Pronunciation of Portuguese from Portugal
Vowels & Diphthongs
Consonants
As in Brazil, except:
• a = [ ] when unstressed or at the ends of words, [á] or [ ] elsewhere.
• c = [s] before i or e, [k] elsewhere
• e = [] when unstressed or at the ends of words, [é] or [ ] elsewhere. Often barely pronounced at the ends of words.
• b = [ β ] between vowels, [ b ] elsewhere
• d = [ ð ] between vowels, [ d ] elsewhere
• g = [  ] between vowels, [ g ] elsewhere
• gu = [gw] before i or e, [g] elsewhere
• r = [  ] or [rr] when at the beginning of words, [r] elsewhere
• s = [s] at the beginning of words, [z] between vowels and at the end of a word when preceded by a vowel and followed by a word beginning with a vowel, e.g. os Estados Unidos [uz e taduz unidu], [] after a vowel and before and consonant and at the end of syllables.
• z = [ ] at the end of words, [z] elsewhere
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