	caixa	box/cashier	after ai/ei sounds like [sh]	she
	táxi	taxi	sounds like [ks]	taxi
	próximo	next	sounds like [s]	city
	excelente	excellent	exce/exci sounds like [s]	city
	texto	text	excl/exp/ext sounds like [s]	must
	exame	exam	exa/exe/exi/exo/exu sounds like [z]	zero
Z	zero	zero	before a vowel sounds like [z]	zero
	feliz	happy	after a vowel sounds like [s]	must